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{{Seealso|Terminology of homosexuality}}
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'''Terms used around the world to refer to homosexual persons''' may vary greatly by culture and language. Some terms are derived from [[stereotype]]s, including terms alluding to [[pederasty]]. Many terms are derived from ''[[gay]]'', the common word in English used to refer to [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] men and women (homosexual women are also called ''[[lesbian]]s'').
[[Pejorative]] terms are also listed, which may derive from insults, [[homophobia]], stereotypes, or religious stories such as [[Sodom and Gomorrah]].
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Language !! Term !! class="unsortable" | Literal meaning !! align="left" | Style
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| [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] || moffie || diminutive || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Albanian language|Albanian]] || gej || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Albanian language|Albanian]] || homo || from homosexual || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Albanian language|Albanian]] || pederast, pede || pederast, attractive lad || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || لوطي (lūŧī) || of Lot's people; [[Sodomy|Sodomite]] || align="left" | derogatory (religious)
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || مثلي (miθli) || of the same || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || منحرف (munħaraf) || queer/out of line || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || شاذ (shað) || weird, queer, pervert || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || خول (khawal) || gay || align="left" | highly derogatory (Egypt)
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || متناك (metnak) || assfucked || align="left" | very highly derogatory
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| [[Armenian language|Armenian]] || միասեռամոլ (miaseramol) || homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || সমকামী ''shômokami'', গে ''ge'' || homosexual, gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] || хомо (homo), педераст, педал || homo(sexual) || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] || педал (pedal) || pedal || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Cantonese language|Chinese (Cantonese)]] || 基佬 (gēi-lóu) || 'basic' man (the Chinese character 基 (basic, pronounced: gēi) is phonetically similar to 'gay')|| align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Cantonese language|Chinese (Cantonese)]] || 屎忽鬼 (see-fat-gwai) || butt ghost (referring to anal sex) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Catalan language|Catalan]] || gai || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Catalan language|Catalan]] || marieta || alteration of "Mary" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Chinese language|Chinese (Mandarin)]] || 同性戀 (tóngxìnglián) || same-sex love/yearning || align="left" | neutral (technical; equivalent to English "homosexual")
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| [[Chinese language|Chinese (Mandarin)]] || 同志 ([[Tongzhi|tóngzhì]]) || comrade || align="left" | neutral (informal; equivalent to English "gay"); a pun on [[Communist Party of China|Communist]] usage of the word
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| [[Chinese language|Chinese (Mandarin)]] || 玻璃 (bōlī) || glass, crystal || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Czech language|Czech]] || teplouš || warm || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Czech language|Czech]] || buzna/buzerant || faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Czech language|Czech]] || bukvice || beechnut || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || bæskubber || feces-pusher || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || bøsse || gun || align="left" | neutral; used for men
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || homo || slang for homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || lebbe || slang for "lesbian" || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for women
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || svans || tail || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || homo or homoseksueel || homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || nicht || niece || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || poot || paw || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || flikker || (no litteral meaning) || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || reetroeier || arse-rower || align="left" | highly derogatory (infrequently used)
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || bruinwerker || brownhatter (lit. brown-worker) || align="left" | highly derogatory (infrequently used)
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || mietje || abbreviation of 'sodomietje', litterally meaning sodomite|| align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || pot || pot (for lesbians) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || tapet || from French "tapette": fly swatter (Flemish only)|| align="left" | derogatory
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| [[English language|English]] || [[Gay (term)|gay]] || joyous, cheery, bright, lively || align="left" | neutral<!-- this is the only place where the word "gay" can remain because it comes from a meaning unrelated to gayness, as opposed to present-day borrowings in other languages-->
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| [[English language|English]] || [[queer]] || strange || align="left" | slightly derogatory or neutral
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| [[English language|English]] || [[poofter]] (or poofta) || an openly homosexual man || align="left" | very derogatory
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| [[English language|English]] || [[faggot (epithet)|faggot]], [[faggot (epithet)|fag]] || bundle of sticks or branches, cigarette, see [[faggot (wood)]] || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[English language|English]] || fruit || fruit || align="left" | very derogatory or neutral
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| [[English language|English]] || fairy || fairy || align="left" | slightly more derogatory or neutral
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| [[English language|English]] || [[Batty boy|batty boy]] || Jamaican Creole, abbreviation of 'bottom' || align="left" | very derogatory, homosexual male
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| [[English language|English]] || buftie <ref>[http://cshonfloormac.csh.rit.edu:8080/Totse/www.totse.com/en/media/televisionary_film_vidiots/transpot.html]</ref> || Scottish, young homosexual man || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] ||[[Dyke (slang)|dyke]] || ? || align="left" | neutral or derogatory; used for women
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| [[English language|English]] || poof <ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2814158.ece]</ref> (or puff) || homosexual man || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[English language|English]] || queen <ref>[http://www.memidex.com/queen+homosexual]</ref>|| homosexual man || align="left" | neutral or derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || fudge-packer || (compressing faeces in anal sex) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || fudge-nudger || (nudging faeces in anal sex) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || bum-bandit <ref>[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/bum%20bandit]</ref> || (taking somebody from the rear) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || turd-burgler <ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=turd%20burglar]</ref> || (similar to 'bum-bandit') || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || shirt-lifter <ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shirt+lifter]</ref> || (lifting shirt to take from rear) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || pillow-biter <ref>[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pillow-biter]</ref> || (biting pillow during anal penetration) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || minge-muncher <ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=minge+muncher]</ref> || (lesbian giving cunnilingus) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for women
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| [[English language|English]] || carpet-muncher <ref>[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/carpet%20muncher]</ref> || (see 'minge-muncher') || align="left" | very derogatory; used for women
|- align=center
| [[English language|English]] || brown-hatter <ref>[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/brown%20hatter]</ref> || (describes faeces on glans-penis) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
|- align=center
| [[English language|English]] || Chi-chi man <ref>[http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/chi_chi_man/]</ref> || Jamaican slang for homosexual || align="left" | derogatory; used for men (can be adjusted for women)
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| [[English language|English]] || bender <ref>[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/bender]</ref> || (describes one who is 'bent') || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || teapot <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=PW1GjP0_6Y4C&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=homosexual+teapot&source=bl&ots=XulGzTUhk9&sig=sd5_egEaYG6ugG4JJ2Yma7Tk0QE&hl=en&ei=ifBLSqCeL5iRjAe93t1i&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7]</ref>|| (pot used for tea with spout likened to effeminate gesture) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || sausage-jockey <ref>[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/sausage%20jockey]</ref> || (man who rides another man's penis) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[Esperanto]] || geja || gay (cf. gaja = joyous, cheery, bright, lively) || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Esperanto]] || lesba || lesbian || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Esperanto]] || samseksama|| loving the same sex || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Esperanto]] || samseksema|| tending to the same sex || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || homo || short for homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || gei || loanword: gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || pede || pederast || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || munniimeja || dick sucker || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || suhuvõtja || cocksucker || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || lilla || diminutive of "flower" || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || pepuvend || ass/arse buddy || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || vaibasööja || rugmuncher || align="left" | derogatory; used for women
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| [[Faroese language|Faroese]] || bøssi || from the Danish word meaning "gun" || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for men
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| [[Faroese language|Faroese]] || homo || slang for "homosexual" || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Faroese language|Faroese]] || gjeikari || ? || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for men
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| [[Faroese language|Faroese]] || lebbi || slang for "lesbian" || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for women
