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From Middle English Gypcyan, Old French gyptien (“Egyptian, gypsy”), from Latin Aegyptius, because it was wrongly believed that dark-skinned Gypsies came from Egypt. See Egyptian.
Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.
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gypsy (plural gypsies)
- (sometimes pejorative) An itinerant person or any person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people, including suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.; one of a vagabond race, not necessarily Romani
- Shakespeare:
- Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.
- I will look on your treasures, gypsy. Is this understood? Borat
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Translations
- Afrikaans: sigeuner (af)
- Albanian: arixhi m., arixheshkë f.
- Arabic: غجري (ar) (ghájariy) m., غجرية (ar) (ghajaríyya) f.
- Armenian: գնչու (hy) (gnču)
- Belarusian: цыган (be) (cyhán) m., цыганка (be) (cyhánka) f.
- Bulgarian: циганин (bg) (cíganin) m., циганка (bg) (cíganka) f.
- Catalan: gitano (ca) m.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 吉普賽人 (zh), 吉普赛人 (zh) (Jípǔsài rén)
- Czech: cikán (cs) m.
- Danish: sigøjner (da) c.
- Dutch: zigeuner (nl) m., zigeunerin (nl) f.
- Esperanto: cigano (eo), ciganino (eo)
- Estonian: mustlane (et)
- Finnish: mustalainen (fi)
- French: gitan (fr) m., tsigane (fr) m. and f., romanichel (fr)
- Georgian: ბოშა (ka) (boša) m., ბოშა-ქალი (ka) (boša-k‘ali) f.
- German: Zigeuner (de) m., Zigeunerin (de) f.
- Greek: τσιγγάνος (el) (tsingános) m., αθίγγανος (el) (athínganos) m.
- Hebrew: צועני (he)
- Hindi: यायावार (hi) (yāyāvār), जिप्सी (hi) (jipsī)
- Hungarian: cigány (hu)
- Icelandic: sígauni (is) m.
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- Irish: giofóg (ga) f.
- Italian: zingaro (it) m., zingara (it) f.
- Japanese: ジプシー (ja) (jipushī)
- Korean: 집시 (ko) (jipsi)
- Latin: gitana (gitana)
- Macedonian: Циганин (mk) (Cíganin) m., Циган (mk) (Cígan) m., Циганка (mk) (Cíganka) f.
- Norwegian: sigøyner (no) m., sigøynerske (no) f.
- Old English: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: کولی (fa) (kowlii)
- Polish: cygan (pl) m., cyganka (pl) f.
- Portuguese: cigano (pt) m., cigana (pt) f.
- Romanian: țigan (ro) m., țigancă (ro) f.
- Russian: цыган (ru) (cygán) m., цыганка (ru) (cygánка) f.
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: циганин (sh) m., циганка (sh) f.
- Roman: ciganin (sh) m., ciganka (sh) f.
- Slovak: cigán (sk) m., cigánka (sk) f.
- Slovene: cigan (sl) m., ciganka (sl) f.
- Spanish: gitano (es) m., gitana (es) f.
- Swedish: zigenare (sv), zigenerska (sv)
- Turkish: çingene (tr)
- Ukrainian: циган (uk) (cyhán) m., циганка (uk) (cyhánka) f.
- Vietnamese: digan, dân gipsi, người Di Gan, dân gipxi
- Yiddish: ציגײַנער (yi) (tsigayner) m.
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[edit] Adjective
gypsy (not comparable)
- (pejorative, offensive) Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people, including suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.
- If anyone questions them, they'll fold up faster than a gypsy roofing company.
- (sometimes pejorative) Gypsy, of or belonging to the Romani.
- (archaic) Of or belonging to the Gypsy race (Webster).
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