"tzigane" meaning in English

See tzigane in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tsɪˈɡɑːn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tzigane.wav Forms: tziganes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːn Etymology: From the Hungarian cigány via French tzigane, from Byzantine Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “untouchable”). Cognate to Italian zigano, zingano and zingaro, Spanish cíngaro, German Zigeuner, Dutch zigeuner, Afrikaans sigeuner, Portuguese cigano, Romanian țigan, Polish Cygan, Czech Cikán, Russian цыган (cygan), Turkish Çingene. Doublet of zingaro. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Rom (words related to the Romani people's autonyms) and cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt); see those entries for more information. Etymology templates: {{der|en|hu|cigány}} Hungarian cigány, {{bor|en|fr|tzigane}} French tzigane, {{der|en|gkm|ἀθίγγανος|t=untouchable}} Byzantine Greek ἀθίγγανος (athínganos, “untouchable”), {{cog|it|zigano}} Italian zigano, {{cog|es|cíngaro}} Spanish cíngaro, {{cog|de|Zigeuner}} German Zigeuner, {{cog|nl|zigeuner}} Dutch zigeuner, {{cog|af|sigeuner}} Afrikaans sigeuner, {{cog|pt|cigano}} Portuguese cigano, {{cog|ro|țigan}} Romanian țigan, {{cog|pl|Cygan}} Polish Cygan, {{cog|cs|Cikán}} Czech Cikán, {{cog|ru|цыган}} Russian цыган (cygan), {{cog|tr|Çingene}} Turkish Çingene, {{doublet|en|zingaro}} Doublet of zingaro Head templates: {{en-noun}} tzigane (plural tziganes)
  1. (sometimes offensive) A Hungarian Gypsy (Romani person). Tags: offensive, sometimes Hypernyms: gipsy, Gipsy, gypsy, Gypsy, zigeuner, Zigeuner, zingaro

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "Italian zigano",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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        "2": "Çingene"
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      "word": "Gipsy"
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    },
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      "word": "Zigeuner"
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