different between gypsy vs romano

English

Alternative forms

• gipsy, gipsey, gypsey, gypsie (archaic)
• gyptian

Etymology

See Gypsy. The generic usage that refers to any itinerant person.

Compare bohemian, from Bohemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???p.si/
• Rhymes: -?psi

Noun

gypsy (plural gypsies)

1. (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of Gypsy: a member of the Romani people.
2. (colloquial) An itinerant person or any person, not necessarily Romani; a tinker, a traveller or a carny.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II, Scene 7,^[1]

     Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.

3. (sometimes offensive) A move in contra dancing in which two dancers walk in a circle around each other while maintaining eye contact (but not touching as in a swing). (Compare whole gyp, half gyp, and gypsy meltdown, in which this step precedes a swing.)
4. (theater) A member of a Broadway musical chorus line.
5. (dated) A person with a dark complexion.
6. (dated) A sly, roguish woman.

Usage notes

See notes at Gypsy.

Synonyms

• (contra dancing): gyre, gyp, gip

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

gypsy (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of Gypsy: of or belonging to the Romani people.
2. (offensive) Of or having the qualities of an itinerant person or group with qualities traditionally ascribed to Romani people; making a living from dishonest practices or theft etc.

Usage notes

See the notes about Gypsy.

Derived terms

Verb

gypsy (third-person singular simple present gypsies, present participle gypsying, simple past and past participle gypsied)

1. (intransitive) To roam around the country like a gypsy.
2. To perform the gypsy step in contra dancing.
   • 1992 April 7, [email protected], contra-gypsies, in rec.folk-dancing, Usenet:

     Look at the person you're gypsying with, and convey the message that you notice them as a person and that you're glad that they're there, […]

   • 1998, September 9, Jonathan Sivier, Contra Corners - followed by gypsy, in rec.folk-dancing, Usenet:

     The only one I know of is The Tease by Tom Hinds which starts with the actives gypsying and then swinging their neighbors and ends with contra […]

See also

References

• gypsy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian romano (“Roman”). Doublet of Roman.

Noun

romano (countable and uncountable, plural romanos)

1. a hard, sharp cheese served grated as a garnish

Derived terms

• pecorino romano

Anagrams

• Maroon, Morano, maroon

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?mano/
• Hyphenation: ro?ma?no
• Rhymes: -ano

Etymology 1

From French roman.

Noun

romano (accusative singular romanon, plural romanoj, accusative plural romanojn)

1. novel

Derived terms

• romanisto

Etymology 2

From Romo +? -ano.

Noun

romano (accusative singular romanon, plural romanoj, accusative plural romanojn)

1. Roman (a native or inhabitant of Rome)

Galician

Adjective

romano m (feminine singular romana, masculine plural romanos, feminine plural romanas)

1. Roman

Derived terms

• prerromano

Noun

romano m (plural romanos, feminine romana, feminine plural romanas)

1. Roman

Related terms

• Roma

Further reading

• “romano” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin r?m?nus.
Surface analysis: Roma (“Rome”) +? -ano (“of or pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?ma.no/
• Hyphenation: ro?mà?no

Adjective

romano (feminine romana, masculine plural romani, feminine plural romane)

1. Roman
2. Roman Catholic

Noun

romano m (plural romani, feminine romana)

1. Roman

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Arabic ???????? (rumm?n, “pomegranate”).

Noun

romano m (plural romani)

1. weight of a steelyard balance

Kalo Finnish Romani

Etymology

From Romani rromano.

Noun

romano m

1. Romani, Gypsy

References

• “romano” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ro??ma?.no?/, [ro??mä?no?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ro?ma.no/, [r??m??n?]

Adjective

r?m?n?

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of r?m?nus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin r?m?nus (“Roman”), from R?ma (“Rome”), corresponding to Roma +? -ano. Displaced Old Portuguese romão.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?u.?m?.nu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?o.?m?.nu/
• Hyphenation: ro?ma?no

Adjective

romano m (feminine singular romana, masculine plural romanos, feminine plural romanas, comparable)

1. Roman (of, from or relating to the city of Rome)
2. (historical) Roman (of, from or relating to the Ancient Roman civilisation)
3. (religion) Roman (relating to the Roman Catholic Church)

   Synonym: católico romano

Derived terms

Noun

romano m (plural romanos, feminine romana, feminine plural romanas)

1. Roman (a person from the city of Rome)
2. (historical) Roman (a citizen of ancient Rome)

Derived terms

Related terms

Romani

Adjective

romano (feminine romani, plural romane)

1. Alternative form of rromano (“Romani”)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin r?m?nus. Cognate with English Roman. Doublet of rumano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?mano/, [ro?ma.no]
• Rhymes: -ano

Adjective

romano (feminine romana, masculine plural romanos, feminine plural romanas)

1. Roman (from or native to the city or empire of Rome)
2. Roman (pertaining to Rome or the Romans)

Derived terms

Noun

romano m (plural romanos, feminine romana, feminine plural romanas)

1. a Roman

Further reading

• “romano” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Welsh Romani

Etymology

From Romani rromano.

Adjective

romano m (feminine singular romani, masculine plural romane, comparative romaneder)

1. gypsy
2. gypsy-like, congenial, appealing to Gypsy taste
3. old-fashioned, rustic, picturesque

Derived terms

References

• “romane” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “romani” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “romano” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.