zingaro

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

gitan

tsigane

romanichel

bohémien

Tsiganes

cacou

bohémienne

racaille

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tzigane

Synonymes

zingara

zigano

tamarro

rom

zìngheno

zingare

zingari

coatto

tsigano

scugnizzo

Traductions

gypsy

gitano

cigano

Zigeuner

zigeuner

zigeunerin

çingene

Gypsy

Zigeunerin

cigana

τσιγγάνος

gitano

Sinti und Roma

Coupé comme

zìn‧ga‧ro

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈd͡zin.ɡa.ro/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).