jig

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: jĭg
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪɡ/
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• homophone: gig (one pronunciation)
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• rhymes with -ɪɡ
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• CMU ARPABET: JH IH1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Unknown. Derivation from Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), from Old French gigue (“a fiddle”) has been proposed, but the connection and sense development are obscure. The sense “a type of dance” of modern French gigue is borrowed from English.

Probably a clipping of jigaboo, of uncertain origin, perhaps an African/Bantu word. Alternatively, jigaboo may be derived from jig (“dance”).

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: жига (žiga) — lively Irish dance
• Chinese Mandarin: 吉格 (jígé) — lively Irish dance
• Esperanto: ĵigo — lively Irish dance
• Georgian: ჯიგა (ǯiga) — lively Irish dance
• Hungarian: dzsigg — lively Irish dance
• Hungarian: gyors/vidám tánc — lively Irish dance
• Ido: jigo — lively Irish dance
• Irish: port — lively Irish dance
• Japanese: ジッグ (jiggu) — lively Irish dance
• Japanese: ジグ (jigu) — lively Irish dance
• Lithuanian: džiga — lively Irish dance
• Russian: джи́га (džíga) — lively Irish dance
• Scottish Gaelic: port-cruinn — lively Irish dance
• Spanish: jiga — lively Irish dance
• Swedish: jig — lively Irish dance
• Spanish: jiga — Morris dancing: solo dance
• Bulgarian: блесна (blesna) — type of fishing lure
• Chinese Mandarin: (帶墜子的)釣鉤 /(带坠子的)钓钩 — type of fishing lure
• Finnish: jigi — type of fishing lure
• Russian: блесна́ (blesná) — type of fishing lure
• Swedish: jigg — type of fishing lure
• Esperanto: ŝablono — mechanical device
• Finnish: pidin — mechanical device
• Finnish: kiinnitin — mechanical device
• Finnish: penkki — mechanical device
• Finnish: jigi — mechanical device
• French: patron — mechanical device
• French: modèle — mechanical device
• Georgian: მოდელი (modeli) — mechanical device
• Georgian: შაბლონი (šabloni) — mechanical device
• German: Schablone — mechanical device
• German: Lehre — mechanical device
• German: Vorrichtung — mechanical device
• Hungarian: tokmány — mechanical device
• Hungarian: szerszámbefogó — mechanical device
• Hungarian: befogó — mechanical device
• Hungarian: szerelőállvány — mechanical device
• Japanese: ジグ (jigu) — mechanical device
• Japanese: 治具 (jigu) — mechanical device
• Korean: 지그 (jigeu) — mechanical device
• Māori: rauhanga — mechanical device
• Portuguese: escantilhão — mechanical device
• Russian: конду́ктор (kondúktor) — mechanical device
• Russian: шабло́н (šablón) — mechanical device
• Spanish: plantilla de guía — mechanical device
• Spanish: guía — mechanical device
• Spanish: plantilla — mechanical device
• Spanish: calibre — mechanical device
• Spanish: horma — mechanical device
• Hungarian: rosta — mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore
• Hungarian: szita — mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore
• Hungarian: rázógép — mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore
• Hungarian: derítőgép — mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore
• Hungarian: rázórosta — mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore
• Hungarian: rázórostás ércdúsító — mining: apparatus or machine for jigging ore