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hired
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ha??d/
- (US) IPA(key): /?ha??d/
Verb
hired
- simple past tense and past participle of hire
Anagrams
- hider, rehid, rheid
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *h?war?d (“family, marriage”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ey- (“to be lying down”). Cognate with Old High German h?r?t (“marriage”) (German Heirat), Old English h?wen (“household”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xi?.red/, [?hi?.red]
Noun
h?red m
- family, household
- retinue
- company, brotherhood
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: hird
- English: hird
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gigolo
English
Etymology
First attested in English in 1922. From French gigolo (“young lover kept by an older woman”), first attested in that sense in 1904 (attested since 1850 in the sense “Amant de cœur, compagnon d'une gigolette", and since 1894 in the sense “elegant young man whose means of livelihood are dubious”), a back-formation from gigolette (“promiscuous dancing girl, girl available for hire as a dancing partner”), attested since 1850, from giguer (“to dance”), from gigue (“fiddle; type of dance; jig”). More at jig.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d???.?.lo?/ or /????.lo?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d???.?.l??/ or IPA(key): /????.?.l??/
- Hyphenation: gig?o?lo
Noun
gigolo (plural gigolos)
- A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute
- A hired escort or dancing partner for a woman.
Translations
References
French
Etymology
From gigolette +? -lo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i.??.lo/
Noun
gigolo m (plural gigolos)
- (informal, derogatory) gigolo
References
- “gigolo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French gigolo
Noun
gigolo m (uncountable)
- gigolo
Declension
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