ROMANY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Romany mean? 

• ROMANY (noun)
  The noun ROMANY has 2 senses:

1. 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. the Indic language of the Gypsies

  Familiarity information: ROMANY used as a noun is rare.

• ROMANY (adjective)
  The adjective ROMANY has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture

  Familiarity information: ROMANY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROMANY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bohemian; Gipsy; Gypsy; Roma; Romani; Romany; Rommany

Hypernyms ("Romany" is a kind of...):

Indian (a native or inhabitant of India)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Romany"):

gitana (a Spanish female Gypsy)

gitano (a Spanish male Gypsy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Indic language of the Gypsies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Gypsy; Romany

Hypernyms ("Romany" is a kind of...):

Sanskrit; Sanskritic language ((Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes)

• ROMANY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Romani; Romany

Context example:

a Gypsy fortune-teller

Pertainym:

Gypsy (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))

 Context examples 

They are fearless and without religion, save superstition, and they talk only their own varieties of the Romany tongue.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)