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• /ɡaɪ/
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• homophone: guy
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• rhymes with -aɪ
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• gī
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• Received-Pronunciation, US: [ɡaɪ]
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• British, Southern, Standard: [ɡɑj]
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• Canada: [ɡaɪ]
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• dialectal: [ɡəj]
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• Australian: [ɡɑɪ]
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• homophone: Guy
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• CMU ARPABET: G AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *h1weydhh1- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h1)wéydh(h1)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Frankish *Widōbor. Medieval Latin *Widō Old French Guibor. English Guy From Old French Gui, from a Frankish form of Proto-West Germanic *Widō (compare Old Dutch Wido), a short form of names beginning with the element *widu (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz; see for example modern German Witold and Old Saxon Widukind. Cognate with Italian Guido and thus a doublet of Guido. More at wood.

From the Hebrew name גַּיְא (gáy, literally “valley”), with the spelling influenced by the existing English name.

For places which could be from either etymology above.

Coined by semantic widening from the name of Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), an English Catholic executed for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, which also came to refer to effigies of his image burned annually on Guy Fawkes Night. The name Guy is from Old French Gui, from a Frankish form of Proto-West Germanic *Widō (compare Old Dutch Wido), a short form of names beginning with the element *widu (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *widuz. Cognate with Italian Guido. Doublet of guido.

From Old French guie, linked to verb guier (“guide”), from Frankish *wītan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wītaną (“know”). Cognate with English guide.

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: Գվիդոն (Gvidon) — male given name
• Armenian: Գի (Gi) — male given name
• Catalan: Guiu — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 蓋伊 /盖伊 (Gàiyī) — male given name
• Czech: Kvido — male given name
• Esperanto: Vito — male given name
• French: Guy — male given name
• Galician: Guido — male given name
• German: Veit — male given name
• Hebrew: גאי — male given name
• Hebrew: גַּיְא — male given name
• Hungarian: Gujdó — male given name
• Hungarian: Vitold — male given name
• Italian: Guido — male given name
• Latin: Guidus — male given name
• Latvian: Gvido — male given name
• Lithuanian: Gvidas — male given name
• Polish: Gwido — male given name
• Portuguese: Guido — male given name
• Russian: Гай (Gaj) — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Gvido — male given name
• Serbo-Croatian: Vid — male given name
• Sicilian: Vitu — male given name
• Sicilian: Vita — male given name
• Slovene: Gvido — male given name
• Spanish: Guido — male given name
• Thai: กาย (gāai) — male given name
• Welsh: Guto — male given name
• Afrikaans: ou — male, man
• Arabic: رَجُل (rajul) — male, man
• Assamese: ল’ৰা (löra) — male, man
• Assamese: আপা (apa) — male, man
• Bengali: ছেলে (chele) — male, man
• Bulgarian: чове́к (čovék) — male, man
• Bulgarian: прия́тел (prijátel) — male, man
• Catalan: paio — male, man
• Chinese Mandarin: 人 (rén) — male, man
• Chinese Mandarin: 男人 (nánrén) — male, man
• Cornish: den — male, man
• Cornish: gwas — male, man
• Czech: chlap — male, man
• Czech: chlápek — male, man
• Czech: chlapík — male, man
• Czech: maník — male, man
• Czech: borec — male, man
• Czech: colloquial — male, man
• Czech: slang typ — male, man
• Danish: fyr — male, man
• Dutch: kerel — male, man
• Dutch: vent — male, man
• Dutch: gozer — male, man
• Dutch: gast — male, man
• Esperanto: ulo — male, man
• Estonian: kutt — male, man
• Estonian: tüüp — male, man
• Faroese: fýrur — male, man
• Finnish: kundi — male, man
• French: mec — male, man
• French: gars — male, man
• French: type — male, man
• Georgian: კაცი (ḳaci) — male, man
• Georgian: ბიჭი (bič̣i) — male, man
• Georgian: ყმაწვილი (q̇mac̣vili) — male, man
• Georgian: ჭაბუკი (č̣abuḳi) — male, man
• Georgian: ჯეელი (ǯeeli) — male, man
• Georgian: ტიპი (ṭiṗi) — male, man
• German: Typ — male, man
• German: Kerl — male, man
• Hungarian: srác — male, man
• Hungarian: fickó — male, man
• Icelandic: gaur — male, man
• Icelandic: náungi — male, man
• Icelandic: gæi — male, man
• Icelandic: kauði — male, man
• Icelandic: fýr — male, man
• Ido: kerlo — male, man
• Ingrian: priha — male, man
• Italian: tipo — male, man
• Italian: bullo — male, man
• Japanese: やつ (yatsu) — male, man
• Japanese: ヤツ (yatsu) — male, man
• Japanese: 奴 (yatsu) — male, man
• Japanese: 野郎 ref. こいつ (yarō) — male, man
• Japanese: そいつ (soitsu) — male, man
• Japanese: あいつ (aitsu) — male, man
• Korean: 녀석 (nyeoseok) — male, man
• Korean: 놈 (nom) — male, man
• Central Kurdish: کابرا (kabra) — male, man
• Louisiana Creole: boug — male, man
• Louisiana Creole: gayar — male, man
• Low German: Keerl — male, man
• Low German: Kierl — male, man
• Macedonian: дечко (dečko) — male, man
• Macedonian: тип (tip) — male, man
• Māori: autaia — male, man
• Mauritian Creole: boug — male, man
• Norman: bouonhoumme — male, man
• Polish: facet — male, man
• Polish: chłop — male, man
• Portuguese: tipo — male, man
• Portuguese: cara — male, man
• Portuguese: chapa — male, man
• Portuguese: bicho — male, man
• Romanian: tip — male, man
• Russian: па́рень (párenʹ) — male, man
• Russian: ю́ноша (júnoša) — male, man
• Russian: молодо́й челове́к (molodój čelovék) — male, man
• Russian: мужчи́на (mužčína) — male, man
• Russian: ма́льчик (málʹčik) — male, man
• Scots: chiel — male, man
• Scottish Gaelic: gille — male, man
• Shor: оол (ool) — male, man
• Spanish: tipo — male, man
• Spanish: güey — male, man
• Spanish: buey — male, man
• Spanish: cuate — male, man
• Spanish: gallo — male, man
• Spanish: mae — male, man
• Spanish: man — male, man
• Spanish: tercio — male, man
• Spanish: tío — male, man
• Spanish: vato — male, man
• Spanish: pata — male, man
• Spanish: mishule — male, man
• Spanish: gaché — male, man
• Spanish: gachó — male, man
• Spanish: chochera — male, man
• Spanish: prójimo — male, man
• Swedish: kille — male, man
• Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠀ (fua) — male, man
• Tatar: егет (yeget) — male, man
• Tatar: ир (ir) — male, man
• Tatar: малай (malay) — male, man
• Ottoman Turkish: حریف (herif) — male, man
• Welsh: boi — male, man
• Welsh: bachan — male, man
• Yiddish: חבֿרה־מאַן (khevre-man) — male, man
• Bulgarian: хо́ра (hóra) — in plural: people
• Chinese Mandarin: 人 (rén) — in plural: people
• Chinese Mandarin: 人們 /人们 (rénmen) — in plural: people
• Czech: (ty, Moravian ti) lidi — in plural: people
• Czech: Moravian děcka (ty) — in plural: people
• Dutch: gasten — in plural: people
• Dutch: jongens — in plural: people
• Esperanto: uloj — in plural: people
• Finnish: kaverit — in plural: people
• Finnish: tyypit — in plural: people
• French: gars — in plural: people
• German: Typen — in plural: people
• German: Kerle — in plural: people
• German: Leute — in plural: people
• Italian: gente — in plural: people
• Japanese: やつら (yatsura) — in plural: people
• Japanese: 奴ら (yatsura) — in plural: people
• Portuguese: pessoal — in plural: people
• Portuguese: galera — in plural: people
• Portuguese: caras — in plural: people
• Portuguese: gente — in plural: people
• Russian: лю́ди (ljúdi) — in plural: people
• Tatar: халык (xalıq) — in plural: people
• Portuguese: carinha — character
• Portuguese: bicho — character
• Greek: τύπος (týpos) — Buster, fella, man, bud
• Portuguese: cara — Buster, fella, man, bud
• Portuguese: colega — Buster, fella, man, bud
• Portuguese: bicho — Buster, fella, man, bud
• Portuguese: parceiro m/parceira — Buster, fella, man, bud
• Ottoman Turkish: حریف (herif) — Buster, fella, man, bud
• Bulgarian: ванта (vanta) — nautical: support rope or cable to aid in hoisting or lowering
• Finnish: gaija — nautical: support rope or cable to aid in hoisting or lowering
• French: hauban — nautical: support rope or cable to aid in hoisting or lowering
• Italian: tirante — nautical: support rope or cable to aid in hoisting or lowering
• Italian: strallo — nautical: support rope or cable to aid in hoisting or lowering
• Māori: purengi — nautical: support rope or cable to aid in hoisting or lowering
• Mongolian: олс татлага (ols tatlaga) — nautical: support rope or cable to aid in hoisting or lowering
• Russian: шкот (škot) — nautical: support rope or cable to aid in hoisting or lowering
• Finnish: harus — nautical: support for keeping in place
• Finnish: gaijata — to equip with a support cable
• Finnish: harustaa — to equip with a support cable
• German: abspannen — to equip with a support cable
• Italian: strallare — to equip with a support cable