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| [[Faroese language|Faroese]] || samkynd, samkyndur || same-gendered || align="left" | neutral; used for women and men respetctively
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| [[Farsi language|Farsi/Persian]] || كوني Kooni || Arse giver || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || hintti, hinttari || fag, faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || hinuri || tower (as in a person who tows) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || lepakko || bat (the animal) || align="left" | slightly derogatory; used for lesbians
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || ruskean reiän ritari || knight of the brown hole|| align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || homo || short of "homosexual"|| align="left" | neutral
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| [[French language|French]] || folle || feminine of "fou" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || tante, tata || aunt, auntie || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || tantouze || augmentative of "tante" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || tapette || flyswatter || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || pédé || pederast || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || pédaloide || pun on "pedals" and former || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || enculeur || assfucker || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || enculé || one who is assfucked || align="left" | mostly used as generic derogatory term, like "fucked-up"
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| [[French language|French]] || gouine || "lesbienne" or dyke || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || homo || short of "homosexual"|| align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || il en est || he's one of them || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Québécois French|French (Quebec)]] || fifi, fif || stereotypical name for a [[poodle]] || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Québécois French|French (Quebec)]] || grande || same meaning as "folle" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Québécois French|French (Quebec)]] || gai, gay || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[German language|German]] || Schwanzlutscher || cocksucker || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[German language|German]] || schwul || warm, hot (cf. ''schwül'' which means warm and moist weather) || align="left" | neutral, formerly derogatory
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| [[German language|German]] || lesbisch || lesbian (adjectiv) || align="left" | neutral
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| [[German language|German]] || Lesbe || lesbian (noun) || align="left" | neutral
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| [[German language|German]] || Schwuchtel || mock feminine of ''schwul'' || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[German language|German]] || Schwuppe || ''Schwuler'' in northern Germany || align="left" | neutral
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| [[German language|German]] || Tunte || (cf. "Tante" = aunt) used for effeminate men || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[German language|German]] || warmer Bruder || lit. ''warm brother'' || align="left" | slightly derogatory, anachronism
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| [[German language|German]] || 175er || see [[Paragraph 175]] (law) || align="left" | archaic, slightly derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || αδερφή (adherfí) || sister (sissy) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || αρσενοκοίτης (arsenokítis) || man who lies down with men || align="left" | derogatory, religious
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || κίναιδος (kínedhos) || shame-mover || align="left" | archaic, derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || κουνιστός (kunistós) || shaking || align="left" | derogatory for effeminate men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || λούγκρα (lúgra) || gluttonous woman || align="left" | derogatory for men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || μπινές (binés) || [from Turkish "ibne"] || align="left" | derogatory for men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || ντιγκιντάγκας (digidángas) || making ding-dang sounds || align="left" | derogatory for men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || ξεφωνημένη (ksefoniméni) || screaming woman || align="left" | derogatory for effeminate men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || πισωγλέντης (pisoghléntis) || enjoys it from the back || align="left" | derogatory for men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || πούστης (poústis) || faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || συκιά (sikiá) || fig-tree || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || σαπφίδα (sapfídha) || Sappho fan || align="left" | positive or neutral, literary
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || τζιβιτζιλού (dzividzilú) || [gay slang for lesbians] || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || τοιούτος (tiútos) || of that kind || align="left" | old-fashioned, neutral
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || τριβάδα (trivádha) || rubber || align="left" | archaic, derogatory for women
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| [[Haitian Creole language|Haitian]] || gason makomè || literally ''boy gossiper'' || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Haitian Creole language|Haitian]] || masisi || ?|| align="left" | ?
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| [[Haitian Creole language|Haitian]] || sis kouler || six colors (reference to rainbow) || align="left" | ?
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| [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] || māhū || homosexual || align=left | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || הומו (homo) || homo(sexual) || align="left" | neutral for men
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || גאה (m: ge'e, f: ge'a) || proud || align="left" | slightly positive
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || עליז (aliz) || gay, happy, joyful || align="left" | neutral, anachronism
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || מתרומם (mitromem) || somebody who rises up || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || אגזוזן (egzozan) || tailpipe fitter || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || נטחן (nithan) || gets grinded || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || אוכל בתחת (okhel batachat) || eats through the behind (i.e., allows himself to be penetrated) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || נושך כריות (nosheh kariot) || bites pillows || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || מפליץ קוטג' (maflitz kotej) || farts cottage || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || אוחצ'ה (oh'cha) || sister (loaned from Arabic) || align="left" | derogatory for effeminate men
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || ויאז'ה (vieja) || old woman (loaned from Spanish) || align="left" | derogatory for older gay men
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || לסבית (lesbit) || lesbian || align="left" | neutral for women
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| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || buzi || fag, sodomite <small>(from [[German language|German]] ''Buserant'', originating indirectly from "Bulgarian" as "[[Bogomils|heretic]]")</small> || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || homokos || sandy (but refers to the word "homosexual") || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || köcsög || [[jug]], [[pitcher (container)|pitcher]]<br>(originating from a jail term for the passive party) || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || meleg || warm || align="left" | neutral, [[Political correctness|PC]]
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| [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] || hommi || from "homosexuality" || align="left" | neutral, for men
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| [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] || lesbía || lesbian || align="left" | neutral, for lesbian
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| [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] || samkynhneigð || same sex orientation || align="left" | neutral, for men and women
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| [[Interlingua]] || gay || English loanword || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃᑐᖅᑎᓘᓐᓃᑦ (angutauqatiminiktuqtiluunniit) || gay/male prostitute || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᐊᕐᓇᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃᑐᖅᑎᓘᓐᓃᑦ (arnauqatiminiktuqtiluunniit) || lesbian/female prostitute || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᐊᓪᓚᑦ (allat) || strangers || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᐊᕐᓈᓗᒃ (arnaaluk) || bitch || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒃᖠᒍᓱᒃᑐᖅ (angutauqatiminigluunniit arnauqatiminigluuniit ikłigusuktuq) || "homosexual" (literally 'male-male and female-female who has a craves or lust) || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᒐᐃ (gai) || loanword "gay" || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᓖᓱᐱᐊᓐ(liisupian) || loanword "lesbian" || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Irish language|Irish]] || aerach || airy as "gay" <small>(loan-translation from English)</small> || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Irish language|Irish]] || piteog || Effeminate man || align="left" | neutral or derogatory depending on usage
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| [[Italian language|Italian]] || frocio || old term for the Swiss Pope guards in Rome || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Italian language|Italian]] || culattone || fat ass || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Italian language|Italian]] || ricchione || faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || 同性愛者(dōseiaisha) || homosexual person || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || ゲイ(gei) || "gay" || align="left" | neutral or positive; used for men
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || ホモ(homo) || "homo(sexual)" || align="left" | highly derogatory; used for men
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || おかま, オカマ, お釜 (okama) || cooking pot (originally a slang word for ass) || align="left" | highly derogatory; used for men
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || おなべ (onabe) || pot || align="left" | derogatory; used for lesbians
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || おネエ, オネエ (onee) || (older) sister || align="left" | positive; used for effeminate gay men
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || ビアン (bian) || abbreviation of "レズビアン(rezubian)" || align="left" | positive; used for women
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || レズ (rezu) || abbreviation of "レズビアン(rezubian)" || align="left" | derogatory; used for women
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || レズビアン (rezubian) || "lesbian" || align="left" | neutral; used for women
