Roman

== English == === Etymology === From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. By surface analysis, Rom(e) +‎ -an. Doublet of Romano. Displaced native Romish. In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊ.mən/ (US) enPR: rōmən, IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊ.mən/ Hyphenation: Ro‧man Homophone: roamin' (some accents) Rhymes: -əʊmən === Adjective === Roman (comparative more Roman, superlative most Roman) Of or from Rome. (historical) Of or from the Roman Empire. (historical, historiography) Of or from the Byzantine Empire. Of noble countenance but with little facial expression. (of type or text) Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet. (law, colloquial) Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse. (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. (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): Rhomaian, Romaic, Romaean ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Romaean ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Roman (plural Romans) A native or resident of Rome. (historical) A native or resident of the Roman Empire. (historical, historiography) A native or resident of the Byzantine Empire. 2010, John Wortley trans. John Skylitzes as A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057, 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... (uncountable) The Roman script. (printing, countable) A single letter or character in Roman type. (dated) A Roman Catholic. ==== Synonyms ==== (Byzantine Roman): Rhomaian, Romaean ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Roman (plural Romans) A male given name from Latin recently borrowed from continental Europe. A surname. A city in Neamț County, Romania. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Armon, Manor, Maron, Moran, Narom, Nor Am, Nor-Am, NorAm, Norma, manor, moran, morna, norma == Cebuano == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Ro‧man === Noun === Roman a male given name == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Rōmānus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈroman] === Proper noun === Roman m anim a male given name from Latin ==== Declension ==== == Estonian == === Etymology === From Latin Rōmānus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈromɑn/ === Proper noun === Roman a male given name from Latin == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁoˈmaːn/ === Etymology 1 === From French roman. ==== Noun ==== Roman m (strong, genitive Romanes or Romans, plural Romane) (literature) novel ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== umfangreiche erzählende Dichtung in Prosa (descriptive) ===== Hypernyms ===== Prosagroßform Literatur ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin Rōmānus. ==== Proper noun ==== Roman a male given name from Latin === Further reading === “Roman”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Roman” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Roman” in Duden online == Nauruan == === Proper noun === Roman Romania == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Rōmānus, from rōmānus (“Roman, of Rome”, adjective). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.man/ Rhymes: -ɔman Syllabification: Ro‧man === Proper noun === Roman m pers (diminutive Romek) a male given name from Latin ==== Declension ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Named after Roman I of Moldavia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈroman/ === Proper noun === Roman m a city in Neamț County, Romania (historical) a county of Romania ==== Declension ==== == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɔman/, [ˈrɔman] Rhymes: -ɔman Hyphenation: Ro‧man === Proper noun === Roman m pers a male given name from Latin a surname ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Roman”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026 == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Romani rromano. Cognate to English Romani. Not related to Rumen (“Romanian”) or Romalı (“a Roman”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɾoˈman/ === Proper noun === Roman a member of the Roma people, Rom, Romani Synonym: (offensive) çingene ==== Declension ====