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roman román Román român róman Rómán
English
Etymology
en :inh enm:<ety:bor<fro:Romain>> :af<surf> Rome -an
From en fro Romain, from en la Rōmānus. +suf en Rome an Rom(e). en Romano. Displaced native en Romish.
In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the en gkm - endonym grc Ῥωμαῖος.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹəʊ.mən/ UK
rōmən US, en /ˈɹoʊ.mən/
en Ro man
en roamin' some accents
en əʊmən 2
en en-us-Roman.ogg US
Adjective
Of or from Rome.
en historical Of or from the Roman Empire. en Ancient Rome
en historical historiography Of or from the Byzantine Empire.
Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.
16 III "Yes, I feel that I ought; and with me, to feel that I ought to do a thing, is to do it!" added he, looking quite Roman with excess of virtue.
en of type or text Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.
en law colloquial Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.
en You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one.
en typography A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.)
Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
en architecture Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.
Synonyms
Byzantine Roman en Rhomaian, en Romaic, en Romaean
Derived terms
en Roman gallon Roman charity Roman Kingdom Roman Church pre-Roman Roman candle Roman Catholic Roman Empire Roman font Romanesque Romanism Romanist Roman numeral,roman numeral Roman River Roman road Times New Roman non-Roman Roman font Roman numeraled Roman snail Roman-Dutch law Roman Bridge Roman surface Roman bean Roman concrete Roman hyacinth Roman peace Roman Britain Gallo-Roman Greco-Roman philoroman Roman hyacinth Roman peace pre-Romanesque Romandom Romanhood Romanish Romanistics romanize romanji Romanly Romanness Romano- Roman riding
Related terms
en Romaean
Translations
of or from Rome
Albanian: sq roman
Arabic: ar رُومِيّ, ar رُومَانِيّ
Hijazi Arabic: acw روماني rōmāni
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܵܐ m, aii ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ f
Armenian: hy հռոմեական
Old Armenian: xcl հռովմայեցի
Asturian: ast romanu
Belarusian: be ры́мскі
Bengali: bn রোমান, bn রূমী
Bulgarian: bg ри́мски
Catalan: ca romà
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羅馬 Luómǎ
Czech: cs římský
Danish: da Romer, da romersk
Dutch: nl Romeins, nl Romeinse
Esperanto: eo Romia
Estonian: et rooma
Finnish: fi roomalainen
French: fr romain
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Romein
Galician: gl romano
Georgian: ka რომელი, ka რომული
German: de römisch
Greek: el ρωμαϊκός
Ancient Greek: grc Ῥωμαϊκός
Hebrew: he רוֹמִי m rómi, he רוֹמָאִי m romaí
Hindi: hi रोमक, hi रोमन, hi रूमी
Hungarian: hu római
Indonesian: id Romawi
Irish: ga Rómhánach, ga Róimhe Na Róimhe
Italian: it romano m, it romana f
Japanese: ja ローマ ローマの Rōma no
Kazakh: kk римдік
Korean: ko ^로마
Latin: la Romanus
Latvian: lv Romanum
Lithuanian: lt Romas
Low German: nds Römsche, Germany nds röömsch
Luxembourgish: lb réimesch
Macedonian: mk римски
Malay: ms Rom, ms Rumi
Marathi: mr रोमन
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb romersk
Nynorsk: nn romersk
Old Church Slavonic: cu римьскъ
Old English: ang Rōmānisċ
Persian: fa رومی rumi
Pohnpeian: pon Rom
