gamin

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡæmɪn/
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Borrowed from French gamin (“a street urchin; a young boy”), apparently an “eastern dialect” word of unknown origin.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: гамен (gamen) — homeless boy; street urchin
• Esperanto: bubo — homeless boy; street urchin
• French: gamin — homeless boy; street urchin
• German: Straßenjunge — homeless boy; street urchin
• Greek: χαμίνι (chamíni) — homeless boy; street urchin
• Greek: αγυιόπαιδο (agyiópaido) — homeless boy; street urchin
• Hungarian: utcagyerek — homeless boy; street urchin
• Hungarian: utcakölyök — homeless boy; street urchin
• Ido: stradobubo — homeless boy; street urchin
• Ido: bubo — homeless boy; street urchin
• Italian: derelitto — homeless boy; street urchin
• Italian: disadattato — homeless boy; street urchin
• Italian: ragazzo di strada — homeless boy; street urchin
• Italian: senzatetto — homeless boy; street urchin
• Italian: vagabondo — homeless boy; street urchin
• Latin: cicarō — homeless boy; street urchin
• Polish: ulicznik — homeless boy; street urchin
• Russian: беспризо́рник (besprizórnik) — homeless boy; street urchin
• Spanish: gamín — homeless boy; street urchin
• French: gamin — cheeky, street-smart boy
• Hungarian: csibész — cheeky, street-smart boy
• Hungarian: zsivány — cheeky, street-smart boy
• Hungarian: vásott kölyök — cheeky, street-smart boy
• Polish: urwis — cheeky, street-smart boy
• Polish: łobuziak — cheeky, street-smart boy
• Spanish: gamín — cheeky, street-smart boy