Roman

See also: roman, róman, román, român, and Rómán

English

Etymology

From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊm.ən/
  • (US) enPR: rōmən, IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊmən/
  • Hyphenation: Ro‧man
  • Homophone: roamin'
  • Rhymes: -əʊmən
  • Audio (US)(file)

Adjective

Roman (comparative more Roman, superlative most Roman)

  1. Of or from Rome.
  2. Of or from the Roman Empire
  3. (of type or text) supporting or using a Western European character set.
  4. (typography) a font which is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. See roman font.
  5. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Roman (plural Romans)

  1. A native or resident of Rome.
  2. (historical) A native or resident of the Roman Empire.
  3. (law, colloquial) Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.
    You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one.
  4. (uncountable) The Roman script.

Translations

Proper noun

Roman (plural Romans)

  1. A male given name. recently borrowed from continental Europe.
  2. A surname​.

Translations

Anagrams

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ro‧man

Noun

Roman

  1. a male given name.

Czech

Etymology

From Latin Rōmānus

Proper noun

Roman m

  1. A male given name.

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Rōmānus.

Proper noun

Roman

  1. A male given name..

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʀoˈmaːn/

Etymology 1

From French roman

Noun

Roman m (genitive Romans or Romanes, plural Romane)

  1. (literature) novel
Declension

Etymology 2

From Latin Rōmānus.

Proper noun

Roman

  1. A male given name.

Further reading

Nauruan

Proper noun

Roman

  1. Romania

Polish

Etymology

From Latin Rōmānus, from rōmānus (“adjective: Roman, of Rome”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.man/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Roman m pers (diminutive Romek)

  1. A male given name.

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔman/

Proper noun

Roman m (genitive Romana, nominative plural Romanovia) declension pattern chlap

  1. A male given name..
  2. A surname​.

Declension

Further reading

  • Roman in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani romano. Cognate to English Romani. Not related to Rumen (“Romanian”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾomɑn/

Proper noun

Roman

  1. a member of the Roma people, Rom, Romani

Declension

Inflection
Nominative Roman
Definite accusative Romanı
Singular Plural
Nominative Roman Romanlar
Definite accusative Romanı Romanları
Dative Romana Romanlara
Locative Romanda Romanlarda
Ablative Romandan Romanlardan
Genitive Romanın Romanların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular Romanım Romanlarım
2nd singular Romanın Romanların
3rd singular Romanı Romanları
1st plural Romanımız Romanlarımız
2nd plural Romanınız Romanlarınız
3rd plural Romanları Romanları

Synonyms

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