Polish: pl rzymski m
Portuguese: pt romano
Romanian: ro roman
Russian: ru ри́мский
Sanskrit: sa रौमक
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ròmanach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ри̑мскӣ
Latin: sh rȋmskī
Sicilian: scn rumanu
Slovak: sk rímsky
Slovene: sl Rimski
Spanish: es romano
Swedish: sv romersk
Tajik: tg румӣ
Telugu: te రోమను
Turkish: tr Romalı
Ukrainian: uk ри́мський
Vietnamese: vi La Mã
Walloon: wa Rominne
Welsh: cy Rhufeinig, cy Rhufeinaidd
of or from the Roman Empire
Albanian: sq romak m, sq romake f
Arabic: ar رُومِيّ, ar رُومَانِيّ
Asturian: ast romanu
Bengali: bn রোমান, bn রূমী
Catalan: ca romà m, ca romana f
Danish: da romersk
Finnish: fi roomalainen
Georgian: ka რომაული
German: de römisch
Greek: el ρωμαϊκός
Hindi: hi रोमक, hi रोमन, hi रूमी
Irish: ga Rómhánach, ga Róimhe Na Róimhe
Kazakh: kk римдік
Malay: ms Rumi, ms Rumawi
Marathi: mr रोमन
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb romersk
Nynorsk: nn romersk
Old English: ang Rōmānisċ
Old Norse: non valskr
Persian: fa رومی rumi
Middle Persian: pal 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭣𐭩𐭪 hrōmāyīg
Pohnpeian: pon Rom
Polish: pl rzymski m
Portuguese: pt romano
Russian: ru ри́мский
Sanskrit: sa रौमक
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ròmanach
Tajik: tg румӣ
Telugu: te రోమను
Turkish: tr Romalı
Ukrainian: uk ри́мський
of Western character set
Arabic:
Tunisian Arabic: aeb سُورِي sūri
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羅馬 Luómǎ
Finnish: fi latinalainen
German: de lateinisch
Greek: el λατινικός m
Hebrew: he לָטִינִי m latíni
Hindi: hi रोमक, hi रोमन
Japanese: ja ローマ ローマの Rōma no
Korean: ko ^로마
Marathi: mr रोमन
Old Church Slavonic: cu римьскъ
Portuguese: pt romano
Russian: ru лати́нский, ru ри́мский
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ròmanach
upright, as opposed to oblique or italic
French: fr romain
Hungarian: hu álló
Portuguese: pt corpo redondo
Roman Catholic
German: de katholisch, de römisch-katholisch
Greek: el ρωμαιοκαθολικός m
Hindi: hi रोमन, hi रोमन कैथलिक
Portuguese: pt católico
Ukrainian: uk римо-като́лицький
Noun
A native or resident of Rome.
en historical A native or resident of the Roman Empire.
en historical historiography A native or resident of the Byzantine Empire.
2010, John Wortley trans. John Skylitzes as A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 8111057, p. 442, n. 192:
Kars was the capital of the small Armenian kingdom of Vanand, ruled by Gagik (the same name as the sovereign of Ani) from 1029 to 1064, when he surrendered his kingdom to the Romans. In 1053 it was taken by the Seljoukids, probably under the command of Qutlumus...
en uncountable The Roman script.
en Hilary Bird Baby named Sahaiʔa prompts changes to Vital Statistics Act w:CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-aboriginal-font-official-id-1.3630353 2016-06-13 Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents. https://web.archive.org/web/20160613150454/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-aboriginal-font-official-id-1.3630353 2016-06-13
en printing countable A single letter or character in Roman type.
en dated A Roman Catholic.
en 2006 Sarah Waters The Night Watch Virago Press 151 ‘Is it like―I don’t know―Catholicism? One only spots the other Romans when one’s practised it oneself?’
