Rom

See also: rom, room, ROM, Róm, rơm, rom., and Rom.

English

A Rom (Romani) musician in the Czech Republic.

Etymology

From Romani rom (“man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (doma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma.

The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.

Not related to Romanian.

Pronunciation

(UK), enPR: rōm, IPA^(key): /ɹəʊm/
(US), enPR: rōm, IPA^(key): /ɹoʊm/
Rhymes: -əʊm
Homophones: roam, Rome

Proper noun

Rom

The ethnic designation used by the Romani people from Eastern Europe.
(rare) The Romani language.

Translations

language — see Romani

Noun

Rom (plural Roms or Roma)

A member of the Romani people.
(in particular) A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.

Synonyms

(self-designations) Romani, Roma, Sinti, Romanichal
(sometimes offensive) Gypsy, gypsy; tzigane

Translations

a member of the Romani people

Albanian: cigan (sq) m, evgjit (sq) m
Arabic: رُومَانِيّ‎‎ m (rūmāniyy); غَجَرِيّ‎‎ m (ḡajariyy), غَجَر‎‎ (ḡajar)
Egyptian Arabic: غجرى‎‎ m (ġágari), نورى‎‎ m (nūri)
Armenian: գնչու (hy) (gnčʿu), գնչուհի (hy) (gnčʿuhi)
Azerbaijani: qaraçı
Basque: ijito
Belarusian: ром m (rom); цыга́н m (cyhán), цыга́нка f (cyhánka)
Catalan: gitano (ca) m, bomià m (obsolete)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅姆人 (zh), 罗姆人 (zh) (Luómǔrén); 吉普賽人 (zh), 吉普赛人 (zh) (Jípǔsài-rén)
Czech: Rom (cs) m; Cikán m, Cikánka f
Danish: roma c, romani c; sigøjner
Dutch: zigeuner (nl)
Esperanto: cigano
Estonian: mustlane
Faroese: romi m; sigoyni m
Finnish: mustalainen (fi), romani (fi)
French: Rom (fr) m, Rrom m; bohémien (fr) m, gitan (fr) m, tsigane (fr) m, f
Georgian: ბოშა (boša)
German: Zigeuner (de) m, Zigeunerin (de) f; Rom (de) m, Romni f, Roma (de) pl, Sinto (de) m, Sinti (de) m pl, Sintiza (de) f, Sinteza f
Greek: Ρομ (el) m (Rom)
Hebrew: צועני‎‎ m (tzo'ani)
Hindi: रोमा (romā); जिप्सी (hi) (jipsī)
Hungarian: roma (hu); cigány (hu)
Icelandic: Rómafólk pl, Rómanir pl; Sígauni m
Italian: zingaro (it) m, zingara f
Japanese: ロム (Romu), ロマ (Roma); ジプシー (Jipushī)
Kazakh: сыған (sığan)
Korean: 롬 (Rom); 집시 (Jipsi)

Latin: cingarus
Latvian: čigāns m
Lithuanian: čigonas (lt) m, čigonė m
Macedonian: Ром m (Rom); Циган m (Cigan)
Maltese: żingari m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sigøyner m, sigøynerske f

Nynorsk: sigøynar m, sigøynerske f
Persian: کولی‎‎ (fa) (kouli)
Polish: Cygan (pl) m, Cyganka f
Portuguese: români (pt) m, f, romani (pt) m, f; cigano (pt) m, cigana f
Romani: rom, rrom
Romanian: rom (ro) m; țigan (ro) m
Russian: ро́ма (ru) m, f (róma), рома́л m (romál), рома́лка f (romálka); ром (ru) m (rom) (uncommon); цыга́н (ru) m (cygán), цыга́нка (ru) f (cygánka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ром m, Ромкиња f; Циган m, Циганка f

Roman: Rom m, Romkinja f; Cigan m, Ciganka (sh) f
Sicilian: Gitani
Slovak: Róm m, Rómka f; Cigán m, Cigánka f
Slovene: Rom m; cigan m, ciganka f
Spanish: gitano (es) m, gitana (es) f
Swedish: rom (sv); zigenare (sv), zigenerska
Turkish: Roman (tr); Çingene (tr)
Ukrainian: ром m (rom); цига́н m (cyhán), цига́нка f (cyhánka)
Vietnamese: người Di-gan, người Xư-gan, người Bô-hê-miên
Volapük: (♂♀) zigan (vo), (♂) hizigan, (♀) jizigan, (older term) cipsan
Walloon: djupsyin (wa) m, djupsyinne (wa) f, bowemyin m, bowemyinne f
Yiddish: ציגײַנער‎‎ m (tsigayner), ציגײַנערין‎‎ f (tsigaynerin)

Adjective

Rom (not comparable)

(rare) Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.

Translations

Romani — see Romani

Anagrams

MOR, MRO, Mor, O/RM, OMR, ORM, RMO

Cebuano

Proper noun

Rom

a surname

Czech

Noun

Rom m

a Romani

Usage notes

The term Cikán/cikán is often intentionally derogatory and is therefore considered racist by many. Consequently, careful speakers use the term Rom instead. Cikán is still the prevailing term in informal Czech and in historical usage, however.

Synonyms

Cikán

Derived terms

Danish

Proper noun

Rom

Rome

German

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -oːm

Proper noun

Rom n (genitive Roms)

Rome

Derived terms

römisch

Noun

Rom m (genitive Roms, plural Roma)

Rom (member of the Roma people), Romani

Synonyms

(sometimes offensive) Zigeuner

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Rom

alternative form of Roma, capital city of Italy

Derived terms

Rom ble ikke bygget på en dag

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *rom, *ram, from Proto-Germanic *rammaz. More at ram.

Noun

Rom m

A male sheep; ram

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rôːm/

Proper noun

Rȏm m (Cyrillic spelling Ро̑м)

Rom (male Romani person)

Declension

Declension of Rom

	singular	plural
nominative	Rom	Romi
genitive	Roma	Roma
dative	Romu	Romima
accusative	Roma	Rome
vocative	Rome	Romi
locative	Romu	Romima
instrumental	Romom	Romima

Derived terms

Rȍmkinja

Swedish

Proper noun

Rom n (genitive Roms)

Rome (city and ancient empire)

Related terms

Volapük

Proper noun

Rom

Rome

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