see|Gypsy
English
Alternative spellings
gipsy
gypsey
Etymology
From ME. term|Gypcyan|langenm, OF. term|gyptien||Egyptian, gypsy|langfr, from L. term|Aegyptius|lang=la. See term|Egyptian.
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-gypsy.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun|gyps|ies
- context|offensive|sometimes|_|pejorative An itinerant person or any person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Roma, including suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.
#:I will look on your treasures, gypsy. Is this understood? w:Borat|Borat
- Gypsy#Noun|Gypsy, a member of the Roma.
- archaic One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, traditionally thought to have originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc. living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.
#* w:Shakespeare|Shakespeare:
#*: Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.
Translations
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Albanian: arixhi m, arixheshkë f
Arabic: غجر� m ,غجر�ة f
Bosnian: ciganin#Bosnian|ciganin m, ciganka#Bosnian|ciganka f
Bulgarian: �иганин (tsiganin) m, �иганка (tsiganka) f
Chinese: ��賽人, ���人
Croatian: ciganin#Croatian|ciganin m, ciganka#Croatian|ciganka f
Dutch: zigeuner m, zigeunerin f
Finnish: mustalainen
French: bohémien m, bohémienne f, tsigane m, f
German: Zigeuner m, Zigeneurin f
Greek: ��ιγγάνο� m
Hungarian: cigány
Italian: zingaro m, zingara f
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Japanese: ���� (jipushii)
Korean: �� (jipshi)
Polish: cygan m, cyganka f
Portuguese: cigano m, cigana f
Russian: ��ганин m (tsiganin)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �иганин#Serbian|�иганин m, �иганка#Serbian|�иганка f
:Roman: ciganin#Serbian|ciganin m, ciganka#Serbian|ciganka f
Slovenian: cigan#Slovenian|cigan m, ciganka#Slovenian|ciganka f
Spanish: gitano m gitana f
Turkish: çingene
Vietnamese: digan, dân gipsi, ngư�i Di Gan, dân gipxi
Adjective
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- pejorative|offensive Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Roma, including suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.
#:If anyone questions them, they'll fold up faster than a gypsy roofing company.
- Gypsy#Adjective|Gypsy, of or belonging to the Roma. This term is considered pejorative by many.
- archaic Of or belonging to the Gypsy race (Webster).
Synonyms
Roma
Sinti
traveller
vagrant
tinker
pavee
knacker
Derived terms
gypsy cab
gypsy moth
gyp
See also
pedialite|Romani people
References
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