zingaro

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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

Konzepte

Zigeuner

Zigeunerin

Sinti und Roma

Umherziehender

Umherziehende

Rom

Nicht-Sesshafter

Zigeunerleben

Roma

Synonyme

zingara

zigano

tamarro

rom

zìngheno

zingare

zingari

coatto

tsigano

scugnizzo

Übersetzungen

gypsy

gitano

gitan

cigano

zigeuner

tsigane

gitano

zigeunerin

çingene

Gypsy

τσιγγάνος

cigana

tinker

Mit Bindestrich als

zìn‧ga‧ro

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈd͡zin.ɡa.ro/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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”).