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || anguteqatiminnoortartut || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || arnateqatiminnoortartut || lesbian || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || angutinoortoq || gay || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || homoq || loanword "homosexual" || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || qiivappoq || gay/happy || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || arnanoortoq || lesbian || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || liisupeq/liisbeq || loanword "lesbian" || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 동성애자(dongseongaeja) || homosexual person || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 게이(ge-i) || from English gay || align="left" | neutral or slight derogatory; used for men
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| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 호모(homo) || from homosexual || align="left" | derogatory; used for men only
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| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 이반(ee-ban) || the second common || align="left" | neutral(positive or PC)
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || pediņš || faggot || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || pidars || from pederast || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || pederasts || pederast || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || zilais || "blue boy" || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || homītis || from homosexual || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || zarnu kūlējs || || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || gejs || from gay || align="left" | neutral, male
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || homoseksuālists || from homosexual || align="left" | neutral, male
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || lesbiete || from lesbian || align="left" | neutral, female
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || homoseksuāliste || from homosexual || align="left" | neutral, female
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| [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] || gėjus || gay || align="left" | neutral, male
|- align=center
| [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] || gaidys || rooster, also used for lowest caste of prisoners || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] || pydaras, pyderastas, pydrila || pederast || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] || žydras(is) || the baby-blue one || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
|- align=center
| [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]] || lénks || left || align="left" | neutral or derogatory
|- align=center
| [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]] || tatta || aunty || align="left" | derogatory; used for effeminate men
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| [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] || пешкир (peškir) || towel || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Malay language|Malay]] || manya || drag queen || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || rompis || play on the Norwegian word for comrade "kompis", rompis it therefore a friend of the ass || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
|- align=center
| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || skeiv || crooked, as in not straight || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || traktorlesbe || Tractor lesbian, often referring to butch woman wearing manly workingclothes || align="left" | derogatory; used for lesbians
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || homse || slang derived from "homo" || align="left" | neutral; used for men
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || skinkerytter || "ham-rider", straightforwardly someone who engages in anal sex || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || bæsjdytter || "poop-shover", straightforwardly someone who engages in anal sex || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || bønnebryter || "bean-breaker", straightforwardly someone who engages in anal sex || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
|- align=center
| [[Polish language|Polish]] || gej || gay || align="left" |neutral
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || pedał || pedal || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || homoś || a homo || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || kochający inaczej || the one who loves in a different way || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || ciota || aunt (augmentative) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || pedzio || diminutive of pedal || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || pederasta || pederast - assfucker || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || lesba || lesbian || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || (rapaz/garoto) alegre, alegrete, alegrinho, gaiato, Gaius || gay lad, merry boy || align="left" | somewhat neutral, jocose
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || almofadinha || a dandy, pansy, sissy || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || amante socrático || Socratic lover || align="left" | neutral, jocose
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || baitola || fag, from the British pronuntiation of "bitola", a tool used in the construction of Northeastern railways in the 19th century || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || Bambi || Disney's character, deer = gay, a twinky bottom || align="left" | highly derogatory, jocose
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || Barbie-Ken; rato-de-academia; bofe-Barbie || big muscles gay, gay gym rat || align="left" | slightly derogatory, jocose
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || biba, bibinha, bibete || queer, camp, hoity-toity || align="left" |very highly derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || bicha, bichete, bichinha || a mammal's female, fag || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || boiola || used to designate delicate little boys, young lads working in theatrical sketches and musicals in the late 19th and early 20th century|| align="left" | derogatory (Brazil)
|- align=center
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || caminhoneira / truck dyke || truck dyke || align="left" | slightly derogatory, somewhat neutral
|- align=center
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || (sub)entendido || implied, the understood one || align="left" | slightly derogatory, somewhat neutral
|- align=center
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || enrustido || closet case, closet queen || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || fresco, afrescalhado || (fresh, cool) a dandy, pansy, sissy || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || frutinha, fruta || little fruit or fruit, camp || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || gay || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || gilete || bisexual, bi-curious, double-edge blade, literally || align="left" | slightly neutral
|- align=center
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || invertido, detour, parafílico || inverted / deviated / paraphiliac || align="left" | old-fashioned
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || lésbica, safista, sapho, tríbade || lesbian, sapphist, tribade || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || lésbica baton & rímel, femme, femina, sapatinha mini saia, sandalinha || femme, lipstick lesbian || align="left" | slightly derogatory, jocose
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || mariquinha(s), marica(s) || pussy, pansy; from Ancient Greek "Marikas", an Eupolis comedy || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || paneleiro || vendor of pots and pans || align="left" | highly derogatory (Portugal)
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || roto || torn || align="left" | derogatory (Portugal)
|- align=center
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || queima-rosca || the one who has anal sex, a bottom, passive role, literally translated "doughnut burner" || align="left" | derogatory
|- align=center
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || sapatão, sapatona, numero 43, bico largo 42, botinão, mulher-macho, machona, virago || dyke, virago, literally translated "huge manly shoes / manly boots" || align="left" | derogatory
|- align=center
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || sodomita || sodomite || align="left" | derogatory, old-fashioned
|- align=center
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || travesti, traveco, boneca, mona, transex, transgênero, imitador do belo sexo, quase-mulher || transvestite, tranny, shemale || align="left" | jocose, somewhat neutral
|- align=center
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || uranista || uranist || align="left" | neutral or derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || veado, veadinho || deer, little deer = a twinky bottom || align="left" | neutral or derogatory (Brazil)
|- align=center
| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || velcro, grudar/colar velcro; bate-bolacha, bate-biscoito; tesourinhas || tribbing; "hook-and-loop fasteners sexgame"; "scissor sisters", tribadism, "mashing cookies" || align="left" | slightly derogatory, somewhat neutral, jocose
|- align=center
| [[Quechua language|Quechua]] || q'ewa || gay/homosexual || align="left" | neutral
|- align=center
| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || bulangiu || from "bulan", police stick. Bulangiu also means "one that does not hold his part of a deal", and is more likely to be used with this meaning || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || poponar || derived from ''popou'', meaning "tooshie" || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || curist || derived from ''cur'', meaning "ass" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || găozar || derived from ''găoază''/''găoz'', meaning "ass hole" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || pe invers (adj.) || Adjective meaning "on reverse" || align=left | somewhat neutral
|- align=center
| [[Russian language|Russian]] || пидор, пидорас (pidor, pidoras) || faggot, pederast || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || педик (pedik) || a faggy || align="left" | (slightly) derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || гей|| gay|| align="left" | neutral
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || гомосексуалист || homosexualist || align="left" | sometimes neutral, sometimes derogatory
|- align=center
| [[Russian language|Russian]] || голубой (goluboi) || light blue || align="left" | (slightly) derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || гомик (gomik) || from 'homo' with deminutive suffix || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || гомосек (gomosek) || derived from homo || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || педераст (pederast) || Until 1930s a law term || align="left" | used sometimes as neutral, sometimes as degoratory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || мужеложец (muzhelozhets) || Soviet law term || align="left" | neutral
|- align=center
| [[Russian language|Russian]] || жопотрах (zhopotrah) || ass fucker || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || говномес (govnomes) || crap puddler || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || хуесос (huesos) || cock sucker || align="left" | highly derogatory and swearing
|- align=center
| [[Russian language|Russian]] || лесбиянка, лес, лесок, лесёнок (lesbiyanka, les, lesok, lesyonok) || derivied from lesbian || align="left" | somewhat neutral(1st one), endearment(when referring a tolerant one to a lesbian)
|- align=center
| [[Russian language|Russian]] || лесбо, лесбуха, лесбище (lesbo, lesbuha, lesbische) || lesbo, lesbian || align="left" | derogatory, last one is somewhat positive...
