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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Tzi•gane (tsi gän′),USA pronunciation adj. - (often l.c.) of, consisting of, or pertaining to Gypsies:Tzigane music.
n. - a Gypsy, esp. a Hungarian one.
- Medieval Greek (a)tsínganos, earlier athínganos member of a heretical sect of Phrygia, perh. literally, "untouchable, inviolable'' (Greek a- a-6 + -thinganos, derivative of thingánein to touch)
- Hungarian cigány, akin to German Zigeuner, Rumanian ţigan, Serbo-Croatian cȉganin, Bulgarian tsíganin, all ultimately
- French tzigane, probably
- 1880–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Tzigane /tsɪˈɡɑːn sɪ-/ n - a Gypsy, esp a Hungarian one
- (as modifier): Tzigane music
Etymology: 19th Century: via French from Hungarian czigány Gypsy, of uncertain origin |