A Romany is a member of a race of people who travel from place to place, usually living in caravans, rather than living in one place.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Romany means related or connected to the Romany people.
...the Romany community.
Romany in British English
or Romani (ˈrɒmənɪ, ˈrəʊ-)
noun
1. Word forms: plural-nies or -nis
a. another name for a Roma2 (sense 1)
b.
(as modifier)
Romany customs
2.
the language of the Roma people, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family, but incorporating extensive borrowings from local European languages. Most of its 250 000 speakers are bilingual. It is extinct in Britain
Word origin
C19: from Romany romani (adj) Roma, ultimately from Sanskrit domba man of a low caste of musicians, of Dravidian origin
Romany in American English
(ˈrɑməni; ˈroʊməni)
noun
1. Word forms: pluralˈRomany or ˈRomanies
a Gypsy
2.
the Indo-Aryan language of the Gypsies, which occurs with dialectal variations in each of the countries where they live
adjective
3.
of the Gypsies or their language or culture
Also sp. ˈRommany
Word origin
Romany romani, fem. & pl. of romano, Gypsy < rom, a man, husband, Gypsy < Sans ḍombaḥ, low-caste musician
Examples of 'Romany' in a sentence
Romany
The doctor looked at it and said, `They're Romany signs... or something like that.
Holt, Victoria THE BLACK OPAL
It was a Romany pendant and it had `Good Fortune "on it in our language.