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || peder || gay - word derived from pederast || align="left" | derogatory
|- align=center
| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || homo || homosexual || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || buljaš || butty boy || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || peškir || towel || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || gej || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || lezbejka || lesbian || align="left" | derogatory for woman
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || lezbača || hard core lesbian || align="left" | very derogatory for woman
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| [[Shona language|Shona]] || Ngochani || homosexual || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || buzerant/buzík || faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || gej || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || homoš || homo || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || štvorpercentný || four-percent || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || teploš || faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || teplý || warm || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || gej || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || peder || gay - word derived from pederast || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || toplovodar || anachronistic, literally "warm-water person" || align="left" | very derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || ritopik || anachronistic, literally "bottom-sting person" || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || tetka || anachronistic, literally "auntie" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || homo/homič || homosexual || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || buzi/buzerant || faggot || align="left" | very derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || lezbijka || lesbian || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory for woman
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || lejzba || hard core lesbian || align="left" | very derogatory for woman
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || lezbača || hard core lesbian || align="left" | highly derogatory for woman
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || marica, mariquita, maricón || alteration of "Mary" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || sarasa || bad-life-woman || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || bujarrón || sodomite || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || loca, locaza || feminine form of crazy || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || mariposón || big butterfly || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || muerdealmohadas || 'pillow-biter' || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || jamaicón || from Jamaica || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || afrancesado || As a french person || align="left" | neutral (Argentina)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || puñal || dagger || align="left" | highly derogatory (Mexico)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || puto || male prostitute || align="left" | highly derogatory (Latin America)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || joto || from the Jack on the card decks, named "joto", "la jota" in Mexican Spanish || align="left" | highly derogatory (Mexico)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || de ambiente || from the scene || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || entendido || the understood one || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || pato || duck || align="left" | derogatory (Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || plumifero || 'with feathers' || align="left" | derogatory (Puerto Rico)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || cueco || unknown origin || align="left" | derogatory (Panama)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || traganachos || unknown origin || align="left" | derogatory (México)
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || bög || crooked || align="left" | neutral, formerly derogatory
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || bajspackare || fudge packer || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || fikus || ficus || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || stjärtlymmel || ass rascal || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || stjärtdykare || ass diver || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || bakla || unknown; can also be used to describe things used by a male judged to be too effeminate (e.g. cosmetics, toiletries, clothing) || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || bading || unknown || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || baklita || unknown || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || binabae || effeminate || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || vaklush || unknown || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || vaklushii || unknown || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Visayan language|Visayan]] || monmon || suck cock while being analed || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || eşcinsel || homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || top || ball || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || nonoş || old meaning: "cute, dear", now slang for effeminate gays || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || yumuşak || soft || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || ibne || homosexual (Arabic lit. feminine form of 'son', like in German 'Sohnin') || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || kulampara || Persian for 'boy lover', used for top gay men, particularly those who like younger persons || align="left" | archaic, derogatory
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| [[Welsh language|Welsh]] || hoyw || happy, jolly || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Urdu language|Urdu]] || Gando|| Arse Giver|| align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Urdu language|Urdu]] || ہم جنس پرست Humjinsparast || same gender believer || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Urdu language|Urdu]] || لوطى Looti || From Lot's people || align="left" | religious, derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || đồng tính luyến ái || same-sex love || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || đồng tính || same-sex || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || pê-đê || pederasty || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || ô môi (lesbian) || a kind of fruit|| align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || gay || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || les || lesbian || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || xăng pha nhớt || petrol/oil mixture || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || hai phai || two phases || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || biến thái || metamorphosis || align="left" | very derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || bóng || shadow || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] || פֿײגעלע (feygele) || "little bird" - a [[diminutive]] of bird (פֿויגל) || align="left" | veryderogatory
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| [[IsiZulu]] || unqingili || ? || align="left" | very derogatory
|}
==See also==
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* [[Homosexuality laws of the world]]
* [[LGBT slang]]
* [[Singapore gay terminology]]
==Notes==
:''Note: some of the translations given in the following pages are for "gay" in the traditional definition of "joyful"''
* [http://schwung-karlsruhe.de/Archiv/kurioses/ku_schwul/ku_schwul.html How do you say "gay" in...? (Gay Movement Karlsruhe)]
* [http://open-dictionary.com/Gay Translations for Gay (Open Dictionary)]
* [http://www.uni-leipzig.de/esperanto/voko/revo/art/gej.html "Gay" with several translations (Esperanto Dictionary)]
* [http://victoria.tc.ca/Community/GLBTF/documents_say.html How to Say "Gay" in Almost Every Language]
* [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/ga/gay.html#Mtranslation Modern Translations for gay (Webster's Online Dictionary)]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A412570 Descriptors for Sexual Minorities]
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'''Terms used around the world to refer to homosexual persons''' may vary greatly by culture and language. Some terms are derived from [[stereotype]]s, including terms alluding to [[pederasty]]. Many terms are derived from ''[[gay]]'', the common word in English used to refer to [[Homosexuality|homosexual]] men and women (homosexual women are also called ''[[lesbian]]s'').
