ghetto B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈɡɛ.toʊ/ UK /ˈɡɛ.təʊ/ See IPA manual Freq #8884 Meanings 1 noun A poor area of a city where people of one ethnic group or background live, often separated from the rest. Many immigrants once lived crowded together in the city's ghetto. 2 noun In the past, an area of a city where Jews were forced by law to live. The Venetian ghetto was established in the sixteenth century. 3 adj Cheap, low-quality, or crude (informal, often offensive). He fixed the broken handle with tape in a really ghetto way. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a poor area of a city where... barrioslumshantytown Word family Forms ghettoesghettos Derived forms antighettoboughettocyberghettoghetto-fabulousghettoblasterghettoisationghettoiseghettoishghettoismghettoizeghettologyghettotech Etymology AI details Borrowed from the name of the Venetian Ghetto, whose etymology and original source language is uncertain. Compare Italian ghetto. Topics Describing Qualities Money & Finance Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # ghetto **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɡɛ.toʊ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɛ.təʊ/ **Frequency rank:** 8884 ## Meanings 1. A poor area of a city where people of one ethnic group or background live, often separated from the rest. 2. In the past, an area of a city where Jews were forced by law to live. 3. Cheap, low-quality, or crude (informal, often offensive). ## Examples - Many immigrants once lived crowded together in the city's ghetto. - The Venetian ghetto was established in the sixteenth century. - He fixed the broken handle with tape in a really ghetto way. ## Derived Forms - antighetto - boughetto - cyberghetto - ghetto-fabulous - ghettoblaster - ghettoisation - ghettoise - ghettoish - ghettoism - ghettoize - ghettology - ghettotech ## Etymology Borrowed from the name of the Venetian Ghetto, whose etymology and original source language is uncertain. Compare Italian ghetto. ## AI Etymology Ghetto was borrowed from the name of the Venetian Ghetto, whose etymology and original source language is uncertain. Compare Italian ghetto. In current use, the main senses are “A poor area of a city where people of one ethnic group or background live, often separated from the rest” and “In the past, an area of a city where Jews were forced by law to live”. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Money & Finance - Register & Style markdown