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gay

How many syllables in gay?

  1 syllable

Divide gay into syllables:   gay
Syllable stress:   gay
How to pronounce gay:   gey
How to say gay:

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Define gay



adjective
  1. happy or merry
  2. homosexual
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What rhymes with gay

1 syllable
  • a
  • ae
  • bay
  • blae
  • blayk
  • bray
  • brey
  • cay
  • chez
  • cray
  • da
  • dak
  • de
  • dk
  • drey
  • fay
  • fe
  • flay
  • frae
  • Frey
  • Gay
  • gey
  • gray
  • ha
  • hay
  • hayed
  • hey
  • j
  • jay
  • jaye
  • K
  • Kay
  • lay
  • ley
  • May
  • mei
  • né
  • neigh
  • ole
  • pay
  • pe
  • play
  • prey
  • quai
  • Rae
  • Ray
  • rene
  • se
  • shea
  • sleigh
  • spay
  • splay
  • sta
  • stray
  • sway
  • Tay
  • tray
  • way
  • weigh
  • whey
  • yay
  • zep
  • A
  • ay
  • bey
  • blay
  • brae
  • braye
  • cache
  • che
  • clay
  • Cray
  • dae
  • day
  • dey
  • dray
  • eh
  • faye
  • fey
  • fley
  • fray
  • ga
  • gay
  • gley
  • grey
  • hae
  • haye
  • he
  • Hue
  • J
  • Jay
  • k
  • kay
  • lait
  • lei
  • mae
  • may
  • nay
  • née
  • Ney
  • passe
  • paye
  • Pei
  • pray
  • qua
  • quay
  • ray
  • re
  • say
  • shay
  • slay
  • spae
  • Spey
  • spray
  • stay
  • strey
  • tae
  • they
  • trey
  • Wei
  • wey
  • wray
  • yea
2 syllables
  • abbe
  • aka
  • array
  • astray
  • ballet
  • betray
  • bouquet
  • buffet
  • cafe
  • Cathay
  • cliche
  • crochet
  • decay
  • delay
  • display
  • dovey
  • faberge
  • filet
  • gervais
  • Hervey
  • hurray
  • ita
  • Manet
  • Millay
  • moray
  • Ne
  • nisei
  • ok
  • okay's
  • palais
  • Piaget
  • prepay
  • purvey
  • repay
  • risque
  • sauted
  • sheading
  • sorbet
  • survey
  • toupee
  • wrayful
  • aday
  • allay
  • asea
  • away
  • belay
  • Bombay
  • bouvier
  • CA
  • callais
  • chalet
  • convey
  • croquet
  • defray
  • dismay
  • dossiere
  • essay
  • fianced
  • fillet
  • halfway
  • hooray
  • Ira
  • jose
  • marais
  • Monet
  • nayaur
  • NE
  • obey
  • okay
  • olay
  • parquet
  • portray
  • puree
  • Renee
  • replay
  • saute
  • Sergei
  • soiree
  • souffle
  • today
  • valet
  • WY
3 syllables
  • antigay
  • brezilin
  • Cabernet
  • chevrolet
  • deseret
  • disobey
  • everyday
  • fiance
  • KKK
  • Monterey
  • overplay
  • perrier
  • societe
  • underplay
  • USA
4 syllables
5 syllables
6 syllables
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