[[Pejorative]] terms are also listed, which may derive from insults, [[homophobia]], stereotypes, or religious stories such as [[Sodom and Gomorrah]].
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! Language !! Term !! class="unsortable" | Literal meaning !! align="left" | Style
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| [[Afrikaans language|Afrikaans]] || moffie || diminutive || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Albanian language|Albanian]] || gej || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Albanian language|Albanian]] || homo || from homosexual || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Albanian language|Albanian]] || pederast, pede || pederast, attractive lad || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || لوطي (lūŧī) || of Lot's people; [[Sodomy|Sodomite]] || align="left" | derogatory (religious)
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || مثلي (miθli) || of the same || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || منحرف (munħaraf) || queer/out of line || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || شاذ (shað) || weird, queer, pervert || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || خول (khawal) || gay || align="left" | highly derogatory (Egypt)
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| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || متناك (metnak) || assfucked || align="left" | very highly derogatory
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| [[Armenian language|Armenian]] || միասեռամոլ (miaseramol) || homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || সমকামী ''shômokami'', গে ''ge'' || homosexual, gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] || хомо (homo), педераст, педал || homo(sexual) || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] || педал (pedal) || pedal || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Cantonese language|Chinese (Cantonese)]] || 基佬 (gēi-lóu) || 'basic' man (the Chinese character 基 (basic, pronounced: gēi) is phonetically similar to 'gay')|| align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Cantonese language|Chinese (Cantonese)]] || 屎忽鬼 (see-fat-gwai) || butt ghost (referring to anal sex) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Catalan language|Catalan]] || gai || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Catalan language|Catalan]] || marieta || alteration of "Mary" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Chinese language|Chinese (Mandarin)]] || 同性戀 (tóngxìnglián) || same-sex love/yearning || align="left" | neutral (technical; equivalent to English "homosexual")
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| [[Chinese language|Chinese (Mandarin)]] || 同志 ([[Tongzhi|tóngzhì]]) || comrade || align="left" | neutral (informal; equivalent to English "gay"); a pun on [[Communist Party of China|Communist]] usage of the word
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| [[Chinese language|Chinese (Mandarin)]] || 玻璃 (bōlī) || glass, crystal || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Czech language|Czech]] || teplouš || warm || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Czech language|Czech]] || buzna/buzerant || faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Czech language|Czech]] || bukvice || beechnut || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || bæskubber || feces-pusher || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || bøsse || gun || align="left" | neutral; used for men
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || homo || slang for homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || lebbe || slang for "lesbian" || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for women
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| [[Danish language|Danish]] || svans || tail || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || homo or homoseksueel || homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || nicht || niece || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || poot || paw || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || flikker || (no litteral meaning) || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || reetroeier || arse-rower || align="left" | highly derogatory (infrequently used)
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || bruinwerker || brownhatter (lit. brown-worker) || align="left" | highly derogatory (infrequently used)
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || mietje || abbreviation of 'sodomietje', litterally meaning sodomite|| align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || pot || pot (for lesbians) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || tapet || from French "tapette": fly swatter (Flemish only)|| align="left" | derogatory
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| [[English language|English]] || [[Gay (term)|gay]] || joyous, cheery, bright, lively || align="left" | neutral<!-- this is the only place where the word "gay" can remain because it comes from a meaning unrelated to gayness, as opposed to present-day borrowings in other languages-->
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| [[English language|English]] || [[queer]] || strange || align="left" | slightly derogatory or neutral
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| [[English language|English]] || [[poofter]] (or poofta) || an openly homosexual man || align="left" | very derogatory
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| [[English language|English]] || [[faggot (epithet)|faggot]], [[faggot (epithet)|fag]] || bundle of sticks or branches, cigarette, see [[faggot (wood)]] || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[English language|English]] || fruit || fruit || align="left" | very derogatory or neutral
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| [[English language|English]] || fairy || fairy || align="left" | slightly more derogatory or neutral
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| [[English language|English]] || [[Batty boy|batty boy]] || Jamaican Creole, abbreviation of 'bottom' || align="left" | very derogatory, homosexual male
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| [[English language|English]] || buftie <ref>[http://cshonfloormac.csh.rit.edu:8080/Totse/www.totse.com/en/media/televisionary_film_vidiots/transpot.html]</ref> || Scottish, young homosexual man || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] ||[[Dyke (slang)|dyke]] || ? || align="left" | neutral or derogatory; used for women
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| [[English language|English]] || poof <ref>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2814158.ece]</ref> (or puff) || homosexual man || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[English language|English]] || queen <ref>[http://www.memidex.com/queen+homosexual]</ref>|| homosexual man || align="left" | neutral or derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || fudge-packer || (compressing faeces in anal sex) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || fudge-nudger || (nudging faeces in anal sex) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || bum-bandit <ref>[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/bum%20bandit]</ref> || (taking somebody from the rear) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || turd-burgler <ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=turd%20burglar]</ref> || (similar to 'bum-bandit') || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || shirt-lifter <ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=shirt+lifter]</ref> || (lifting shirt to take from rear) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || pillow-biter <ref>[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pillow-biter]</ref> || (biting pillow during anal penetration) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || minge-muncher <ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=minge+muncher]</ref> || (lesbian giving cunnilingus) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for women
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| [[English language|English]] || carpet-muncher <ref>[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/carpet%20muncher]</ref> || (see 'minge-muncher') || align="left" | very derogatory; used for women
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| [[English language|English]] || brown-hatter <ref>[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/brown%20hatter]</ref> || (describes faeces on glans-penis) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || Chi-chi man <ref>[http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/chi_chi_man/]</ref> || Jamaican slang for homosexual || align="left" | derogatory; used for men (can be adjusted for women)
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| [[English language|English]] || bender <ref>[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/bender]</ref> || (describes one who is 'bent') || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || teapot <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=PW1GjP0_6Y4C&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=homosexual+teapot&source=bl&ots=XulGzTUhk9&sig=sd5_egEaYG6ugG4JJ2Yma7Tk0QE&hl=en&ei=ifBLSqCeL5iRjAe93t1i&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7]</ref>|| (pot used for tea with spout likened to effeminate gesture) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[English language|English]] || sausage-jockey <ref>[http://www.sex-lexis.com/Sex-Dictionary/sausage%20jockey]</ref> || (man who rides another man's penis) || align="left" | very derogatory; used for men
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| [[Esperanto]] || geja || gay (cf. gaja = joyous, cheery, bright, lively) || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Esperanto]] || lesba || lesbian || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Esperanto]] || samseksama|| loving the same sex || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Esperanto]] || samseksema|| tending to the same sex || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || homo || short for homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || gei || loanword: gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || pede || pederast || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || munniimeja || dick sucker || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || suhuvõtja || cocksucker || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || lilla || diminutive of "flower" || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || pepuvend || ass/arse buddy || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Estonian language|Estonian]] || vaibasööja || rugmuncher || align="left" | derogatory; used for women
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| [[Faroese language|Faroese]] || bøssi || from the Danish word meaning "gun" || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for men
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| [[Faroese language|Faroese]] || homo || slang for "homosexual" || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Faroese language|Faroese]] || gjeikari || ? || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for men
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| [[Faroese language|Faroese]] || lebbi || slang for "lesbian" || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory; used for women
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| [[Faroese language|Faroese]] || samkynd, samkyndur || same-gendered || align="left" | neutral; used for women and men respetctively
