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romanian
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Romania
ro
Alternative forms
en Rumanian Roumanian
Etymology
en :af Romania -an + 1
Pronunciation
en /ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/ UK
en /ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/ /ɹəˈmeɪ.ni.ən/ US
en en-us-Romanian.ogg US
en /ɹoˈmɪ.ni.ən/ Michigan,Canada
en eɪniən 4
Adjective
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Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.
2013, Gabriela Pană Dindelegan (ed.), Martin Maiden (consultant ed.), The Grammar of Romanian, Oxford University Press, page 4:
The oldest Romanian period (also known as Common Romanian, Proto-Romanian, Primitive Romanian) is the period prior to the separation of the four Romanian dialects: a north-Danubian dialect (Daco-Romanian) and three south-Danubian dialects (Aromanian / Macedo-Romanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian).
en Irina Marica Călin Georgescu barred from presidential race as Romanian Constitutional Court rejects appeal Romania Insider https://www.romania-insider.com/calin-georgescu-barred-presidential-elections-ccr-romania-march-2025 2025-03-11 The leader of far-right opposition party AUR, George Simion, who has been backing Georgescu in his presidential bid, was among the first to react to CCR's decision. In a post on X, he said, "What a disgrace! Once again, the Constitutional Court is mocking the Romanian people, is attacking our democracy and our essential rights & freedoms. We stand with Călin Georgescu!” https://web.archive.org/web/20260421143122/https://www.romania-insider.com/calin-georgescu-barred-presidential-elections-ccr-romania-march-2025 21 April 2026
Quotations
en
Derived terms
en Romanize Romanian deadlift Romanianization Romanianize Romanian Carpathian Shepherd Romanian Moldavia Romanian Sign Language Romanianness Romanian Orthodox Church
Translations
of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
Afrikaans: af Roemeens
Albanian: sq rumun, sq gogë//gogeshë historical
Arabic: ar رُومَانِيّ
Armenian: hy ռումինական
Aromanian: rup rumãnescu, rup rumãn, rup vlãhutescu, rup vluhutescu
Asturian: ast rumanu
Azerbaijani: az rumın
Basque: eu errumaniar
Belarusian: be румы́нскі
Bengali: bn রোমানীয়
Bulgarian: bg румъ́нски, bg вла́шки
Burmese: my ရူမေးနီးယား
Catalan: ca romanès
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羅馬尼亞 羅馬尼亞的 Luōmǎníyà de
Czech: cs rumunský
Danish: da rumænsk
Dutch: nl Roemeens
Esperanto: eo rumano
Estonian: et rumeenia
Finnish: fi romanialainen
French: fr roumain
Gagauz: gag romın, gag român (obsolete)
Galician: gl romanés
Georgian: ka რუმინული, ka რუმინეთის
German: de rumänisch
Hawaiian: haw Romānia
Hebrew: he רומני romani
Hindi: hi रोमेनियन, hi रोमानियाई
Hungarian: hu román
Icelandic: is rúmenskur
Italian: it romeno, it rumeno
Japanese: ja ルーマニア Rūmania no ルーマニアの
Kazakh: kk румыниялық, kk румын
Khmer: km រូម៉ានី
Korean: ko 루마니아 ^루마니아-의
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ڕۆمانی
Northern Kurdish: kmr rûmenî, kmr romanî, kmr romanyayî
Lao: lo ລູມານີ
Latvian: lv rumāņu, lv rumānisks
Lithuanian: lt rumuniškas
Macedonian: mk романски
Malay: ms Romania
Marathi: mr रोमेनियन
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn румын
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb rumensk
Nynorsk: nn rumensk
Occitan: oc romanés
Pashto: ps رومانیایي
Persian: fa رومانیایی româniyâyi
Polish: pl rumuński
Portuguese: pt romeno
Romani: rom rumunicko
Romanian: ro român, ro românesc
Russian: ru румы́нский
Scots: sco Romanian, sco Roumanian, sco Roumains
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh румунски
Latin: sh rumunski
Slovak: sk rumunský
Slovene: sl romúnski
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb rumunski
Spanish: es rumano
Swedish: sv rumänsk
Tajik: tg румынӣ, tg румын
Tatar: tt румын
Thai: th โรมาเนีย
Turkish: tr Rumen
Turkmen: tk rumyn
Udmurt: udm румын, udm румынской
Ukrainian: uk руму́нський
Uyghur: ug رومان
Uzbek: uz rumin
Vietnamese: vi Ru-ma-ni
Yiddish: yi רומעניש
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Romania.
