# gé
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɛː]

### Noun

gé n (indeclinable)
* The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

### Further reading

* “gé”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “gé”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒe/

### Noun

gé m (plural gés)
* The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡeː]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɡeː

### Noun

gé
* The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

#### Declension
### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /cɛː/
* Rhymes: -ɛː

### Noun

gé n (genitive singular gés, nominative plural gé)
* The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

#### Declension
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɟeː/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish géd m (“goose”), from Proto-Celtic *gezdā. Cognate with Welsh gŵydd, Cornish goodh and Breton gwaz.

#### Noun

gé f or m (genitive singular gé or géidh, nominative plural géanna or géidhe or géacha)
* goose (grazing waterfowl of the family Anatidae)

##### Declension

As feminine noun:
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
gé
géanna
vocative
a ghé
a ghéanna
genitive
gé
géanna
dative
gé
géanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an ghé
na géanna
genitive
na gé
na ngéanna
dative
leis an ngé don ghé
leis na géanna :
As masculine noun (now archaic):
bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
gé
géidhe
vocative
a ghéidh
a ghéidhe
genitive
géidh
géidhe
dative
gé
géidhe
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an gé
na géidhe
genitive
an ghéidh
na ngéidhe
dative
leis an ngé don ghé
leis na géidhe :
Alternative nominative plural forms: géacha (feminine and masculine), géabha (Cois Fharraige)

##### Alternative forms

* géadh (archaic)

##### Hyponyms

* gandal m (“gander”)

##### Derived terms

* gé Cheanadach f (“Canada goose”)
* gé ghiúrainn f (“barnacle goose”)
* gé ghlas f (“greylag goose”)

#### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gé”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 354
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “gé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

### Etymology 2

From Latin gē.

#### Noun

gé
* The name of the Latin-script letter g/G.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
* Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

### References

* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 126, page 52
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 133
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “géd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ “gé”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

Inherited from French gai (“gay, cheerful, merry”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡe/
* Rhymes: -e

### Adjective

gé
* happy
    Synonyms: èrè, konten

## Mandarin
### Alternative forms

* ge — nonstandard

### Romanization

gé (ge$^2$, Zhuyin ㄍㄜˊ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 佮
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 匌
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呄
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嗝
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 噶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 塥
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嶮 / 崄
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 愅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 挌
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 揶
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 搿
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 擱 / 搁
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 敋
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 格
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 槅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 浦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 滄 / 沧
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 烖 / 灾
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 獦
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 砗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 胳
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 膈
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 臵
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 茖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 葛
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛒
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蛤
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 裓
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 觡
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 諽
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 輵 / 𬨍, 轕 / 𮝺
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 郃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉀 / 钾
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鉻 / 铬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鎘 / 镉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 铬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 镉
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閗 / 𫔯
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閣 / 阁
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 閤 / 合
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 闔 / 阖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阁
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 阖
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隔
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 革
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞇
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鞷
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韐 / 𱂆
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 韚 / 𫠅
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 領 / 领
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 颌
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 骼
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 髂
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬬
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鬲
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鮯 / 𫚗
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鰪
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 齃
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 騔 / 𩨀

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʲeː/

### Verb

·gé
* third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of guidid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.