gigolo

See also: gigoló, gigolò, gigolô, ĝigolo, and Appendix:Variations of "gigolo"

English

Etymology

First attested in English in 1922. From French gigolo ‎(“young lover kept by an older woman”) (first attested in that sense in 1901; attested since 1894 in the sense "elegant young man whose means of livelihood are dubious", and since 1850 in the sense "lover of a gigolette or pimp"),, a back-formation from gigolette ‎(“promiscuous dancing girl, girl available for hire as a dancing partner”) (attested since 1850), from giguer ‎(“to dance”), from gigue ‎(“fiddle”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪɡ.ə.ˌloʊ/ or /ˈʒɪg.ˌloʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪɡ.ə.ˌləʊ/ or IPA^(key): /ˈʒɪɡ.ə.ˌləʊ/
• Hyphenation: gig‧o‧lo

Noun

gigolo ‎(plural gigolos)

1. A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.
2. A hired escort or dancing partner for a woman.
   • 1929, Irving Caesar, "Just a Gigolo" lyrics:

     I'm just a gigolo / And everywhere I go / People know the part I'm playin' / Paid for every dance / Sellin' each romance / Ooh, what they're sayin'

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:prostitute

Translations

male having sexual relationships for money

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: жиголо m ‎(žigolo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面首 (zh) ‎(miànshǒu), 妓男 ‎(jìnán), 男娼 ‎(nánchāng)

• Czech: gigolo (cs) m, prostitut m
• Dutch: manhoer, gigolo
• Finnish: rattopoika (fi), miesprostituoitu, gigolo (fi)
• French: prostitué (fr) m
• German: Gigolo (de) m, Stricher (de) m
• Hungarian: selyemfiú (hu), gigolo (hu), hímringyó (hu) (vulgar, derogatory)
• Italian: gigolò m, mantenuto (it) m

• Japanese: ジゴロ ‎(jigoro), 男娼 ‎(だんしょう, danshō)
• Korean: 남창 (ko) ‎(namchang)
• Persian: ژیگولو (fa) ‎(žigolo)
• Polish: żigolak (pl) m, żigolo (pl) m, utrzymanek (pl) m
• Portuguese: gigolô (pt) m, garoto de programa m
• Romanian: gigolo (ro) m
• Russian: жи́голо (ru) m ‎(žígolo), проститу́т (ru) m ‎(prostitút), ха́стлер m ‎(xástler) (to other men, also), альфо́нс (ru) m ‎(alʹfóns) (a lover who lives on woman's expense)
• Spanish: gigoló (es) m, puto (es) m
• Swedish: manshora (sv) c, gigolo (sv)
• Turkish: jigolo (tr), tokmakçı (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

hired escort or dancing partner

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舞男 ‎(wǔnán)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: escort (nl) m
• Finnish: seuralainen (fi)
• French: gigolo (fr) m
• German: Gigolo (de) m
• Hungarian: dzsigoló (hu)

• Italian: accompagnatore (it) m, ballerino (it) m
• Japanese: (escort) エスコート ‎(esukōto), (dancing) ダンスパートナー専門の男 ‎(ダンスパートナーせんもんのおとこ, dansu pātonā senmon no otoko)
• Persian: ژیگولو (fa) ‎(žigolo)
• Polish: żigolo (pl) m, żigolak (pl) m, fordanser m
• Portuguese: acompanhante (pt) m
• Russian: жи́голо (ru) m ‎(žígolo)
• Spanish: gigoló (es) m
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: jigolo (tr), tokmakçı (tr), tutma erkek
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can