gays
GAYZ/ɡeɪz/
- 1Plural of gay. As a noun it can sound offensive; gay people is often preferred.
The new law extended marriage rights to gays across the country.
Several gays spoke at the rally about discrimination in the workplace.
Note
A regular -s plural, and in present-day English it nearly always counts people: gay as a noun for homosexual people, especially men, is typically used in the plural, often coordinated in phrases like gays and lesbians. The same spelling once also served the now-obsolete gay meaning an ornament or knick-knack, or something bright and colorful, so in older texts gays may mean trinkets or showy things rather than people.
gays is a form of gay
gay, noun: A person who is homosexual, particularly a homosexual man. Full entry
- Forms
- gaygays plural
- Spelling
- gay → gays: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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