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
- a Gypsy, esp a Hungarian one
- (as modifier)Tzigane music
Word Origin for Tzigane
C19: via French from Hungarian
czigány Gypsy, of uncertain origin