ghetto

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adjective 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension 4 French 4.1 Noun 5 Italian 5.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛtəʊ

[edit] 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• ghetto blaster, ghettoblaster
• ghettoise - ghettoize

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ghetto (comparative more ghetto, superlative most ghetto)

1. of or related 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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[edit] Noun

ghetto (plural ghetto's, diminutive ghettootje, diminutive plural ghettootjes)

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

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

ghetto

1. Alternative spelling of getto.

[edit] 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

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[edit] Noun

ghetto m. (plural ghettos)

1. A ghetto

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

ghetto m. (plural ghetti)

1. A ghetto