ghetto

See also Ghetto

English

Etymology

From Italian (Venetian dialect), ghèto (“foundry”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛtəʊ

Noun

ghetto (plural ghettos or ghettoes)

1. The district in a city where Jews were compelled to confine themselves.

   The Jews of Venice were confined to the ghèto, in what is now the Arsenale district

2. A district where members of an ethnic, religious or cultural minority are congregated, usually voluntarily.

   The Castro district of San Francisco is a gay ghetto.

   Beverley Hills is the ghetto of L.A.'s glitterati.

   The term Chinatown denotes a Chinese Ghetto.

3. An economically depressed urban district predominantly inhabited by members of one ethnic or religious group.

   Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville are often cited as African-American ghettos in New York City.

Derived terms

• ghetto blaster, ghettoblaster
• ghettoise - ghettoize

Translations

the district in a city where Jews were compelled to confine themselves

Arabic: غيتو (ar) (ghiitu, geto) m. Armenian: գետտո (hy) (getto) Belarusian: гета (be) (héta) n. Bulgarian: гето (bg) (géto) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 貧民區 (zh), 贫民区 (zh) (pínmínqū), 聚居區 (zh), 聚居区 (zh) (jùjūqū), 猶太人居住區, 犹太人居住区 (Yóutàirén jūzhùqū), 猶太區, 犹太区 (Yóutài-qū) Czech: ghetto (cs) n. Dutch: jodenbuurt, getto, ghetto n. Finnish: getto (fi), ghetto (fi) French: ghetto (fr) m. Georgian: გეტო (ka) (geto) German: Getto (de) n., Ghetto (de) n. Greek: γκέτο (el) (géto) Hebrew: גטו (he) (geto) m.

Hindi: (यहूदी) बस्ती (hi) ((yahūdī) bastī) f. Hungarian: gettó (hu) Italian: ghetto (it) m. Japanese: ゲットー (ja) (gettō) Korean: 게토 (ko) (geto) Persian: گتو (fa) (getu, geto) Polish: getto (pl) n. Romanian: ghetou (ro) n. Russian: гетто (ru) (gétto) n. (indeclinable) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: гето (sh) n. Roman: geto (sh) n. Spanish: gueto (es) m. Ukrainian: гетто (uk) (hétto) n. Yiddish: געטא (yi) (geto)

a district where members of an ethnic, religious or cultural minority are congregated

Dutch: getto (nl), ghetto (nl) n. Finnish: getto (fi) German: Getto (de) n., Ghetto (de) n. Hungarian: gettó (hu) Italian: ghetto (it) m.

Lithuanian: getas (lt) m. Polish: getto (pl) n. Romanian: ghetou (ro) n. Russian: гетто (ru) (gétto) n. (indeclinable)

an economically depressed urban district

Dutch: getto (nl), achterbuurt (nl) Finnish: getto (fi) German: Getto (de) n., Ghetto (de) n. Hungarian: gettó (hu)

Italian: ghetto (it) m. Polish: getto (pl) n. Russian: гетто (ru) (gétto) n. (indeclinable)

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Portuguese: gueto n. (from ghetto1,3), favela n. (from ghetto2)

Adjective

ghetto (comparative more ghetto, superlative most ghetto)

1. of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general
2. (slang) (informal) of low quality; cheap; shabby

   My apartment's so ghetto, the rats and cockroaches filed a complaint with the city!

   I like to drive ghetto cars; if they break down you can just abandon them and pick up a new one!

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Czech

Noun

ghetto n.

1. ghetto (the district in a city where Jews were compelled to confine themselves)

Declension

    declension of ghetto

	singular	plural
nominative	ghetto	ghetta
genitive	ghetta	ghett
dative	ghettu	ghettům
accusative	ghetto	ghetta
vocative	ghetto	ghetta
locative	ghettu	ghettech
instrumental	ghettem	ghetty

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Dutch

Noun

ghetto ? (plural ghetto's, diminutive ghettootje)

1. (nonstandard) non-preferential alternative form of getto, meaning ghetto

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Finnish

Noun

ghetto

1. Alternative spelling of getto.

Declension

Declension of ghetto (type valo) singular plural nominative ghetto ghetot genitive gheton ghettojen partitive ghettoa ghettoja accusative ghetto gheton ghetot inessive ghetossa ghetoissa elative ghetosta ghetoista illative ghettoon ghettoihin adessive ghetolla ghetoilla ablative ghetolta ghetoilta allative ghetolle ghetoille essive ghettona ghettoina translative ghetoksi ghetoiksi instructive – ghetoin abessive ghetotta ghetoitta comitative – ghettoineen

Anagrams

• ghetot

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French

Noun

ghetto m. (plural ghettos)

1. A ghetto

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Italian

Noun

ghetto m. (plural ghetti)

1. A ghetto