Meanings
plural Romanies
- alternativeAlternative form of Romani (“a member of the Roma people”).
My genes would best be described as a melting pot – my mother is part Bulgarian Roma, part Romanichal (English Romany), and my dad is part Romanichal, part Irish Traveller – thus, it was hardly surprising when I was born a blue-eyed milk bottle.
2013 October 25, Filip Borev, “I was a pale Roma baby – it's always been a family joke that I was stolen”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2022
- alternativeAlternative form of Romani (“the Indo-Aryan language of this people”).
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of Romani (“of or belonging to the Roma nation”).
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to the Romani or their language or culture
nouna 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)
nounthe Indic language of the Romani
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Cite this entry
Romany. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romany
“Romany.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romany. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Romany,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romany.
Source: Romany on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.