queer
English
/kwɪɹ/, /kwɪə/
adj
Definitions
- (dated) Weird, odd or different; whimsical.
- (Britain) Slightly unwell (mainly in "to feel queer").
- (Britain) drunk.
- (colloquial) Homosexual.
- (colloquial) Not heterosexual, or not cisgender: homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgender, etc.
- (broadly) Pertaining to sexual or gender behaviour or identity which does not conform to conventional heterosexual or cisgender norms, assumptions etc.
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Germanic *þwerhaz (cross, adverse, contrary, against) derived from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (turn, twist, spin, wind), *terkʷ- (turn, twist, spin, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*terkʷ-
Gloss
turn, twist, spin, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Quidditch English
- antiqueer English
- bait English
- baiting English
- ditch English
- gender English
- genderqueer English
- genderqueerness English
- intort English
- lord English
- nonqueer English
- platonic English
- postqueer English
- queerbait English
- queerbaiting English
- queercore English
- queerdar English
- queerdom English
- queerer English
- queerhood English
- queerification English
- queerify English
- queerish English
- queerishly English
- queerism English
- queerization English
- queerize English
- queerlord English
- queerly English
- queerness English
- queerphobia English
- queerphobic English
- queerplatonic English
- queersome English
- queerspawn English
- queerspeak English
- queersploitation English
- spawn English
- contortus Latin
- distortum Latin
- extortiō Latin
- extortus Latin
- nasturtium Latin
- retorqueo Latin
- retortus Latin
- tormentum Latin
- torqueo Latin
- torqueō Latin
- torquēre Latin
- torquēs Latin
- torsio Latin
- torta pānis, tortus Latin
- tortio Latin
- tortum Latin
- tortuosus Latin
- tortura Latin
- tortus Latin
- tortuōsus Latin
- tortūra Latin
- tricae Latin
- trua Latin
- turpis Latin
- Quere German
- Querflöte German
- Querformat German
- Querkopf German
- Quermaß German
- Querreihe German
- Querschnitt German
- Querstreifen German
- Querstrich German
- quer German
- querschlagen German
- Τροία Ancient Greek
- τέρπω Ancient Greek
- τρέπω Ancient Greek
- ἄτρακτος Ancient Greek
- *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *trewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *þarhô Proto-Germanic
- *þerh- Proto-Germanic
- *þweraną Proto-Germanic
- *þwerhaz Proto-Germanic
- þweorh Old English
- thwert Middle English
- thwerten Middle English
- þverr Old Norse
- þvert Old Norse
- torcious Old French
- trousse Old French
- kvira Esperanto
- torri Welsh
- dwerah Old High German
- twerh Old High German
- contortion Middle French
- 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍃 Gothic
- קווידיץ׳ Hebrew (modern)
- *thwerhes Old Dutch
- *tarkúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- thwerh Old Saxon
- 𒋻𒌑𒍣 Hittite
- lord
- bait
- ditch
- spawn
- gender
- intort
- queerly
- baiting
- queerer
- queerify
- queerdar
- queerize
- queerdom
- queerism
- nonqueer
- platonic
- queerish
- queerlord
- Quidditch
- queersome
- queerness
- queercore
- antiqueer
- queerhood
- queerbait
- postqueer
- queerspawn
- queerishly
- queerspeak
- genderqueer
- queerphobia
- queerphobic
- queerbaiting
- queerization
- queerplatonic
- queerification
- genderqueerness
- queersploitation