gigolo

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(jĭg'ə-lō', zhĭg'-) pronunciation
n., pl., -los.
  1. A man who has a continuing sexual relationship with and receives financial support from a woman.
  2. A man who is hired as an escort or a dancing partner for a woman.

[French, perhaps from gigolette, dancing girl, prostitute, from giguer, to dance, from gigue, fiddle, from Old French. See gigot.]



meaning 'a woman's paid escort or lover', is pronounced zhig-ǝ-loh or jig-ǝ-loh, and has the plural form gigolos.

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  • Release Date: 198X
  • Genre: X/Adult
  • Style: Adult Action Game
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gigolo

Nederlands (Dutch)
gigolo (mannelijke escort), betaalde mannelijke danspartner

Français (French)
n. - gigolo

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gigolo, Eintänzer, ausgehaltener Mann

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ζιγκολό

Italiano (Italian)
gigolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gigolô (m)

Русский (Russian)
жиголо

Español (Spanish)
n. - gigolo, chulo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gigolo

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
职业男舞伴, 小白脸, 吃软饭的男人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 職業男舞伴, 小白臉, 吃軟飯的男人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (창녀 등의) 기둥 서방

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 職業ダンサー, 男めかけ, ひも, ジゴロ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رجل يعيش على ما تكسبه امرأة, راقص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צעיר הנשכר ע"י אישה מבוגרת כמלווה או מאהב, ג'יגולו, בן-זוג מקצועי לריקוד‬


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