en Irina Marica Călin Georgescu barred from presidential race as Romanian Constitutional Court rejects appeal Romania Insider https://www.romania-insider.com/calin-georgescu-barred-presidential-elections-ccr-romania-march-2025 2025-03-11 USR leader Elena Lasconi, who was supposed to face Georgescu in the second round of the 2024 presidential elections and is expected to run again this year, also reacted to the news, saying, “I hope the CCR's decision is just a first step. Romanians need to regain their trust in institutions!” https://web.archive.org/web/20260421143122/https://www.romania-insider.com/calin-georgescu-barred-presidential-elections-ccr-romania-march-2025 21 April 2026
en
en weightlifting slang en Romanian deadlift.
en 24-03-2010 Built With the big boyz... IronMag Forums https://www.ironmagazineforums.com/threads/with-the-big-boyz.107913/ I think there was this one Black guy in there who was practically crying.I swear I could hear Sir Mix-a-Lot Sir Mixalot in my head whenever I did Romanians. https://web.archive.org/web/20250125074419/https://www.ironmagazineforums.com/threads/with-the-big-boyz.107913/ 25 January 2025
en 15-04-2015 OZ-USF-UFGator diract Back work: Are Deadlifts and chin ups enough Starting Strength Forum https://startingstrength.com/resources/forum/general-q-and-a/56994-diract-deadlifts-chin-ups-2.html I did Romanians for a year and worked up to 250 for sets of 5. I couldn't take the DOMS anymore and dropped them. https://web.archive.org/web/20250125074513/https://startingstrength.com/resources/forum/general-q-and-a/56994-diract-deadlifts-chin-ups-2.html 25 January 2025
Derived terms
person en Robmanian
Translations
native of Romania
Afrikaans: af Roemeen, af Roemeniër
Albanian: sq rumun m, sq rumune f
Arabic: ar رُومَانِيّ m, ar رُومَانِيَّة f
Armenian: hy ռումինացի
Aromanian: rup rumãn m, rup vlãhut m, rup vluhut m, rup mucan m, rup rumãnã f, rup vlãhutã f, rup vluhutã, rup mucanã f
Asturian: ast rumanu m, ast rumana f
Azerbaijani: az rumın
Basque: eu errumaniar
Belarusian: be румы́н m, be румы́нка f
Bulgarian: bg румъ́нец m, bg румъ́нка f, bg румъ́нче n, bg влах m, bg влахи́ня f, bg вла́хче n
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Руму́н m, rue Руму́нка f
Catalan: ca romanès m, ca romanesa f
Valencian: ca romanés m, ca romanesa f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羅馬尼亞人 Luōmǎníyà rén
Crimean Tatar: crh rumın
Czech: cs Rumun m, cs Rumunka f
Danish: da rumæner c
Dutch: nl Roemeen m, nl Roemeense f
Esperanto: eo rumano man or woman, eo rumanino woman
Estonian: et rumeenlane
Finnish: fi romanialainen
French: fr Roumain m, fr Roumaine f
Gagauz: gag romın, gag ромын romın, gag român (obsolete)
Galician: gl romanés m, gl romanesa f
Georgian: ka რუმინელი
German: de Rumäne m, de Rumänin f
Greek: el Ρουμάνος m, el Ρουμάνα f
Hawaiian: haw Romānia
Hebrew: he רומני m romani, he רומנית f romanít
Hindi: hi रोमेनियन, hi रोमानियाई
Hungarian: hu román
Icelandic: is Rúmeni m
Italian: it romeno m, it romena f, it rumeno m, it rumena f
Japanese: ja ルーマニア人 Rūmania-jin
Kazakh: kk румыниялық, kk румын
Korean: ko 루마니아인, ko 루마니아 사람
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ڕۆمانی
Kyrgyz: ky румын
Latvian: lv rumānis m, lv rumāniete f
Lithuanian: lt rumunas m, lt rumunė f
Macedonian: mk Романец m, mk Романка f
Maltese: mt Rumen m
Marathi: mr रोमेनियन
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb rumener m
Nynorsk: nn rumen m, nn rumenar m
Occitan: oc romanés m
Persian: fa رومانیایی româniyâyi
Polish: pl Rumun m, pl Rumunka f
Portuguese: pt romeno m, pt romena f
Romani: rom rumuno m, rom rumunojka f
Romanian: ro român m, ro româncă f, ro română f
Russian: ru румы́н m, ru румы́нка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: sh Rumunj m, sh Rumunjka f
Slovak: sk Rumun m, sk Rumunka f
Slovene: sl Romún m, sl Romúnka f
Spanish: es rumano m, es rumana f
Swahili: sw Mromania
Swedish: sv rumän m, sv rumänska f
Tajik: tg румын
Tatar: tt румын
Turkish: tr Rumen, tr Romanyalı
Turkmen: tk rumyn
Ukrainian: uk руму́н m, uk руму́нка f
Uyghur: ug رومان
Uzbek: uz rumin
Yiddish: yi רומענער m
Proper noun
en Q7913 The official language of Romania and Moldova.
