gangster

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋ.stəː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɡæŋ.stəː]
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• /ˈɡæŋ.stɚ/ without æ-raising
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• [ˈɡæŋ.stɚ] ~ [ˈɡæŋ.stɹ̩] without æ-raising
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• /ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ.stɚ/ æ-raising
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• [ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ.stɚ] ~ [ˈɡeɪ̯ŋ.stɹ̩] æ-raising
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• /ˈɡɛ̃ŋ.stɚ/ æ-raising
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• [ˈɡɛ̃ŋ.stɚ] ~ [ˈɡɛ̃ŋ.stɹ̩] æ-raising
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• CMU ARPABET: G AE1 NG S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵhengh- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵhónghos Proto-Germanic *gangaz Proto-West Germanic *gang Old English gang Middle English gang English gang Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English gangster From gang + -ster. First attested in 1884.

137 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: rampokker — street gang member
• Albanian: bandit — street gang member
• Albanian: gangster — street gang member
• Arabic: سَارِق (sāriq) — street gang member
• Arabic: عُضْو فِي عِصَابَة (ʕuḍw fī ʕiṣāba) — street gang member
• Arabic: قاطِع الطَّرِيق (qāṭiʕ aṭ-ṭarīq) — street gang member
• Arabic: رَجُل الْعِصَابَة (rajul al-ʕiṣāba) — street gang member
• Armenian: ավազակ (avazak) — street gang member
• Armenian: գանգստեր (gangster) — street gang member
• Azerbaijani: quldur — street gang member
• Azerbaijani: bandit — street gang member
• Belarusian: банды́т (bandýt) — street gang member
• Belarusian: разбо́йнік (razbójnik) — street gang member
• Belarusian: га́нгстар (hánhstar) — street gang member
• Belarusian: га́нгстэр (hánhster) — street gang member
• Bulgarian: га́нгстер (gángster) — street gang member
• Bulgarian: банди́т (bandít) — street gang member
• Chinese Mandarin: 匪徒 (fěitú) — street gang member
• Chinese Mandarin: 土匪 (tǔfěi) — street gang member
• Czech: zločinec — street gang member
• Czech: gangster — street gang member
• Czech: bandita — street gang member
• Danish: gangster — street gang member
• Danish: bandemedlem — street gang member
• Dutch: gangster — street gang member
• Esperanto: gangstero — street gang member
• Estonian: gangster — street gang member
• Estonian: bandiit — street gang member
• Finnish: jengiläinen — street gang member
• Finnish: gangsteri — street gang member
• French: gangster — street gang member
• French: bandit — street gang member
• Galician: delate — street gang member
• Galician: delado — street gang member
• Galician: viltroteiro — street gang member
• Galician: estrapexante — street gang member
• Galician: bandido — street gang member
• Georgian: ბანდიტი (bandiṭi) — street gang member
• Georgian: ავაზაკი (avazaḳi) — street gang member
• Georgian: განგსტერი (gangsṭeri) — street gang member
• Georgian: ყაჩაღი (q̇ačaɣi) — street gang member
• German: Gangster — street gang member
• German: Bandit — street gang member
• Hebrew: גַּנְגְּסְטֶר (gangster) — street gang member
• Hebrew: פּוֹשֵׁעַ (poshéa') — street gang member
• Hebrew: עֲבַרְיָן (avaryán) — street gang member
• Hebrew: בִּרְיוֹן (biryón) — street gang member
• Hungarian: gengszter — street gang member
• Hungarian: bandita — street gang member
• Irish: drongadóir — street gang member
• Italian: gangster — street gang member
• Italian: mafioso — street gang member
• Italian: delinquente — street gang member
• Italian: malvivente — street gang member
