zingaro

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (masculine) Gypsy, Roma
2. (masculine, offensive) a scruffy or slovenly person
3. (masculine) tinker
4. (figuratively, masculine) a person who likes to travel, who cannot stay a long time in one place

Adj

Gypsy, Romani

Conceptes

gitano

Sinònims

zingara

zigano

tamarro

rom

zìngheno

zingare

zingari

coatto

tsigano

scugnizzo

Traduccions

gypsy

gitano

gitan

cigano

Zigeuner

zigeuner

tsigane

cigana

Gypsy

zigeunerin

Zigeunerin

τσιγγάνος

çingene

Amb guionet com a

zìn‧ga‧ro

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈd͡zin.ɡa.ro/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Dissimilated form of earlier zingano, most likely from a Greek term meaning "untouchable". Compare the modern Greek designations Τσιγγάνοι (Tsingánoi), Αθίγγανοι (Athínganoi), τσιγγάνος (tsingános). Cognate to German Zigeuner.
The word is considered to be offensive by some in educated speech, the most common preferred euphemisms being nomade (“nomadic”), Rom (“Romani”), Sinto (“Sindhi”) and rarely also gitano (“traveller”).