gypsy

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• /ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
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• General-American, UK: /ˈd͡ʒɪp.si/
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See Gypsy. Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.

A clipping of Gyptian (in Early Modern English roughly /ˈd͡ʒɪp.sɪ.æn/), itself an apheretic form of Egyptian, from Middle English Egipcian (“Egyptian”) (rarely Gypcian), from Old French egyptien, from Latin aegyptianus, from aegyptius (“Egypt”), because when Roma first appeared in England in the sixteenth century, they were wrongly believed to have come from Egypt. The Albanian evgjit, Greek γύφτος (gýftos), Italian gitano, Spanish gitano and Turkish Kıpti have the same origin. Doublet of Egyptian and Copt. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Rom (words related to the Romani people's autonyms) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.

217 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 吉普賽 /吉普赛 (Jípǔsài) — female given name
• Polish: Gypsy — female given name
• Afrikaans: sigeuner — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Albanian: arixhi — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Albanian: arixheshkë — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Arabic: غَجَرِيّ (ḡajariyy) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Arabic: غَجَرِيَّة (ḡajariyya) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Arabic: غَجَري (ḡajari) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Aragonese: chitán — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Armenian: գնչու (gnčʻu) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Basque: ijito — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Belarusian: цыга́н (cyhán) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Belarusian: цыга́нка (cyhánka) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Bulgarian: ци́ганин (cíganin) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Bulgarian: ци́ганка (cíganka) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Catalan: gitano — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Chinese Mandarin: 吉普賽人 /吉普赛人 (Jípǔsài rén) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Czech: cikán — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Danish: sigøjner — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Dutch: zigeuner — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Dutch: zigeunerin — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Esperanto: cigano — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Esperanto: ciganino — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Estonian: mustlane — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Finnish: mustalainen — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• French: gitan — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• French: tsigane — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• French: romanichel — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Gagauz: ţigan — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Galician: xitano — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Georgian: ბოშა (boša) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Georgian: ბოშა-ქალი (boša-kali) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• German: Zigeuner — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• German: Zigeunerin — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Greek: τσιγγάνος (tsingános) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Hebrew: צועני — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Hindi: यायावार (yāyāvār) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Hindi: जिप्सी (jipsī) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Hungarian: cigány — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Icelandic: sígauni — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Irish: giofóg — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Irish: duine den lucht siúil — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Irish: ruagaire reatha — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Irish: bóithreoir — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Irish: fánaí — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Irish: fiaire feá — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Irish: seachránaí — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Italian: zingaro — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Italian: zingara — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Japanese: ジプシー (jipushī) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Korean: 집시 (jipsi) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Macedonian: Ци́ганин (Cíganin) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Macedonian: Ци́ган (Cígan) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Macedonian: Ци́ганка (Cíganka) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Norwegian: sigøyner — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Norwegian: sigøynerske — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Persian: کولی (kowli) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Polish: cygan — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Polish: cyganka — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Portuguese: cigano — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Portuguese: cigana — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Romanian: țigan — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Romanian: țigancă — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Russian: цыга́н (cygán) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Russian: цыга́нка (cygánka) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Scottish Gaelic: giofag — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Serbo-Croatian: Ци̏ганин — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Serbo-Croatian: Ци̏га̄нка — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Serbo-Croatian: Cȉganin — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Serbo-Croatian: Cȉgānka — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Slovak: cigán — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Slovak: cigánka — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Slovene: cigan — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Slovene: ciganka — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Spanish: gitano — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Spanish: gitana — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Swedish: zigenare — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Swedish: zigenerska — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Thai: ยิปซี (yíp-sii) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Turkish: çingene — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Ukrainian: цига́н (cyhán) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Ukrainian: цига́нка (cyhánka) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Vietnamese: digan — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Vietnamese: dân gipsi — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Vietnamese: người Di Gan — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Vietnamese: dân gipxi — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Welsh: sipsiwn — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Yiddish: ציגײַנער (tsigayner) — any itinerant person, or any person suspected of making a living from dishonest practices or theft
