Phrase guide

gay pride

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A feeling of pride in one's homosexuality; embrace of a positive gay identity and rejection of shame imposed by homophobia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A pride festival or pride parade.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • My first gay pride was in 1998 and I've been to every one since.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Possibly modelled on black pride.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فَخْر مِثْلِيِّين (faḵr miṯliyyīn) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Armenian: գեյ փրայդ (gey pʻrayd) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Azerbaijani: gey prayd — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Belarusian: гей-пра́йд (hjej-prájd) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Belarusian: гей-пара́д (hjej-parád) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Bulgarian: гей го́рдост (gej górdost) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Bulgarian: гей пра́йд (gej prájd) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Catalan: orgull gai — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同志驕傲 /同志骄傲 (tóngzhì jiao'ào) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同性戀自豪 /同性恋自豪 (tóngxìngliàn zìháo) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Chinese Mandarin: 同志自豪 (tóngzhì zìháo) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Esperanto: gejfiero — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Esperanto: gejfiereco — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Finnish: pride — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • French: Gay Pride — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • French: Fierté Gaie — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Georgian: გეი პრაიდი (gei ṗraidi) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • German: Gay Pride — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Hebrew: גַּאֲוָה (ga'avá) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Hindi: गे प्राइड (ge prāiḍ) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Hindi: गे गर्व (ge garv) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Japanese: ゲイ・プライド (gei-puraido) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Korean: 게이 프라이드 (gei peuraideu) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Persian: افتخار به همجنسگرایی (eftexâr be ham-jens-garâyi) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Polish: gay pride — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Portuguese: orgulho gay — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Russian: гей-пра́йд (gej-prájd) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Russian: гей-пара́д (gej-parád) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Serbo-Croatian: ге̑ј по̀нос — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Serbo-Croatian: gȇj pònos — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Spanish: orgullo gay — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Swedish: pride — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Thai: เกย์ไพรด์ (gee-prái) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Turkish: Gey Onur Günü — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Ukrainian: ґей-пра́йд (gej-prájd) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Ukrainian: гей-пра́йд (hej-prájd) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Ukrainian: ґей-пара́д (gej-parád) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Ukrainian: гей-пара́д (hej-parád) — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality
  • Welsh: balchder hoyw — a feeling of pride in one's homosexuality