1. Home
  2. Dictionary
  3. Romany

Definition of Romany in English :

Define Romany in English

Romany meaning in English

Meaning of Romany in English

Pronunciation of Romany in English

Romany pronunciation in English

Pronounce Romany in English

Romany

see synonyms of romany

Noun

1. bohemian, gipsy, gypsy, roma, romani, romany, rommany

a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)

2. gypsy, romany

the Indic language of the Gypsies

Adjective

3. romani, romany

of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture

Example Sentences:
'Romani nomads'
'Romany folk songs'
'a Gypsy fortune-teller'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Romany

see synonyms of romany
noun
1. plural -nies or -nis
a.  another name for a Gypsy
b. 
(as modifier)
Romany customs
2. 
the language of the Gypsies, 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

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Romany

see synonyms of romany
noun
1. Word forms: plural ˈRomany 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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Romany

see synonyms of romany
n. & adj.
Variant of Romani.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

WORD OF THE DAY

cockup

FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Recent Searches