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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gitano.
Pronunciation
Adjective
gitano (feminine gitana, masculine plural gitanos, feminine plural gitanes)
- Gypsy
Noun
gitano m (plural gitanos, feminine gitana)
- Gypsy
- Synonym: (obsolete) bomià
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Adjective
gitano (feminine gitana, masculine plural gitanos, feminine plural gitanas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of xitano
Noun
gitano m (plural gitanos, feminine gitana, feminine plural gitanas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of xitano
Further reading
- “gitano” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈta.no/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: gi‧tà‧no
Noun
gitano m (plural gitani, feminine gitana)
- Gypsy, Roma
Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
From egiptano (“Egyptian”), from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos). It was originally mistakenly believed that the Roma/gypsy people originated from Egypt. See also the related etymology of English Gypsy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xiˈtano/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: gi‧ta‧no
Adjective
gitano (feminine gitana, masculine plural gitanos, feminine plural gitanas)
- (relational) Gypsy (of or like a Gypsy)
- Synonym: cíngaro
Noun
gitano m (plural gitanos, feminine gitana, feminine plural gitanas)
- Gypsy
- Synonyms: calé, cíngaro
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading