noun
Meaning 1
A man funded by women who find him attractive, particularly
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Standard Lemma guide
gigolo
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə.loʊ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡ.ə.ləʊ/
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noun
Meaning 2
A man funded by women who find him attractive, particularly
A hired escort or dancing partner.
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Usage: dated
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noun
Meaning 3
A man funded by women who find him attractive, particularly
A male prostitute with female clients.
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verb
Meaning 4
To work or act as a gigolo.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To provide (someone) with the services of a gigolo.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To offer (oneself or someone else) to someone as a gigolo.
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Usage: reflexive, transitive
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noun
Meaning 7
a man who has sex with and is supported by a woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: libertine, debauchee, rounder
Narrower terms: lounge lizard, lizard
History
Etymology
First attested in English in 1922. From French gigolo (“young lover kept by an older woman”), first attested in that sense in 1904 (attested since 1850 in the sense “Amant de cœur, compagnon d'une gigolette", and since 1894 in the sense “elegant young man whose means of livelihood are dubious”), 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; type of dance; jig”). More at jig.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: دَاعِر (dāʕir) — hired escort or dancing partner
- Arabic: بَغِيّ (baḡiyy) — hired escort or dancing partner
- Arabic: عَاهِر (ʕāhir) — hired escort or dancing partner
- Arabic: زَانِيّ (zāniyy) — hired escort or dancing partner
- Arabic: فَاحِش (fāḥiš) — hired escort or dancing partner
- Chinese Mandarin: 舞男 (wǔnán) — hired escort or dancing partner
- Czech: gigolo — hired escort or dancing partner
- Dutch: escort — hired escort or dancing partner
- Finnish: seuralainen — hired escort or dancing partner
- French: gigolo — hired escort or dancing partner
- Georgian: ჟიგოლო (žigolo) — hired escort or dancing partner
- German: Gigolo — hired escort or dancing partner
- Hungarian: dzsigoló — hired escort or dancing partner
- Italian: accompagnatore — hired escort or dancing partner
- Italian: ballerino — hired escort or dancing partner
- Japanese: エスコート (esukōto) — hired escort or dancing partner
- Japanese: ダンスパートナー専門の男 (dansu pātonā senmon no otoko) — hired escort or dancing partner
- Persian: ژیگولو (žigulu) — hired escort or dancing partner
- Polish: żigolo — hired escort or dancing partner
- Polish: żigolak — hired escort or dancing partner
- Polish: fordanser — hired escort or dancing partner
- Portuguese: acompanhante — hired escort or dancing partner
- Russian: жи́голо (žígolo) — hired escort or dancing partner
- Spanish: gigoló — hired escort or dancing partner
- Swedish: gigolo — hired escort or dancing partner
- Turkish: jigolo — hired escort or dancing partner
- Turkish: tokmakçı — hired escort or dancing partner
- Turkish: tutma erkek — hired escort or dancing partner
- Arabic: دَاعِر (dāʕir) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Arabic: بَغِيّ (baḡiyy) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Arabic: عَاهِر (ʕāhir) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Arabic: زَانِيّ (zāniyy) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Arabic: فَاحِش (fāḥiš) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Arabic: عَاهِر (ʕāhir) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Arabic: فَاحِش (fāḥiš) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Bulgarian: жиголо (žigolo) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Catalan: gigoló — male having sexual relationships for money
- Chinese Cantonese: 鴨 /鸭 (aap3) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Chinese Mandarin: 面首 (miànshǒu) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Chinese Mandarin: 男妓 (nánjì) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Chinese Mandarin: 妓男 (jìnán) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Chinese Mandarin: 男娼 (nánchāng) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Czech: gigolo — male having sexual relationships for money
- Czech: prostitut — male having sexual relationships for money
- Dutch: manhoer — male having sexual relationships for money
- Dutch: gigolo — male having sexual relationships for money
- Esperanto: amoristo — male having sexual relationships for money
- Finnish: rattopoika — male having sexual relationships for money
- Finnish: miesprostituoitu — male having sexual relationships for money
- Finnish: gigolo — male having sexual relationships for money
- French: prostitué — male having sexual relationships for money
- French: gigolo — male having sexual relationships for money
- Georgian: ჟიგოლო (žigolo) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Georgian: მეძავი კაცი (meʒavi ḳaci) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Georgian: ალფონსი (alponsi) — male having sexual relationships for money
- German: Gigolo — male having sexual relationships for money
- German: Stricher — male having sexual relationships for money
- Hungarian: selyemfiú — male having sexual relationships for money
- Hungarian: dzsigoló — male having sexual relationships for money
- Hungarian: hímringyó — male having sexual relationships for money
- Italian: gigolò — male having sexual relationships for money
- Italian: mantenuto — male having sexual relationships for money
- Japanese: ジゴロ (jigoro) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Japanese: 男娼 (danshō) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Korean: 남창 (namchang) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Persian: ژیگولو (žigulu) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Polish: żigolo — male having sexual relationships for money
- Polish: utrzymanek — male having sexual relationships for money
- Portuguese: gigolô — male having sexual relationships for money
- Portuguese: garoto de programa — male having sexual relationships for money
- Romanian: gigolo — male having sexual relationships for money
- Russian: жи́голо (žígolo) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Russian: проститу́т (prostitút) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Russian: ха́стлер (xástler) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Russian: альфо́нс (alʹfóns) — male having sexual relationships for money
- Spanish: gigoló — male having sexual relationships for money
- Spanish: puto — male having sexual relationships for money
- Spanish: saltimpanqui — male having sexual relationships for money
- Swedish: manshora — male having sexual relationships for money
- Swedish: gigolo — male having sexual relationships for money
- Turkish: jigolo — male having sexual relationships for money
- Turkish: tokmakçı — male having sexual relationships for money
- Vietnamese: kĩ nam — male having sexual relationships for money
- Vietnamese: trai bao — male having sexual relationships for money