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| [[Farsi language|Farsi/Persian]] || كوني Kooni || Arse giver || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || hintti, hinttari || fag, faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || hinuri || tower (as in a person who tows) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || lepakko || bat (the animal) || align="left" | slightly derogatory; used for lesbians
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || ruskean reiän ritari || knight of the brown hole|| align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Finnish language|Finnish]] || homo || short of "homosexual"|| align="left" | neutral
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| [[French language|French]] || folle || feminine of "fou" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || tante, tata || aunt, auntie || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || tantouze || augmentative of "tante" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || tapette || flyswatter || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || pédé || pederast || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || pédaloide || pun on "pedals" and former || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || enculeur || assfucker || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || enculé || one who is assfucked || align="left" | mostly used as generic derogatory term, like "fucked-up"
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| [[French language|French]] || gouine || "lesbienne" or dyke || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || homo || short of "homosexual"|| align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[French language|French]] || il en est || he's one of them || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Québécois French|French (Quebec)]] || fifi, fif || stereotypical name for a [[poodle]] || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Québécois French|French (Quebec)]] || grande || same meaning as "folle" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Québécois French|French (Quebec)]] || gai, gay || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[German language|German]] || Schwanzlutscher || cocksucker || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[German language|German]] || schwul || warm, hot (cf. ''schwül'' which means warm and moist weather) || align="left" | neutral, formerly derogatory
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| [[German language|German]] || lesbisch || lesbian (adjectiv) || align="left" | neutral
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| [[German language|German]] || Lesbe || lesbian (noun) || align="left" | neutral
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| [[German language|German]] || Schwuchtel || mock feminine of ''schwul'' || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[German language|German]] || Schwuppe || ''Schwuler'' in northern Germany || align="left" | neutral
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| [[German language|German]] || Tunte || (cf. "Tante" = aunt) used for effeminate men || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[German language|German]] || warmer Bruder || lit. ''warm brother'' || align="left" | slightly derogatory, anachronism
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| [[German language|German]] || 175er || see [[Paragraph 175]] (law) || align="left" | archaic, slightly derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || αδερφή (adherfí) || sister (sissy) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || αρσενοκοίτης (arsenokítis) || man who lies down with men || align="left" | derogatory, religious
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || κίναιδος (kínedhos) || shame-mover || align="left" | archaic, derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || κουνιστός (kunistós) || shaking || align="left" | derogatory for effeminate men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || λούγκρα (lúgra) || gluttonous woman || align="left" | derogatory for men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || μπινές (binés) || [from Turkish "ibne"] || align="left" | derogatory for men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || ντιγκιντάγκας (digidángas) || making ding-dang sounds || align="left" | derogatory for men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || ξεφωνημένη (ksefoniméni) || screaming woman || align="left" | derogatory for effeminate men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || πισωγλέντης (pisoghléntis) || enjoys it from the back || align="left" | derogatory for men
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || πούστης (poústis) || faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || συκιά (sikiá) || fig-tree || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || σαπφίδα (sapfídha) || Sappho fan || align="left" | positive or neutral, literary
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || τζιβιτζιλού (dzividzilú) || [gay slang for lesbians] || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || τοιούτος (tiútos) || of that kind || align="left" | old-fashioned, neutral
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| [[Greek language|Greek]] || τριβάδα (trivádha) || rubber || align="left" | archaic, derogatory for women
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| [[Haitian Creole language|Haitian]] || gason makomè || literally ''boy gossiper'' || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Haitian Creole language|Haitian]] || masisi || ?|| align="left" | ?
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| [[Haitian Creole language|Haitian]] || sis kouler || six colors (reference to rainbow) || align="left" | ?
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| [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]] || māhū || homosexual || align=left | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || הומו (homo) || homo(sexual) || align="left" | neutral for men
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || גאה (m: ge'e, f: ge'a) || proud || align="left" | slightly positive
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || עליז (aliz) || gay, happy, joyful || align="left" | neutral, anachronism
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || מתרומם (mitromem) || somebody who rises up || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || אגזוזן (egzozan) || tailpipe fitter || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || נטחן (nithan) || gets grinded || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || אוכל בתחת (okhel batachat) || eats through the behind (i.e., allows himself to be penetrated) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || נושך כריות (nosheh kariot) || bites pillows || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || מפליץ קוטג' (maflitz kotej) || farts cottage || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || אוחצ'ה (oh'cha) || sister (loaned from Arabic) || align="left" | derogatory for effeminate men
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || ויאז'ה (vieja) || old woman (loaned from Spanish) || align="left" | derogatory for older gay men
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| [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || לסבית (lesbit) || lesbian || align="left" | neutral for women
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| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || buzi || fag, sodomite <small>(from [[German language|German]] ''Buserant'', originating indirectly from "Bulgarian" as "[[Bogomils|heretic]]")</small> || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || homokos || sandy (but refers to the word "homosexual") || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || köcsög || [[jug]], [[pitcher (container)|pitcher]]<br>(originating from a jail term for the passive party) || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] || meleg || warm || align="left" | neutral, [[Political correctness|PC]]
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| [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] || hommi || from "homosexuality" || align="left" | neutral, for men
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| [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] || lesbía || lesbian || align="left" | neutral, for lesbian
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| [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] || samkynhneigð || same sex orientation || align="left" | neutral, for men and women
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| [[Interlingua]] || gay || English loanword || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃᑐᖅᑎᓘᓐᓃᑦ (angutauqatiminiktuqtiluunniit) || gay/male prostitute || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᐊᕐᓇᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒃᑐᖅᑎᓘᓐᓃᑦ (arnauqatiminiktuqtiluunniit) || lesbian/female prostitute || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᐊᓪᓚᑦ (allat) || strangers || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᐊᕐᓈᓗᒃ (arnaaluk) || bitch || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᐊᖑᑕᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐅᖃᑎᒥᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐃᒃᖠᒍᓱᒃᑐᖅ (angutauqatiminigluunniit arnauqatiminigluuniit ikłigusuktuq) || "homosexual" (literally 'male-male and female-female who has a craves or lust) || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᒐᐃ (gai) || loanword "gay" || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Inuktitut language|Inuktitut]] || ᓖᓱᐱᐊᓐ(liisupian) || loanword "lesbian" || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Irish language|Irish]] || aerach || airy as "gay" <small>(loan-translation from English)</small> || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Irish language|Irish]] || piteog || Effeminate man || align="left" | neutral or derogatory depending on usage
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| [[Italian language|Italian]] || frocio || old term for the Swiss Pope guards in Rome || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Italian language|Italian]] || culattone || fat ass || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Italian language|Italian]] || ricchione || faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || 同性愛者(dōseiaisha) || homosexual person || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || ゲイ(gei) || "gay" || align="left" | neutral or positive; used for men
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || ホモ(homo) || "homo(sexual)" || align="left" | highly derogatory; used for men
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || おかま, オカマ, お釜 (okama) || cooking pot (originally a slang word for ass) || align="left" | highly derogatory; used for men
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || おなべ (onabe) || pot || align="left" | derogatory; used for lesbians
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || おネエ, オネエ (onee) || (older) sister || align="left" | positive; used for effeminate gay men
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || ビアン (bian) || abbreviation of "レズビアン(rezubian)" || align="left" | positive; used for women
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || レズ (rezu) || abbreviation of "レズビアン(rezubian)" || align="left" | derogatory; used for women
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| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || レズビアン (rezubian) || "lesbian" || align="left" | neutral; used for women
