"gaio" meaning in Italian

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡa.jo/ Forms: gaia [feminine], gai [masculine, plural], gaie [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ajo Etymology: Possibly of Germanic origin, or from Latin vagus (“wandering, flighty, giddy”); likely of the same genesis as Old Occitan gai, whence cognate to French gai, Portuguese gaio and English gay. Cognate with Sicilian javiu. Etymology templates: {{der|it|gem}} Germanic, {{der|it|la|vagus|t=wandering, flighty, giddy}} Latin vagus (“wandering, flighty, giddy”), {{cog|pro|gai}} Old Occitan gai, {{cog|fr|gai}} French gai, {{cog|pt|gaio}} Portuguese gaio, {{cog|en|gay}} English gay, {{cog|scn|javiu}} Sicilian javiu Head templates: {{it-adj}} gaio (feminine gaia, masculine plural gai, feminine plural gaie)
  1. gay, cheerful, happy
    Sense id: en-gaio-it-adj-2FrCvjZI
  2. bright (colours/colors)
    Sense id: en-gaio-it-adj-3y~DLQnE Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gaiamente, gaiezza

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gaio meaning in Italian (1.9kB)

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