gypsy

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Derived terms 1.6 See also 1.7 References

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• gipsy
• gypsey

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English Gypcyan, Old French gyptien (“‘Egyptian, gypsy’”), from Latin Aegyptius. See Egyptian.

Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʒɪp.si/
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[edit] Noun

gypsy (plural gypsies)

1. (offensive, sometimes pejorative) An itinerant person or any person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Roma, including suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.

   I will look on your treasures, gypsy. Is this understood? Borat

2. Gypsy, a member of the Roma.
3. (archaic) One of a vagabond race, not necessarily Roma, whose tribes, traditionally thought to have originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc. living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany, traveller.
   • Shakespeare:

     Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.

[edit] Translations

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Albanian: arixhi m., arixheshkë f. Arabic: غجري (ğájariy) m., غجرية (ğajaríyya) f. Armenian: գնչու (gnču) Bosnian: ciganin m., ciganka f. Bulgarian: циганин (tsiganin) m., циганка (tsiganka) f. Chinese: 吉普賽人, 吉普赛人 (jípǔsài rén) Croatian: ciganin hr(hr) m., ciganka hr(hr) f. Dutch: zigeuner nl(nl) m., zigeunerin nl(nl) f. Esperanto: cigano eo(eo), ciganino eo(eo) Estonian: mustlane et(et) Finnish: mustalainen fi(fi) French: bohémien fr(fr) m., bohémienne fr(fr) f., tsigane fr(fr) m. and f. Georgian: ბოშა ka(ka) (boša) m., ბოშა-ქალი ka(ka) (boša-k‘ali) f. German: Zigeuner de(de) m., Zigeunerin de(de) f. Greek: τσιγγάνος el(el) (tsiganos) m. Hebrew: צועני Hindi: यायावार (yaayaavar) Hungarian: cigány hu(hu) Irish: giofóg ga(ga) f.

Italian: zingaro it(it) m., zingara it(it) f. Japanese: ジプシー (jipushī) Korean: 집시 (jipsi) Latin: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: Циганин mk(mk) (Cíganin) m., Циган mk(mk) (Cígan) m., Циганка mk(mk) (Cíganka) f. Old English: please add this translation if you can Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: cygan pl(pl) m., cyganka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: cigano pt(pt) m., cigana pt(pt) f. Romanian: ţigan m., ţigancă f. Russian: цыган ru(ru) (tsigán) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: циганин sr(sr) m., циганка sr(sr) f. Roman: ciganin m., ciganka f. Slovene: cigan m., ciganka f. Spanish: gitano m. gitana f. Turkish: çingene tr(tr) Vietnamese: digan, dân gipsi, người Di Gan, dân gipxi Yiddish: ציגײַנער ti(ti) (tsigayner) m.

[edit] Adjective

gypsy (not comparable)

1. (pejorative, offensive) Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Roma, 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.

2. Gypsy, of or belonging to the Roma. This term is considered pejorative by many.
3. (archaic) Of or belonging to the Gypsy race (Webster).

[edit] Synonyms

• knacker
• Roma
• Sinti
• pavee
• tinker
• traveller
• vagrant

[edit] Derived terms

• gypsy cab
• gypsy moth
• gyp

[edit] See also

• Romani people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Romani people

[edit] References

• gypsy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913