en Wallachian Daco-Romanian
en Moldovan Moldovian
en geology An age from 3.6 to 1.8 million years ago, a subdivision of the Plio-Pleistocene.
Derived terms
language en Proto-Romanian/en proto-Romanian, en Old Romanian
Translations
official language of Romania
Afrikaans: af Roemeens
Albanian: sq rumanisht (adverb), sq rumanishte, sq rumunisht (adverb), sq rumunishte, sq gjuha rumune f
Arabic: ar رُومَانِيَّة f
Armenian: hy ռումիներեն
Aromanian: rup limba rumãneascã f, rup rumãnã f, rup limba rumãnã f, rup rumãneashti adverb, rup limba vlãhuteascã f, rup limba vluhuteascã f, rup vlãhuteashti, rup vluhuteashti (adverbs)
Asturian: ast rumanu
Basque: eu errumaniera
Belarusian: be румы́нская мо́ва f, be румы́нская f
Bulgarian: bg румънски m
Catalan: ca romanès m
Valencian: ca romanés m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羅馬尼亞語 Luōmǎníyà-yǔ
Crimean Tatar: crh kazakşa
Czech: cs rumunština f
Danish: da rumænsk
Dutch: nl Roemeens n
Estonian: et rumeenia
Faroese: fo rumenskt n
Finnish: fi romania
French: fr roumain m
Gagauz: gag romınca, gag romândja, gag ромынӂа romınca
Galician: gl romanés m
Georgian: ka რუმინული, ka რუმინული ენა
German: de Rumänisch n
Greek: el ρουμάνικα n-p, el ρουμανικά n-p
Hebrew: he רומנית f romanít
Hindi: hi रोमानियाई f, hi रोमेनियन f
Hungarian: hu román
Icelandic: is rúmenska f
Indonesian: id bahasa Rumania
Italian: it romeno m, it rumeno m
Japanese: ja ルーマニア語 Rūmania-go
Korean: ko ^루마니아어
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ڕۆمانی
Latvian: lv rumāņu, lv rumāņu valoda f
Limburgish: li Remieënsj n
Lithuanian: lt rumunų
Macedonian: mk рома́нски m
Malay: ms bahasa Romania
Marathi: mr रोमेनियन f
Navajo: nv Wooméin bizaad
Norman: nrf roumain m, nrf rouoman m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb rumensk m
Nynorsk: nn rumensk m
Persian: fa رومانیایی româniyâyi
Polish: pl rumuński m
Portuguese: pt romeno m
Romani: rom rumunicko
Romanian: ro română f, ro limba română f, ro limba românească f, ro românește adverb
Russian: ru румы́нский m
Scots: sco Romanian
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh румунски m, sh румуњски m
Latin: sh rumunski m, sh rumunjski m
Slovak: sk rumunčina f
Slovene: sl romúnščina f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: hsb rumunšćina f
Spanish: es rumano m
Swedish: sv rumänska c
Tajik: tg руминӣ
Thai: th ภาษาโรมาเนีย paasăa rohmaania
Tigrinya: ti ሮማኒያን
Turkish: tr Rumence
Ukrainian: uk руму́нська f
Urdu: ur رومانیائی f romāniyāī
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Romania
Volapük: vo Rumänapük
Yiddish: yi רומעניש n
See also
ro
en Aromanian = en Macedo-Romanian
en Daco-Romanian
en Istro-Romanian
en Megleno-Romanian
en Moldavian
en Vlach
Further reading
ron
1 ro ron
rup Aromanian
ruq Megleno-Romanian
ruo Istro-Romanian
en terms suffixed with -ian
en Ethnonyms Languages Nationalities Romania
Finnish
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Romania gen s