Synonyms
Byzantine Roman en Rhomaian, en Romaean
Derived terms
en when in Rome, do as the Romans do
Translations
a native or resident of Rome
Arabic: ar رُومِيّ m, ar رُومَانِيّ m
Hijazi Arabic: acw روماني m rōmāni
Armenian: hy հռոմեացի
Old Armenian: xcl հռովմայեցի
Asturian: ast romanu m, ast romana f
Belarusian: be ры́млянін m, be ры́млянка f
Bulgarian: bg ри́млянин m
Catalan: ca romà m, ca romana f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 羅馬人 lo4 maa5 jan4
Mandarin: cmn 羅馬人 Luómǎ-rén
Czech: cs Říman m, cs Římanka f
Dutch: nl Romein f, nl Romeinse f
Esperanto: eo romano man or woman, eo romanino woman
Finnish: fi roomalainen
French: fr Romain m, fr Romaine f
Galician: gl romano m
Georgian: ka რომელი
German: de Römer m, de Römerin f
Swabian: swg Remer
Gothic: got 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍉𐌽𐍃 m
Greek: el Ρωμαίος m
Ancient Greek: grc Ῥωμαῖος m
Hebrew: he רוֹמָאִי m romaí
Hindi: hi रोमक m, hi रोमन m, hi रूमी m, hi रोमवासी m
Irish: ga Rómhánach m
Italian: it romano m, it romana f
Japanese: ja ローマ人 Rōma-jin
Korean: ko ^로마 사람, ko ^로마인
Marathi: mr रोमन m, mr रोमकर m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb romer m
Nynorsk: nn romar m
Old English: ang Rōmānisċ
Persian: fa رومی rumi
Pohnpeian: pon Rom
Polish: pl rzymianin m, pl rzymianka f
Portuguese: pt romano m
Romanian: ro roman m
Russian: ru ри́млянин m, ru ри́млянка f
Sanskrit: sa रोमक m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ròmanach m
Spanish: es romano m, es romana f
Swedish: sv romare c
Telugu: te రోమను
Turkish: tr Romalı
Ukrainian: uk ри́млянин m, uk ри́млянка f
Welsh: cy Rhufeiniad m f
a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
Armenian: hy հռոմեացի
Old Armenian: xcl հռովմայեցի
Asturian: ast romanu m, ast romana f
Belarusian: be ры́млянін m, be ры́млянка f
Catalan: ca romà m, ca romana f
Chichewa: ny Mloma
Dutch: nl Romein m
Esperanto: eo romaniano man or woman, eo romanianino woman
Finnish: fi roomalainen
Georgian: ka რომაელი
German: de Römer m
Swabian: swg Remer
Greek: el Ρωμαίος m
Ancient Greek: grc Ῥωμαῖος m
Hebrew: he רומאי m roma'í
Hindi: hi रोमक m, hi रोमन m, hi रूमी m, hi रोमवासी m
Irish: ga Rómhánach m
Italian: it romano m, it romana f
Japanese: ja ローマ人 Rōma-jin
Lithuanian: lt romė́nas m, lt romė́nė f
Marathi: mr रोमन m
Navajo: nv Roman dineʼé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb romer m
Nynorsk: nn romar m
Old East Slavic: orv волохъ m
Old English: ang Rōmānisċ
Persian: fa رومی rumi
Pohnpeian: pon Rom
Polish: pl Rzymianin m, pl Rzymianka f
Portuguese: pt romano m
Romanian: ro roman m
Russian: ru ри́млянин m, ru ри́млянка f
Sanskrit: sa रोमक m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ròmanach m
Swahili: sw Mrumi
Telugu: te రోమను
Turkish: tr Romalı
Ukrainian: uk ри́млянин m, uk ри́млянка f
Welsh: cy Rhufeiniwr m, cy Rhufeiniad m f
the Roman script
Arabic: ar لَاتِينِيَّة f, ar رُومَانِيَّة f
Hijazi Arabic: acw لاتيني m lātīni
Belarusian: be лаці́нка f (Belarusian Latin script: be łacinka f)
Catalan: ca llatí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羅馬字 Luómǎzì
Czech: cs Latinka f
Dutch: nl Latijn n
Finnish: fi latinalainen aakkosto
Georgian: ka ლათინური დამწერლობა, ka ლათინური, ka რომაული ანბანი, ka რომაული
German: de Lateinisch n, de ABC n
Greek: el λατινικό αλφάβητο n
Hindi: hi रोमक-लिपि f, hi रोमन-लिपि f
Japanese: ja ローマ字 ろーまじ, Rōma-ji
Korean: ko ^로마자
Marathi: mr रोमन f
Polish: pl łacinka f
Portuguese: pt latino m
Russian: ru лати́ница f
Scottish Gaelic: gd aibidil Ròmanach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh латѝница f
Latin: sh latìnica f
Slovene: sl latinica f
Telugu: te రోమను
Ukrainian: uk лати́нка f, uk лати́ниця f
Vietnamese: vi chữ cái Latinh, vi chữ Latinh
Welsh: cy teip Rhufeinig m
Proper noun
s
en male Latin recently borrowed from continental Europe.
