gigolo

See also: 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
• 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
• French: prostitué (fr) m
• German: Gigolo m, Stricher (de) m
• Hungarian: selyemfiú, gigolo, hímringyó (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 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)
• 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 m
• Hungarian: dzsigoló

• Italian: accompagnatore m, ballerino 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
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can