different between payment vs gigolo

English

Etymology

From Old French paiement. Equivalent to pay +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p??m?nt, IPA^(key): /?pe?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: pay?ment

Noun

payment (countable and uncountable, plural payments)

1. (uncountable) The act of paying.
2. (countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.

See also

• scot

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• payment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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)

1. A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman from whom he receives payment.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute

2. 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)

1. (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)

1. gigolo

Declension