zingaro

See also: zíngaro and Zingaro

English

Etymology

From Italian. Doublet of tzigane.

Noun

zingaro (plural zingaros or zingari)

1. (archaic) A Gypsy.
   • 1969, Georges Perec, translated by Gilbert Adair, A Void:

     Sporting a woolly cardigan with four buttons on top of an Oxford smock without a collar, our man has a faintly folksy look about him, calling to mind a zingaro or a gypsy, a carny or a Mongol, but also (switching to a wholly distinct mythology and iconography) a hippy strumming his guitar in a barroom in Haight-Ashbury or at Big Sur or in Katmandu.

Related terms

• Zincalo

Anagrams

• Gorzian

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛ̃.ɡa.ʁo/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adjective

zingaro (plural zingaros)

1. zingaro

Further reading

• “zingaro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.