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || anguteqatiminnoortartut || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || arnateqatiminnoortartut || lesbian || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || angutinoortoq || gay || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || homoq || loanword "homosexual" || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || qiivappoq || gay/happy || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || arnanoortoq || lesbian || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Kalaallisut language|Kalaallisut]] || liisupeq/liisbeq || loanword "lesbian" || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 동성애자(dongseongaeja) || homosexual person || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 게이(ge-i) || from English gay || align="left" | neutral or slight derogatory; used for men
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| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 호모(homo) || from homosexual || align="left" | derogatory; used for men only
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| [[Korean language|Korean]] || 이반(ee-ban) || the second common || align="left" | neutral(positive or PC)
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || pediņš || faggot || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || pidars || from pederast || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || pederasts || pederast || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || zilais || "blue boy" || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || homītis || from homosexual || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || zarnu kūlējs || || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || gejs || from gay || align="left" | neutral, male
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || homoseksuālists || from homosexual || align="left" | neutral, male
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || lesbiete || from lesbian || align="left" | neutral, female
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| [[Latvian language|Latvian]] || homoseksuāliste || from homosexual || align="left" | neutral, female
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| [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] || gėjus || gay || align="left" | neutral, male
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| [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] || gaidys || rooster, also used for lowest caste of prisoners || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] || pydaras, pyderastas, pydrila || pederast || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] || žydras(is) || the baby-blue one || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]] || lénks || left || align="left" | neutral or derogatory
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| [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]] || tatta || aunty || align="left" | derogatory; used for effeminate men
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| [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] || пешкир (peškir) || towel || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Malay language|Malay]] || manya || drag queen || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || rompis || play on the Norwegian word for comrade "kompis", rompis it therefore a friend of the ass || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || skeiv || crooked, as in not straight || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || traktorlesbe || Tractor lesbian, often referring to butch woman wearing manly workingclothes || align="left" | derogatory; used for lesbians
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || homse || slang derived from "homo" || align="left" | neutral; used for men
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || skinkerytter || "ham-rider", straightforwardly someone who engages in anal sex || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || bæsjdytter || "poop-shover", straightforwardly someone who engages in anal sex || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || bønnebryter || "bean-breaker", straightforwardly someone who engages in anal sex || align="left" | derogatory; used for men
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || gej || gay || align="left" |neutral
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || pedał || pedal || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || homoś || a homo || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || kochający inaczej || the one who loves in a different way || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || ciota || aunt (augmentative) || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || pedzio || diminutive of pedal || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || pederasta || pederast - assfucker || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Polish language|Polish]] || lesba || lesbian || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || (rapaz/garoto) alegre, alegrete, alegrinho, gaiato, Gaius || gay lad, merry boy || align="left" | somewhat neutral, jocose
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || almofadinha || a dandy, pansy, sissy || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || amante socrático || Socratic lover || align="left" | neutral, jocose
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || baitola || fag, from the British pronuntiation of "bitola", a tool used in the construction of Northeastern railways in the 19th century || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || Bambi || Disney's character, deer = gay, a twinky bottom || align="left" | highly derogatory, jocose
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || Barbie-Ken; rato-de-academia; bofe-Barbie || big muscles gay, gay gym rat || align="left" | slightly derogatory, jocose
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || biba, bibinha, bibete || queer, camp, hoity-toity || align="left" |very highly derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || bicha, bichete, bichinha || a mammal's female, fag || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || boiola || used to designate delicate little boys, young lads working in theatrical sketches and musicals in the late 19th and early 20th century|| align="left" | derogatory (Brazil)
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || caminhoneira / truck dyke || truck dyke || align="left" | slightly derogatory, somewhat neutral
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || (sub)entendido || implied, the understood one || align="left" | slightly derogatory, somewhat neutral
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || enrustido || closet case, closet queen || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || fresco, afrescalhado || (fresh, cool) a dandy, pansy, sissy || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || frutinha, fruta || little fruit or fruit, camp || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || gay || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || gilete || bisexual, bi-curious, double-edge blade, literally || align="left" | slightly neutral
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || invertido, detour, parafílico || inverted / deviated / paraphiliac || align="left" | old-fashioned
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || lésbica, safista, sapho, tríbade || lesbian, sapphist, tribade || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || lésbica baton & rímel, femme, femina, sapatinha mini saia, sandalinha || femme, lipstick lesbian || align="left" | slightly derogatory, jocose
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || mariquinha(s), marica(s) || pussy, pansy; from Ancient Greek "Marikas", an Eupolis comedy || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || paneleiro || vendor of pots and pans || align="left" | highly derogatory (Portugal)
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || roto || torn || align="left" | derogatory (Portugal)
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || queima-rosca || the one who has anal sex, a bottom, passive role, literally translated "doughnut burner" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || sapatão, sapatona, numero 43, bico largo 42, botinão, mulher-macho, machona, virago || dyke, virago, literally translated "huge manly shoes / manly boots" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || sodomita || sodomite || align="left" | derogatory, old-fashioned
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || travesti, traveco, boneca, mona, transex, transgênero, imitador do belo sexo, quase-mulher || transvestite, tranny, shemale || align="left" | jocose, somewhat neutral
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || uranista || uranist || align="left" | neutral or derogatory
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || veado, veadinho || deer, little deer = a twinky bottom || align="left" | neutral or derogatory (Brazil)
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| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || velcro, grudar/colar velcro; bate-bolacha, bate-biscoito; tesourinhas || tribbing; "hook-and-loop fasteners sexgame"; "scissor sisters", tribadism, "mashing cookies" || align="left" | slightly derogatory, somewhat neutral, jocose
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| [[Quechua language|Quechua]] || q'ewa || gay/homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || bulangiu || from "bulan", police stick. Bulangiu also means "one that does not hold his part of a deal", and is more likely to be used with this meaning || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || poponar || derived from ''popou'', meaning "tooshie" || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || curist || derived from ''cur'', meaning "ass" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || găozar || derived from ''găoază''/''găoz'', meaning "ass hole" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || pe invers (adj.) || Adjective meaning "on reverse" || align=left | somewhat neutral
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || пидор, пидорас (pidor, pidoras) || faggot, pederast || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || педик (pedik) || a faggy || align="left" | (slightly) derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || гей|| gay|| align="left" | neutral
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || гомосексуалист || homosexualist || align="left" | sometimes neutral, sometimes derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || голубой (goluboi) || light blue || align="left" | (slightly) derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || гомик (gomik) || from 'homo' with deminutive suffix || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || гомосек (gomosek) || derived from homo || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || педераст (pederast) || Until 1930s a law term || align="left" | used sometimes as neutral, sometimes as degoratory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || мужеложец (muzhelozhets) || Soviet law term || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || жопотрах (zhopotrah) || ass fucker || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || говномес (govnomes) || crap puddler || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || хуесос (huesos) || cock sucker || align="left" | highly derogatory and swearing
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || лесбиянка, лес, лесок, лесёнок (lesbiyanka, les, lesok, lesyonok) || derivied from lesbian || align="left" | somewhat neutral(1st one), endearment(when referring a tolerant one to a lesbian)
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| [[Russian language|Russian]] || лесбо, лесбуха, лесбище (lesbo, lesbuha, lesbische) || lesbo, lesbian || align="left" | derogatory, last one is somewhat positive...
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || peder || gay - word derived from pederast || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || homo || homosexual || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || buljaš || butty boy || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || peškir || towel || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || gej || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || lezbejka || lesbian || align="left" | derogatory for woman
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| [[Serbian language|Serbian]] || lezbača || hard core lesbian || align="left" | very derogatory for woman
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| [[Shona language|Shona]] || Ngochani || homosexual || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || buzerant/buzík || faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || gej || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || homoš || homo || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || štvorpercentný || four-percent || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || teploš || faggot || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || teplý || warm || align="left" | slightly derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || gej || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || peder || gay - word derived from pederast || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || toplovodar || anachronistic, literally "warm-water person" || align="left" | very derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || ritopik || anachronistic, literally "bottom-sting person" || align="left" | highly derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || tetka || anachronistic, literally "auntie" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || homo/homič || homosexual || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || buzi/buzerant || faggot || align="left" | very derogatory
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || lezbijka || lesbian || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory for woman
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || lejzba || hard core lesbian || align="left" | very derogatory for woman
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| [[Slovene language|Slovene]] || lezbača || hard core lesbian || align="left" | highly derogatory for woman
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || marica, mariquita, maricón || alteration of "Mary" || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || sarasa || bad-life-woman || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || bujarrón || sodomite || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || loca, locaza || feminine form of crazy || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || mariposón || big butterfly || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || muerdealmohadas || 'pillow-biter' || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || jamaicón || from Jamaica || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || afrancesado || As a french person || align="left" | neutral (Argentina)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || puñal || dagger || align="left" | highly derogatory (Mexico)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || puto || male prostitute || align="left" | highly derogatory (Latin America)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || joto || from the Jack on the card decks, named "joto", "la jota" in Mexican Spanish || align="left" | highly derogatory (Mexico)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || de ambiente || from the scene || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || entendido || the understood one || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || pato || duck || align="left" | derogatory (Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || plumifero || 'with feathers' || align="left" | derogatory (Puerto Rico)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || cueco || unknown origin || align="left" | derogatory (Panama)
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| [[Spanish language|Spanish]] || traganachos || unknown origin || align="left" | derogatory (México)
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || bög || crooked || align="left" | neutral, formerly derogatory
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || bajspackare || fudge packer || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || fikus || ficus || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || stjärtlymmel || ass rascal || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || stjärtdykare || ass diver || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || bakla || unknown; can also be used to describe things used by a male judged to be too effeminate (e.g. cosmetics, toiletries, clothing) || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || bading || unknown || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || baklita || unknown || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || binabae || effeminate || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || vaklush || unknown || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || vaklushii || unknown || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Visayan language|Visayan]] || monmon || suck cock while being analed || align="left" | neutral or slightly derogatory
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || eşcinsel || homosexual || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || top || ball || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || nonoş || old meaning: "cute, dear", now slang for effeminate gays || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || yumuşak || soft || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || ibne || homosexual (Arabic lit. feminine form of 'son', like in German 'Sohnin') || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || kulampara || Persian for 'boy lover', used for top gay men, particularly those who like younger persons || align="left" | archaic, derogatory
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| [[Welsh language|Welsh]] || hoyw || happy, jolly || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Urdu language|Urdu]] || Gando|| Arse Giver|| align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Urdu language|Urdu]] || ہم جنس پرست Humjinsparast || same gender believer || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Urdu language|Urdu]] || لوطى Looti || From Lot's people || align="left" | religious, derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || đồng tính luyến ái || same-sex love || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || đồng tính || same-sex || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || pê-đê || pederasty || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || ô môi (lesbian) || a kind of fruit|| align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || gay || gay || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || les || lesbian || align="left" | neutral
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || xăng pha nhớt || petrol/oil mixture || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || hai phai || two phases || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || biến thái || metamorphosis || align="left" | very derogatory
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| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] || bóng || shadow || align="left" | derogatory
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| [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] || פֿײגעלע (feygele) || "little bird" - a [[diminutive]] of bird (פֿויגל) || align="left" | veryderogatory
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| [[IsiZulu]] || unqingili || ? || align="left" | very derogatory
|}
==See also==
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* [[Homosexuality laws of the world]]
* [[LGBT slang]]
* [[Singapore gay terminology]]
==Notes==
:''Note: some of the translations given in the following pages are for "gay" in the traditional definition of "joyful"''
* [http://schwung-karlsruhe.de/Archiv/kurioses/ku_schwul/ku_schwul.html How do you say "gay" in...? (Gay Movement Karlsruhe)]
* [http://open-dictionary.com/Gay Translations for Gay (Open Dictionary)]
* [http://www.uni-leipzig.de/esperanto/voko/revo/art/gej.html "Gay" with several translations (Esperanto Dictionary)]
* [http://victoria.tc.ca/Community/GLBTF/documents_say.html How to Say "Gay" in Almost Every Language]
* [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/ga/gay.html#Mtranslation Modern Translations for gay (Webster's Online Dictionary)]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A412570 Descriptors for Sexual Minorities]
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