Sinto

See also: sinto and sintó

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Sinte Romani sinto, possibly via German Sinto; see those entries for more.

Noun

Sinto (plural Sinti)

1. A member (especially male) of a Romani people found in Germany and surrounding areas.

   Coordinate term: Sinta

Translations

a member of the Romani subgroup

• Dutch: Sinto m
• French: Sinto (fr) m
• German: Sinto (de) m
• Romani:

  Carpathian Romani: sinto m

  Sinte Romani: sinto m

  Vlax Romani: sinto m

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Sinto

1. Dated form of Shinto.

Anagrams

• OSINT, Tinos, Tison, Tonis, it's on, noits, oints, sit on, sit-on

Dutch

Noun

Sinto m (plural Sinti, diminutive Sintootje n, feminine Sintezza)

1. (Netherlands) Sinto (a member of a certain Romani people)

   Synonym: (Belgium) Manoesj

Hypernyms

• Rom
• woonwagenbewoner
• zigeuner

German

Etymology

Perhaps from Sindh or from Reisende (“travelers”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪnto/, /ˈsɪnto/

• Audio

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Noun

Sinto m (strong, genitive Sinto, plural Sinti, feminine Sinteza or Sintiza)

1. Sinto (a member of a Romani people)

   Hypernym: Rom

Declension

Declension of Sinto [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sinto	die	Sinti
genitive	eines	des	Sinto	der	Sinti
dative	einem	dem	Sinto	den	Sinti
accusative	einen	den	Sinto	die	Sinti

Related terms

• Sintitikes

See also

• Zigeuner (“Gypsy”) (offensive)

Further reading

• “Sinto” in Duden online
• “Sinto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Sinti on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de