Bohemian

See also bohemian

English

Etymology

Bohemia +‎ -ian

In sense of Romani and by association, marginalized artists, from French bohémien (“person from Bohemia, Romani”), from Bohême (“Bohemia”); compare gypsy (“Romani”), from Egypt.

Noun

Bohemian (countable and uncountable; plural Bohemians)

1. (countable) A native or resident of Bohemia.
2. (uncountable) The dialect of the Czech language spoken in Bohemia.
3. (countable, archaic) A Gypsy, a Romani.
4. (countable, slang) A marginalized and impoverished young artist, or member of the urban literati.

Derived terms

• bohunk

Translations

native or resident of Bohemia

• Catalan: bohemi (ca) m, bohèmia (ca) f
• Czech: Čech (cs) m
• Finnish: böömiläinen (fi)

• Russian: богемец (ru) (bogémус)
• Swedish: böhmare (sv) c

dialect of the Czech language

• Russian: богемский (ru) (bogémskij)

Romani

• Catalan: bohemi (ca) m, bohèmia (ca) f, bohemià (ca) m, bohemiana (ca) f

marginalized and impoverished young artist

• Catalan: bohemi (ca) m, bohèmia (ca) f
• Czech: bohém (cs) m
• Finnish: boheemi (fi)

• Korean: 보헤미안 (ko)
• Portuguese: boêmio (pt)
• Swedish: bohem (sv) c

Adjective

Bohemian (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to Bohemia or its language.
2. Of, or relating to the untraditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, musicians, and actors in major European cities (or by extension, major North American cities as well).

Translations

of, or relating to Bohemia or its language

• Czech: český (cs)
• Finnish: böömiläinen (fi)

• Russian: богемский (ru) (bogémskij)
• Swedish: böhmisk (sv)

of, or relating to the untraditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists

• Czech: bohémský (cs) m
• Russian: богемный (ru) (bogémnyj)

• Swedish: bohemisk (sv)

See also

• bohemium