roman

== English == === Alternative forms === Roman === Etymology === From Roman. === Pronunciation === enPR: rōmən, IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊmən/ Rhymes: -əʊmən Homophones: roamin' (some accents), Roman Hyphenation: ro‧man === Adjective === roman (not comparable) (of type, typography) Upright, as opposed to italic. Antonyms: italic, italicised, italicized, oblique, slanted, sloped (of text, typography, computing) Of or related to the Latin alphabet or roman numerals. Coordinate terms: Arabic, arabic ==== Derived terms ==== roman font ==== Translations ==== === Noun === roman (countable and uncountable, plural romans) (typography) One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight. (chiefly American typesetting; uncommon outside that) Ellipsis of roman numeral. Coordinate term: arabic (archaic, countable) A novel. 2014, "Novel and Romance: Etymologies". Heyworth, Gregory; Logan, Peter Melville (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Novel, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 942. →ISBN Samuel Johnson, writing in his Dictionary of the English Language (1755), [defined] "novel [as] a small tale, generally of love." To modern sensibilities, Johnson's novel resembles more closely the novella in dimension and the romance in substance. [...] [T]he term romance, or roman, once interchangeable with novel in English, retains the meaning of novel in Germany, France, Russia, and most of Europe, while in the anglophone world it has been demoted to frivolity. ==== Derived terms ==== Times New Roman (proprietary) ==== Translations ==== === See also === Roman type on Wikipedia.Wikipedia roman à tiroirs === Anagrams === Armon, Manor, Maron, Moran, Narom, Nor Am, Nor-Am, NorAm, Norma, manor, moran, morna, norma == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian рома́н (román), ultimately from French roman. === Pronunciation === === Noun === roman (definite accusative romanı, plural romanlar) A novel. ==== Declension ==== == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ruˈman] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [roˈman] === Verb === roman inflection of romandre: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Crimean Tatar == === Noun === roman (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide]) A novel, epic The Romanian language. Synonyms: rоmen, rumın ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Noun === roman c (singular definite romanen, plural indefinite romaner) A novel (work of fiction). ==== Declension ==== === References === “roman” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French roman. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /roːˈmɑn/ Hyphenation: ro‧man === Noun === roman m (plural romans, diminutive romannetje n) a novel (work of fiction) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: roman → Malay: roman> Indonesian: roman (inherited) === Further reading === “roman” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language] == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁɔ.mɑ̃/ Homophone: romans === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin romanus or derived from the French noun below, itself from Old French romanz (“common language”). ==== Adjective ==== roman (feminine romane, masculine plural romans, feminine plural romanes) (linguistics) Romance (art) romanesque ===== Derived terms ===== langue romane === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old French romanz (“common language (as opposed to Latin)”), from Vulgar Latin romanicē (“in the way of the Romans (as opposed to the Franks)”), from Latin rōmānicus, from Latin rōmānus. The meaning “common language” changed into “book in common language” and then into “adventure novel”. See also romance, of the same ultimate origin but borrowed through Spanish. ==== Noun ==== roman m (plural romans) a novel (work of fiction) (colloquial) a very long text. (see pavé) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === References === === Further reading === Littré, Émile (1873–1878), “roman”, in Dictionnaire de la langue française, Paris: L. Hachette “roman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Friulian == === Adjective === roman Roman == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈroman/ [ˈro.man] Rhymes: -oman Syllabification: ro‧man === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay roman, from Dutch roman. ==== Noun ==== roman (plural roman-roman) (literature) novel: a work of prose fiction, longer than a novella Synonym: novel (colloquial) apocopic form of romansa (“love story”) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Malay roman. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== roman (plural roman-roman) external appearance Synonym: tampang feature roman muka bumi ― feature of earth surface === Etymology 3 === Inherited from Malay roman (“rice-straw”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== roman (plural roman-roman) chaff of rice === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from English roman. ==== Adjective ==== roman (comparative lebih roman, superlative paling roman) (typography) roman ==== Noun ==== roman (plural roman-roman) (typography) roman === Etymology 5 === From Elnama. ==== Verb ==== roman to cover the parts of the corpse's face that have gaps or holes (eyes, nose, mouth and ears) when bathing, using all ten fingers, done by only one person (usually the deceased's paternal aunt), so that no water gets in. === Further reading === “roman”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Japanese == === Romanization === roman Rōmaji transcription of ロマン == Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch roman, from French roman, from Old French romanz (“common language (as opposed to Latin)”), from Vulgar Latin romanicē (“in the way of the Romans (as opposed to the Franks)”), from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈroman/ [ˈro.man] Rhymes: -oman, -an Hyphenation: ro‧man === Noun === roman (plural roman-roman or roman2) (obsolete) a novel, story written in long prose Synonym: novel ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: roman (inherited) === Further reading === "roman" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From French roman. === Pronunciation === === Noun === roman m (definite singular romanen, indefinite plural romaner, definite plural romanene) A novel (work of fiction). ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “roman” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From French roman. === Noun === roman m (definite singular romanen, indefinite plural romanar, definite plural romanane) A novel (work of fiction). ==== Derived terms ==== krimroman === References === “roman” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /roˈman/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French roman (“novel, epic”), from Old French romanz. ==== Noun ==== roman n (plural romane) novel, epic (work of fiction) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French roman (“a medieval romance”). ==== Noun ==== roman n (plural romane) Medieval romance ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Latin rōmānus. Doublet of român (“Romanian”), rumân, and aromân (“Aromanian”), which was inherited. By surface analysis, Roma +‎ -an. ==== Adjective ==== roman m or n (feminine singular romană, masculine plural romani, feminine/neuter plural romane) Roman ===== Declension ===== ==== Noun ==== roman m (plural romani, feminine equivalent romană) Roman ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French roman. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rǒmaːn/ Hyphenation: ro‧man === Noun === ròmān m inan (Cyrillic spelling ро̀ма̄н) novel (work of fiction) ==== Declension ==== === References === “roman”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Slovene == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /rɔmáːn/ === Noun === romȃn m inan A novel (work of fiction). ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish romaner, from French roman. Related to romans (“romance”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === roman c A novel (longer work of fiction) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== kortroman (“novella, short novel”) novell (“short story”) romans romantik romantisk === References === “roman”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “roman”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “roman”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish رومان, from French roman. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɾoˈman/ === Noun === roman (definite accusative romanı, plural romanlar) A novel (work of fiction). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “roman”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “roman”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “roman”, in Nişanyan Sözlük