zingaro

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

zigeuner

zigeunerin

Synoniemen

zingara

zigano

tamarro

rom

zìngheno

zingare

zingari

coatto

tsigano

scugnizzo

Vertalingen

gypsy

gitano

cigano

gitan

Zigeuner

tsigane

gitano

çingene

Gypsy

Zigeunerin

τσιγγάνος

cigana

bohémien

Met koppelteken als

zìn‧ga‧ro

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈd͡zin.ɡa.ro/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).