# gangster
## English
### Alternative forms

* (slang) gangsta

### Etymology

From gang +‎ -ster. First attested in 1884.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɡæŋ.stə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈɡæŋ(k).stɚ/

### Noun

gangster (plural gangsters)
* A member of a criminal or street gang.
    Hyponyms: gang member, gangleader
* A member of a professional criminal organization (in organized crime): a racketeer.

#### Derived terms

* antigangster
* bankster
* black gangster
* cybergangster
* gangsta
* gangsterdom
* gangsteress
* gangsterette
* gangsterful
* gangsterhood
* gangsterical
* gangsterish
* gangsterism
* gangsterize
* gangsterland
* gangster lean
* gangsterless
* gangsterlike
* gangsterly
* gangsterness
* gangster rap
* gangster ride
* gangstership
* gangsterwise
* OG
* wankster
* YG

#### Translations
### Verb

gangster (third-person singular simple present gangsters, present participle gangstering, simple past and past participle gangstered)
* To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket.

### Adjective

gangster (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, 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.
** 2016, Janae M. Robinson, Crumbling Down, →ISBN, page 75:"Oh, soft ass pretty boy, trying to act all hard for his little girlfriend. Don't he know that we gangsta over here. We don't beef over females. Share and share alike," Corey said, laughing.
** 2022 May 10, @mr_gh0stly, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 15 June 2024:everyone gangsta until NATO starts shipping Burger Kings onto the scene

### References

* ↑ “gangster, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Further reading

* “gangsta”, in The Right Rhymes, launched 2013.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡaŋkstɛr]
* IPA: [ˈɡɛŋkstr̩]

### Noun

gangster m anim (relational adjective gangsterský)
* gangster

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “gangster”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “gangster”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gangster.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɛŋ.stər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: gang‧ster

### Noun

gangster m (plural gangsters, diminutive gangstertje n)
* gangster

### Adjective

gangster (not comparable)
* (slang) cool, awesome

#### Declension
## Estonian
### Etymology

From English gangster.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡ̊ænɡ̊ster/, [ˈɡ̊æŋɡ̊ster], /ˈɡ̊ɑnɡ̊ster/, [ˈɡ̊ɑŋɡ̊ster]
* Rhymes: -ɑnɡster, -ænɡster
* Hyphenation: gangs‧ter

### Noun

gangster (genitive gangsteri, partitive gangsterit)
* gangster (a member of an organized criminal gang)
    Synonym: gängster

#### Declension
### References

* gangster in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “gangster”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɑ̃ɡ.stɛʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gangster m (plural gangsters)
* gangster
    Hypernym: malfaiteur

#### Derived terms

* gangstériser
* gangstérisme

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: gangster

### Further reading

* “gangster” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
* “gangster” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
* “gangster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gangster.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɛn.ster/, /ˈɡan.ster/, /ˈɡɛnɡ.ster/, /ˈɡanɡ.ster/
* Rhymes: -ɛnster, -anster, -ɛnɡster, -anɡster
* Hyphenation: gàng‧ster

### Noun

gangster m or f by sense (invariable)
* gangster

#### Derived terms

* gangsterismo
* gangsteristico

### References

* ↑ gangster in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gangster.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaŋ.kstɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aŋkstɛr
* Syllabification: gan‧gster

### Noun

gangster m pers (female equivalent gangsterka)
* gangster (gang member)

#### Derived terms

* gangsterski

#### Related terms

* gang
* gangsterka
* gangsterstwo
* gangsteryzm

### Further reading

* gangster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gangster in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Noun

gangster m or f by sense (plural gangsters)
* Alternative spelling of gângster

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French gangster.

### Noun

gangster m (plural gangsteri)
* gangster

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡǎnɡster/
* Hyphenation: gang‧ster

### Noun

gàngster m (Cyrillic spelling га̀нгстер)
* gangster

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Noun

gangster m (plural gangsteres)
* Alternative spelling of gángster

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gangster. Attested since 1927.

### Noun

gangster c
* a gangster

#### Derived terms

* gangsterrap

### References

* gangster in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* gangster in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Turkish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English gangster).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɑŋˈstæɾ/, /ɡeŋˈstæɾ/
* Rhymes: -æɾ

### Noun

gangster (definite accusative gangsteri, plural gangsterler)
* gangster

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
gangster
gangsterler
definite accusative
gangsteri
gangsterleri
dative
gangstere
gangsterlere
locative
gangsterde
gangsterlerde
ablative
gangsterden
gangsterlerden
genitive
gangsterin
gangsterlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
gangsterim
gangsterlerim
2nd singular
gangsterin
gangsterlerin
3rd singular
gangsteri
gangsterleri
1st plural
gangsterimiz
gangsterlerimiz
2nd plural
gangsteriniz
gangsterleriniz
3rd plural
gangsterleri
gangsterleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
gangsterimi
gangsterlerimi
2nd singular
gangsterini
gangsterlerini
3rd singular
gangsterini
gangsterlerini
1st plural
gangsterimizi
gangsterlerimizi
2nd plural
gangsterinizi
gangsterlerinizi
3rd plural
gangsterlerini
gangsterlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
gangsterime
gangsterlerime
2nd singular
gangsterine
gangsterlerine
3rd singular
gangsterine
gangsterlerine
1st plural
gangsterimize
gangsterlerimize
2nd plural
gangsterinize
gangsterlerinize
3rd plural
gangsterlerine
gangsterlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
gangsterimde
gangsterlerimde
2nd singular
gangsterinde
gangsterlerinde
3rd singular
gangsterinde
gangsterlerinde
1st plural
gangsterimizde
gangsterlerimizde
2nd plural
gangsterinizde
gangsterlerinizde
3rd plural
gangsterlerinde
gangsterlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
gangsterimden
gangsterlerimden
2nd singular
gangsterinden
gangsterlerinden
3rd singular
gangsterinden
gangsterlerinden
1st plural
gangsterimizden
gangsterlerimizden
2nd plural
gangsterinizden
gangsterlerinizden
3rd plural
gangsterlerinden
gangsterlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
gangsterimin
gangsterlerimin
2nd singular
gangsterinin
gangsterlerinin
3rd singular
gangsterinin
gangsterlerinin
1st plural
gangsterimizin
gangsterlerimizin
2nd plural
gangsterinizin
gangsterlerinizin
3rd plural
gangsterlerinin
gangsterlerinin :
For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.