gangster
English
editAlternative forms
edit- (slang) gangsta
Etymology
editFrom gang + -ster. First attested in 1884.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgangster (plural gangsters, feminine gangsteress)
- A member of a criminal or street gang.
- A member of a professional criminal organization; a racketeer.
Derived terms
editTranslations
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Verb
editgangster (third-person singular simple present gangsters, present participle gangstering, simple past and past participle gangstered)
Adjective
editgangster (comparative more gangster, superlative most gangster)
- (African-American Vernacular, slang) Characteristic of a gangster; (especially) admirable and audacious.
- 2011, Isaiah Washington, Lavaille Lavette, A Man From Another Land: How Finding My Roots Changed My Life, New York, N.Y. […]: Center Street, →ISBN, page 121:
- I looked at my team and thought, "Damn, now that was the most gangster move I have ever seen in my life. I think we just strong-armed a government official in Sierra Leone!"
- 2024 February 12, @Teller_Banks357, Twitter[1], archived from the original on 15 June 2024:
- Sampling is the most gangsta shit ever. Im finna steal yo life's work and make it into trap music
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, Internet slang) On friendly terms; cool.
- We put an end to our beef. We're all gangster now.
- 2022 May 10, @mr_gh0stly, Twitter[2], archived from the original on 15 June 2024:
- everyone gangsta until NATO starts shipping Burger Kings onto the scene
References
edit- ^ “gangster, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
edit- “gangsta”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.
Czech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgangster m anim (related adjective gangsterský)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | gangster | gangsteři |
genitive | gangstera | gangsterů |
dative | gangsterovi, gangsteru | gangsterům |
accusative | gangstera | gangstery |
vocative | gangstere | gangsteři |
locative | gangsterovi, gangsteru | gangsterech |
instrumental | gangsterem | gangstery |
Further reading
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English gangster.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgangster m (plural gangsters, diminutive gangstertje n)
Adjective
editgangster (not comparable)
Inflection
editDeclension of gangster | ||||
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uninflected | gangster | |||
inflected | gangster | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | gangster | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | gangster | ||
n. sing. | gangster | |||
plural | gangster | |||
definite | gangster | |||
partitive | gangsters |
Estonian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɡ̊ænɡ̊ster/, [ˈɡ̊æŋɡ̊ster], /ˈɡ̊ɑnɡ̊ster/, [ˈɡ̊ɑŋɡ̊ster]
- Rhymes: -ɑnɡster, -ænɡster
- Hyphenation: gangs‧ter
Noun
editgangster (genitive gangsteri, partitive gangsterit)
Declension
editDeclension of gangster (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | gangster | gangsterid | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | gangsteri | ||
genitive | gangsterite | ||
partitive | gangsterit | gangstereid | |
illative | gangsterisse | gangsteritesse gangstereisse | |
inessive | gangsteris | gangsterites gangstereis | |
elative | gangsterist | gangsteritest gangstereist | |
allative | gangsterile | gangsteritele gangstereile | |
adessive | gangsteril | gangsteritel gangstereil | |
ablative | gangsterilt | gangsteritelt gangstereilt | |
translative | gangsteriks | gangsteriteks gangstereiks | |
terminative | gangsterini | gangsteriteni | |
essive | gangsterina | gangsteritena | |
abessive | gangsterita | gangsteriteta | |
comitative | gangsteriga | gangsteritega |
References
editFrench
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgangster m (plural gangsters)
Descendants
edit- → Romanian: gangster
Further reading
edit- “gangster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English gangster.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛn.ster/, /ˈɡan.ster/, /ˈɡɛnɡ.ster/, /ˈɡanɡ.ster/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛnster, -anster, -ɛnɡster, -anɡster
- Hyphenation: gàng‧ster
Noun
editgangster m or f by sense (invariable)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ gangster in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English gangster.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgangster m pers (female equivalent gangsterka)
- gangster (gang member)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | gangster | gangsterzy/gangstery (deprecative) |
genitive | gangstera | gangsterów |
dative | gangsterowi | gangsterom |
accusative | gangstera | gangsterów |
instrumental | gangsterem | gangsterami |
locative | gangsterze | gangsterach |
vocative | gangsterze | gangsterzy |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editNoun
editgangster m or f by sense (plural gangsters)
- Alternative spelling of gângster
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French gangster.