• Afrikaans: sigeuner — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Albanian: cigan — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Albanian: cigane — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Arabic: غَجَر (ḡajar) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Arabic: غَجَرِيّ (ḡajariyy) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Arabic: غَجَرِيَّة (ḡajariyya) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Armenian: գնչու (gnčʻu) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Armenian: գնչուհի (gnčʻuhi) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Aromanian: cinghine — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Aromanian: yiftu — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Aromanian: curbet — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Azerbaijani: siqan — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Azerbaijani: qaraçı — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Bashkir: сиған (siğan) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Basque: ijito — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Belarusian: цыга́н (cyhán) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Belarusian: цыга́нка (cyhánka) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Bulgarian: ци́ганин (cíganin) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Bulgarian: ци́ганка (cíganka) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Carpathian Rusyn: Циґан (Cygan) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Carpathian Rusyn: Циґанка (Cyganka) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Catalan: gitano — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Chechen: цигон (cigon) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Chinese Mandarin: 吉普賽人 /吉普赛人 (jípǔsàirén) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Chuvash: чикан (čik̬an) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Czech: Cikán — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Czech: Cikánka — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Danish: sigøjner — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Dutch: zigeuner — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Dutch: zigeunerin — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Esperanto: cigano — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Esperanto: ciganino — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Estonian: mustlane — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Faroese: sigoyni — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Faroese: sigoynari — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Finnish: mustalainen — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• French: tsigane — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• French: gitan — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• French: gitane — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• French: manouche — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Georgian: ბოშა (boša) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• German: Zigeuner — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• German: Zigeunerin — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Greek: τσιγγάνος (tsingános) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Greek: τσιγγάνα (tsingána) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Greek: Ἀθίγγανος (Athínganos) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Haitian Creole: jitàn — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Hebrew: צוֹעֲנִי (tso'aní) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Hebrew: צוֹעֲנִית (tso'anít) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Hindi: जिप्सी (jipsī) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Hungarian: cigány — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Icelandic: Sígauni — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Irish: giofóg — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Irish: duine den lucht siúil — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Italian: zingaro — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Italian: zingara — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Japanese: ジプシー (jipushī) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Kazakh: сыған (syğan) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Kazakh: цыган (sygan) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Korean: 집시 (jipsi) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Northern Kurdish: cengene — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Northern Kurdish: qereçî — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Kyrgyz: сыган (sıgan) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Kyrgyz: цыган (tsıgan) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Latvian: čigāns — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Latvian: čigāne — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Lithuanian: čigonas — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Lithuanian: čigonė — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Macedonian: Ци́ган (Cígan) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Macedonian: Ци́ганин (Cíganin) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Macedonian: Ци́ганка (Cíganka) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Macedonian: Ѓуптин (Ǵuptin) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Malay: gipsi — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Māori: Hipihi — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Norwegian Bokmål: sigøyner — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Norwegian Bokmål: sigøynerske — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sigøynar — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sigøynerske — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Pashto: جټ (jaṭ) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Persian: کولی (kowli) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Persian: جت (jat) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Persian: چنگانه (čingāna) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Plautdietsch: Ziejoon — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Polish: Cygan — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Polish: Cyganka — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Portuguese: cigano — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Portuguese: cigana — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Romanian: țigan — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Romanian: țigancă — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Romanian: cioară — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Russian: цыга́н (cygán) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Russian: цыга́нка (cygánka) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Serbo-Croatian: Ци̏ганин — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Serbo-Croatian: Ци̏га̄н — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Serbo-Croatian: Ци̏га̄нка — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Serbo-Croatian: Cȉganin — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Serbo-Croatian: Cȉgān — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Serbo-Croatian: Cȉgānka — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Sicilian: caminanti — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Sicilian: gitanu — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Sicilian: zannu — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Sicilian: zìngaru — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Slovak: Cigán — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Slovak: Cigánka — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Slovene: Cigan — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Slovene: Ciganka — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Spanish: gitano — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Swedish: zigenare — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Tagalog: hitano — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Tajik: лӯлӣ (lüli) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Tajik: ҷӯгӣ (jügi) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Tatar: чегән (çegän) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Thai: ยิปซี (yíp-sii) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Turkish: Çingene — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Turkish: Kıpti — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Turkmen: loly — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Udmurt: чиган (ćigan) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Ukrainian: ци́ган (cýhan) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Ukrainian: ци́ганка (cýhanka) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Urdu: جِپْسی (jipsī) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Uyghur: سىگان (sigan) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Uzbek: loʻli — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Vietnamese: người Di-gan — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Vietnamese: người Xư-gan — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Volapük: zigan — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Votic: mustõlain — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Welsh: sipsi — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Yiddish: ציגײַנער (tsigayner) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group
• Yiddish: ציגײַנערין (tsigaynerin) — a member of the Romani people or another nomadic group