Tzigane

[ tsi-gahn ]
/ tsɪˈgɑn /

adjective

(often lowercase) of, consisting of, or pertaining to Gypsies: Tzigane music.

noun

a Gypsy, especially a Hungarian one.

Origin of Tzigane

1880–85; < French tzigane, probably < Hungarian cigány, akin to German Zigeuner, Romanian ţigan, Serbo-Croatian cȉganin, Bulgarian tsíganin, all ultimately < Medieval Greek ( a)tsínganos, earlier athínganos member of a heretical sect of Phrygia, perhaps literally, “untouchable, inviolable” (Greek a- a-6 + -thinganos, derivative of thingánein to touch)

Example sentences from the Web for tzigane

British Dictionary definitions for tzigane

Tzigane
/ (tsɪˈɡɑːn, sɪ-) /

noun

  1. a Gypsy, esp a Hungarian one
  2. (as modifier)Tzigane music

Word Origin for Tzigane

C19: via French from Hungarian czigány Gypsy, of uncertain origin