gitan
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish gitano, itself derived from apheresis of older egiptano (“Egyptian”), from the mistaken belief that gypsies originated from Egypt.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gitan (feminine gitane, masculine plural gitans, feminine plural gitanes)
Noun
[edit]gitan m (plural gitans)
Synonyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gitan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old High German
[edit]Participle
[edit]gitān
- past participle of tuon
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