Noun
editgangster m (plural gangsteri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) gangster | gangsterul | (niște) gangsteri | gangsterii |
genitive/dative | (unui) gangster | gangsterului | (unor) gangsteri | gangsterilor |
vocative | gangsterule | gangsterilor |
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgàngster m (Cyrillic spelling га̀нгстер)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | gangster | gangsteri |
genitive | gangstera | gangstera |
dative | gangsteru | gangsterima |
accusative | gangstera | gangstere |
vocative | gangsteru | gangsteri |
locative | gangsteru | gangsterima |
instrumental | gangsterom | gangsterima |
Spanish
editNoun
editgangster m (plural gangsteres)
- Alternative spelling of gángster
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English gangster. Attested since 1927.
Noun
editgangster c
- a gangster
Declension
editDeclension of gangster | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gangster | gangstern | gangstrar | gangstrarna |
Genitive | gangsters | gangsterns | gangstrars | gangstrarnas |
Derived terms
editReferences
editTurkish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English gangster).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgangster (definite accusative gangsteri, plural gangsterler)
Declension
editpresent tense | ||||
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positive, declarative |
positive, interrogative |
negative, declarative |
negative, interrogative | |
ben (I am) | gangsterim | gangster miyim? | gangster değilim | gangster değil miyim? |
sen (you are) | gangstersin | gangster misin? | gangster değilsin | gangster değil misin? |
o (he/she/it is) | gangster / gangsterdir | gangster mi? | gangster değil | gangster değil mi? |
biz (we are) | gangsteriz | gangster miyiz? | gangster değiliz | gangster değil miyiz? |
siz (you are) | gangstersiniz | gangster misiniz? | gangster değilsiniz | gangster değil misiniz? |
onlar (they are) | gangster(ler) | gangster(ler) mi? | gangster değil(ler) | gangster değiller mi? |
past tense | ||||
positive, declarative |
positive, interrogative |
negative, declarative |
negative, interrogative | |
ben (I was) | gangsterdim | gangster miydim? | gangster değildim | gangster değil miydim? |
sen (you were) | gangsterdin | gangster miydin? | gangster değildin | gangster değil miydin? |
o (he/she/it was) | gangsterdi | gangster miydi? | gangster değildi | gangster değil miydi? |
biz (we were) | gangsterdik | gangster miydik? | gangster değildik | gangster değil miydik? |
siz (you were) | gangsterdiniz | gangster miydiniz? | gangster değildiniz | gangster değil miydiniz? |
onlar (they were) | gangsterdiler | gangster miydiler? | gangster değildi(ler) / değillerdi | gangster değil miydiler? |
indirect past | ||||
positive, declarative |
positive, interrogative |
negative, declarative |
negative, interrogative | |
ben (I was) | gangstermişim | gangster miymişim? | gangster değilmişim | gangster değil miymişim? |
sen (you were) | gangstermişsin | gangster miymişsin? | gangster değilmişsin | gangster değil miymişsin? |
o (he/she/it was) | gangstermiş | gangster miymiş? | gangster değilmiş | gangster değil miymiş? |
biz (we were) | gangstermişiz | gangster miymişiz? | gangster değilmişiz | gangster değil miymişiz? |
siz (you were) | gangstermişsiniz | gangster miymişsiniz? | gangster değilmişsiniz | gangster değil miymişsiniz? |
onlar (they were) | gangstermişler | gangster miymişler? | gangster değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş | gangster değil miymişler? |
conditional | ||||
positive, declarative |
positive, interrogative |
negative, declarative |
negative, interrogative | |
ben (if I) | gangstersem | gangster miysem? | gangster değilsem | gangster değil miysem? |
sen (if you) | gangstersen | gangster miysen? | gangster değilsen | gangster değil miysen? |
o (if he/she/it) | gangsterse | gangster miyse? | gangster değilse | gangster değil miyse? |
biz (if we) | gangstersek | gangster miysek? | gangster değilsek | gangster değil miysek? |
siz (if you) | gangsterseniz | gangster miyseniz? | gangster değilseniz | gangster değil miyseniz? |
onlar (if they) | gangsterseler | gangster miyseler? | gangster değilseler / değillerse | gangster değil miyseler? |
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- English slang
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- en:People
- en:Crime
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- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑnɡster
- Rhymes:Estonian/ɑnɡster/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Estonian/ænɡster
- Rhymes:Estonian/ænɡster/2 syllables
- Estonian lemmas
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- Estonian õpik-type nominals
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɛnster
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛnster/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/anster
- Rhymes:Italian/anster/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛnɡster
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛnɡster/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/anɡster
- Rhymes:Italian/anɡster/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
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- Rhymes:Polish/aŋkstɛr
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- pl:Crime
- pl:Male people
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