"gamin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡæmɪn/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-uk-gamin.oga [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: gamins [plural]
Rhymes: -æmɪn Etymology: Borrowed from French gamin (“street urchin; young boy”), apparently an “eastern dialect” word of unknown origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|gamin||street urchin; young boy}} French gamin (“street urchin; young boy”), {{unknown|en|unknown origin}} unknown origin Head templates: {{en-noun}} gamin (plural gamins)
  1. (dated, also attributively) A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy. Tags: also, attributive, dated Categories (topical): Children, Male Hypernyms (cheeky boy): imp, rascal Hypernyms (homeless boy): guttersnipe, street child Derived forms: gaminesque Related terms: gamine [adjective, noun], gaminerie Translations (cheeky, street-smart boy): gamin [masculine] (French), csibész (Hungarian), zsivány (Hungarian), vásott kölyök (Hungarian), gamín [Colombia, masculine] (Spanish) Translations (homeless boy; street urchin): гамен (gamen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bubo (Esperanto), gamin [masculine] (French), Straßenjunge [masculine] (German), χαμίνι (chamíni) [neuter] (Greek), αγυιόπαιδο (agyiópaido) [neuter, rare] (Greek), stradobubo (Ido), bubo (Ido), derelitto [masculine] (Italian), disadattato [masculine] (Italian), ragazzo di strada [masculine] (Italian), senzatetto [masculine] (Italian), vagabondo [masculine] (Italian), cicarō [masculine] (Latin), беспризо́рник (besprizórnik) [masculine] (Russian), gamín [Colombia, masculine] (Spanish)

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɡa.mɛ̃/ Audio: fr-gamin.ogg Forms: gamine [feminine], gamins [masculine, plural], gamines [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|fr}} Unknown Head templates: {{fr-adj}} gamin (feminine gamine, masculine plural gamins, feminine plural gamines)
  1. mischievous, naughty Categories (topical): Personality Derived forms: gaminement, gaminerie
    Sense id: en-gamin-fr-adj-zDAT0CmR Disambiguation of Personality: 69 31 0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 80 16 4

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɡa.mɛ̃/ Audio: fr-gamin.ogg Forms: gamins [plural], gamine [feminine]
Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|fr}} Unknown Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=+}} gamin m (plural gamins, feminine gamine)
  1. (dated) street urchin, street kid Tags: dated, masculine
    Sense id: en-gamin-fr-noun-MKwOpb1s
  2. (colloquial) kid Tags: colloquial, masculine Synonyms: gosse, minot [regional], kid
    Sense id: en-gamin-fr-noun-XHfX~Y9R

Noun [Limburgish]

IPA: [ɣəˈmæ̃ː˦] Forms: gamins [plural], gaminke [diminutive]
Rhymes: -æ̃ː Etymology: Borrowed from French gamin. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|li|fr|gamin|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French gamin, {{bor+|li|fr|gamin}} Borrowed from French gamin Head templates: {{head|li|noun|plural|gamins|diminutive|gaminke|g=m}} gamin m (plural gamins, diminutive gaminke)
  1. (Maastrichtian, rare in some other dialects) rascal boy, an imp particularly inclined to mischief Tags: Maastrichtian, masculine, rare Synonyms: batteraof, bregander, bregang, brokesjieter, gaillard, koejong, misdiedeger, ströp
    Sense id: en-gamin-li-noun-jzKZ3fos Categories (other): Limburgish entries with incorrect language header, Maastrichtian Limburgish

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} gamin
  1. Alternative form of game Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: game
    Sense id: en-gamin-enm-noun-FWub9XJl Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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