en.
en city county/Neamț c/Romania.
Translations
male given name
Belarusian: be Раман
Bulgarian: bg Ро́ман m
Catalan: ca Romà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 羅曼 Luómàn
Czech: cs Roman
Dutch: nl Roman m, nl Romaan m
Franco-Provençal: frp Reman
French: fr Romain m
German: de Roman m
Hebrew: he רוֹמָן m róman
Hungarian: hu Román
Latvian: lv Romāns m
Lithuanian: lt Ròmas//Rõmas
Marathi: mr रोमन m
Occitan: oc Roman m, oc Róman m, oc Roma m
Polish: pl Roman m
Portuguese: pt Romão m
Russian: ru Рома́н m
Slovak: sk Roman
Spanish: es Román m
Ukrainian: uk Роман m
Yakut: sah Арамаан
Anagrams
en amnor Armon Manor Maron Moran Narom Nor Am Nor-Am NorAm Norma manor moran morna norma
en Demonyms Rome
Cebuano
Pronunciation
ceb Ro man
Noun
ceb noun
ceb male
Czech
cs:
Etymology
cs :bor la:Rōmānus + 1
Pronunciation
cs LL-Q9056 (ces)-Ghost4Man-Roman.wav
Proper noun
m-an
cs male Latin
Declension
m.an
Estonian
Etymology
From et la Rōmānus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male Latin
German
de:
Etymology 1
From de fr roman.
Pronunciation
de /ʁoˈmaːn/
de De-Roman.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(e)s
de literature novel
de Letztes Jahr habe ich einen Roman gelesen. I read a novel last year.
Declension
m,(e)s
Hypernyms
de Prosagroßform
de Literatur
Derived terms
de Abenteuerroman Bildungsroman Briefroman Detektivroman Entwicklungsroman Fantasy-Roman Fortsetzungsroman Groschenroman Gruselroman Jugendroman Kindheitsroman Kriegsroman Kriminalroman Liebesroman Ritterroman Ritter- und Räuber-Roman,Ritter- und Räuberroman Schlüsselroman Spionageroman Staatsroman Trivialroman Unterhaltungsroman Zukunftsroman
Etymology 2
From de la Rōmānus.
Pronunciation
de /ˈroːma(ː)n/
de De-Roman2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de pn
de male Latin
Further reading
Nauruan
Proper noun
na proper noun
Romania
Polish
Etymology
pl la Rōmānus, from la rōmānus a Roman, of Rome.
Pronunciation
Pl-Roman.ogg
Proper noun
m-pr Romek
pl male Latin
Declension
<m.pr.surname>
Romanian
ro:
Etymology
ro Roman I of Moldavia Roman I of Moldavia.
Pronunciation
ro /ˈroman/
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Roman.wav
Proper noun
m
ro city county/Neamț c/Romania
ro historical ro county c/Romania
Declension
sg
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-pr
sk male Latin
sk
Declension
m-pr name
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from tr rom rromano. Cognate to en Romani. Not related to tr Rumen Romanian or tr Romalı a Roman.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
a member of the Roma people, Rom, Romani
tr çingene offensive
Declension
a 1