gai
French, adjective/ɡɛ/
gai is spelled G-A-I (3 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written French, the 12,541st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gai is a French adjective meaning “cheerful; merry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enjoué, joyeux”.
What does gai mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cheerful; merry
- 2
gay; homosexual
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Enjoué, joyeux. 2. Qui porte le caractère de la gaieté, en parlant des choses. 3. Où règne la gaieté. 4. Qui inspire la gaieté.
noun: 1. Petit poisson qu’on nomme aussi pucelotte.
interjection: 1. Interjection qui s’emploie pour exciter à la gaieté et aussi au mouvement, à l’action.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gai
- gaie feminine
- gais masculine plural
- gaies feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gai?
- /ɡɛ/
- /ɡe/
- \ɡe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gai in French?
gai appears 4.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).