ginzo

Questions about ginzo

What does ginzo mean?

ginzo means "(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent".

How many syllables are in ginzo?

ginzo has 2 syllables and divides as gin-zo under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ginzo?

Close synonyms include wop, dago, Guinea, greaseball. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ginzo a common word?

ginzo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.