• Japanese: ギャングスター (gyangusutā) — street gang member
• Japanese: 匪徒 (hito) — street gang member
• Japanese: 山賊 (sanzoku) — street gang member
• Kazakh: бандит (bandit) — street gang member
• Kazakh: қарақшы (qaraqşy) — street gang member
• Kazakh: тонаушы (tonauşy) — street gang member
• Khmer: យូកូង (yuu koung) — street gang member
• Korean: 깡패 (kkangpae) — street gang member
• Korean: 강도 (gangdo) — street gang member
• Korean: 비적 (bijeok) — street gang member
• Korean: 폭력배 (pongnyeokbae) — street gang member
• Kyrgyz: бандит (bandit) — street gang member
• Kyrgyz: кески (keski) — street gang member
• Latin: grassātor — street gang member
• Latvian: bandīts — street gang member
• Latvian: gangsteris — street gang member
• Lithuanian: banditas — street gang member
• Lithuanian: gangsteris — street gang member
• Macedonian: разбојник (razbojnik) — street gang member
• Macedonian: гангстер (gangster) — street gang member
• Macedonian: банди́т (bandít) — street gang member
• Malay: gengster — street gang member
• Mongolian: дээрэмчин (deeremčin) — street gang member
• Norman: gangsteux — street gang member
• Norwegian Bokmål: banditt — street gang member
• Norwegian Bokmål: gangster — street gang member
• Old English: hloþere — street gang member
• Persian: راهزن (râhzan) — street gang member
• Persian: خلافکار (xalâfkâr) — street gang member
• Persian: اوباش (owbâš) — street gang member
• Persian: اراذل (arâzel) — street gang member
• Persian: گانگستر (gângester) — street gang member
• Persian: گنگستر (gangester) — street gang member
• Polish: bandyta — street gang member
• Polish: gangster — street gang member
• Portuguese: gângster — street gang member
• Romanian: bandit — street gang member
• Russian: банди́т (bandít) — street gang member
• Russian: га́нгстер (gángster) — street gang member
• Russian: разбо́йник (razbójnik) — street gang member
• Serbo-Croatian: ра́збо̄јнӣк — street gang member
• Serbo-Croatian: га̀нгстер — street gang member
• Serbo-Croatian: rázbōjnīk — street gang member
• Serbo-Croatian: gàngster — street gang member
• Slovak: zločinec — street gang member
• Slovak: gangster — street gang member
• Slovak: bandita — street gang member
• Slovene: gangster — street gang member
• Slovene: razbojnik — street gang member
• Sotho: tsotsi — street gang member
• Spanish: gángster — street gang member
• Spanish: pandillero — street gang member
• Spanish: marero — street gang member
• Spanish: gánster — street gang member
• Spanish: bandido — street gang member
• Spanish: alaraco — street gang member
• Spanish: bato — street gang member
• Spanish: vato — street gang member
• Spanish: jomboy — street gang member
• Spanish: pandillista — street gang member
• Spanish: patotero — street gang member
• Swahili: jangili — street gang member
• Swedish: gangster — street gang member
• Swedish: gängmedlem — street gang member
• Tajik: ғоратгар (ġoratgar) — street gang member
• Tajik: яғмогар (yaġmogar) — street gang member
• Tajik: роҳзан (rohzan) — street gang member
• Thai: นักเลง (nák-leeng) — street gang member
• Thai: อันธพาล (an-tá-paan) — street gang member
• Turkish: çeteci — street gang member
• Turkish: gangster — street gang member
• Turkmen: garakçy — street gang member
• Turkmen: bandit — street gang member
• Ukrainian: банди́т (bandýt) — street gang member
• Ukrainian: розбі́йник (rozbíjnyk) — street gang member
• Ukrainian: га́нгстер (hánhster) — street gang member
• Uyghur: باندىت (bandit) — street gang member
• Uyghur: قاراقچى (qaraqchi) — street gang member
• Uzbek: bosmachi — street gang member
• Uzbek: bandit — street gang member
• Uzbek: qaroqchi — street gang member
• Uzbek: bosqinchi — street gang member
• Yiddish: באַנדיט (bandit) — street gang member