roman

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• rōmən
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• /ˈɹəʊmən/
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• rhymes with -əʊmən
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• homophone: roamin' (some accents)
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• homophone: Roman
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• UK: /ˈɹəʊ.mən/
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• US: rōmən
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• US: /ˈɹoʊ.mən/
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• CMU ARPABET: R OW1 M AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Roman.

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).

334 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Spanish: redondo — upright
• Spanish: redondillo — upright
• Spanish: romanillo — upright
• Albanian: roman — of or from Rome
• Arabic: رُومِيّ (rūmiyy) — of or from Rome
• Arabic: رُومَانِيّ (rūmāniyy) — of or from Rome
• Arabic: روماني (rōmāni) — of or from Rome
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܵܐ (rōmāyā) — of or from Rome
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܗ݇ܘܿܡܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ (rōmāyṯā) — of or from Rome
• Armenian: հռոմեական (hṙomeakan) — of or from Rome
• Old Armenian: հռովմայեցի (hṙovmayecʻi) — of or from Rome
• Asturian: romanu — of or from Rome
• Belarusian: ры́мскі (rýmski) — of or from Rome
• Bengali: রোমান (rōman) — of or from Rome
• Bengali: রূমী (rumi) — of or from Rome
• Bulgarian: ри́мски (rímski) — of or from Rome
• Catalan: romà — of or from Rome
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬 /罗马 (Luómǎ) — of or from Rome
• Czech: římský — of or from Rome
• Danish: Romer — of or from Rome
• Danish: romersk — of or from Rome
• Dutch: Romeins — of or from Rome
• Dutch: Romeinse — of or from Rome
• Esperanto: Romia — of or from Rome
• Estonian: rooma — of or from Rome
• Finnish: roomalainen — of or from Rome
• French: romain — of or from Rome
• West-Frisian: Romein — of or from Rome
• Galician: romano — of or from Rome
• Georgian: რომელი (romeli) — of or from Rome
• Georgian: რომული (romuli) — of or from Rome
• German: römisch — of or from Rome
• Greek: ρωμαϊκός (romaïkós) — of or from Rome
• Ancient Greek: Ῥωμαϊκός (Rhōmaïkós) — of or from Rome
• Hebrew: רוֹמִי (rómi) — of or from Rome
• Hebrew: רוֹמָאִי (romaí) — of or from Rome
• Hindi: रोमक (romak) — of or from Rome
• Hindi: रोमन (roman) — of or from Rome
• Hindi: रूमी (rūmī) — of or from Rome
• Hungarian: római — of or from Rome
• Indonesian: Romawi — of or from Rome
• Irish: Rómhánach — of or from Rome
• Irish: Na Róimhe — of or from Rome
• Italian: romano — of or from Rome
• Italian: romana — of or from Rome
• Japanese: ローマの (Rōma no) — of or from Rome
• Kazakh: римдік (rimdık) — of or from Rome
• Korean: 로마 — of or from Rome
• Latin: Romanus — of or from Rome
• Latvian: Romanum — of or from Rome
• Lithuanian: Romas — of or from Rome
• Low German: Römsche — of or from Rome
• Low German: röömsch — of or from Rome
• Luxembourgish: réimesch — of or from Rome
• Macedonian: римски (rimski) — of or from Rome
• Malay: Rom — of or from Rome
• Malay: Rumi — of or from Rome
• Marathi: रोमन (roman) — of or from Rome
• Norwegian Bokmål: romersk — of or from Rome
• Norwegian Nynorsk: romersk — of or from Rome
• Old Church Slavonic: римьскъ (rimĭskŭ) — of or from Rome
• Old English: Rōmānisċ — of or from Rome
• Persian: رومی (rumi) — of or from Rome
• Pohnpeian: Rom — of or from Rome
• Polish: rzymski — of or from Rome
• Portuguese: romano — of or from Rome
• Romanian: roman — of or from Rome
• Russian: ри́мский (rímskij) — of or from Rome
• Sanskrit: रौमक (raumaka) — of or from Rome
• Scottish Gaelic: Ròmanach — of or from Rome
• Serbo-Croatian: ри̑мскӣ — of or from Rome
• Serbo-Croatian: rȋmskī — of or from Rome
• Sicilian: rumanu — of or from Rome
• Slovak: rímsky — of or from Rome
• Slovene: Rimski — of or from Rome
• Spanish: romano — of or from Rome
• Swedish: romersk — of or from Rome
• Tajik: румӣ (rumi) — of or from Rome
• Telugu: రోమను (rōmanu) — of or from Rome
• Turkish: Romalı — of or from Rome
• Ukrainian: ри́мський (rýmsʹkyj) — of or from Rome
• Vietnamese: La Mã — of or from Rome
• Walloon: Rominne — of or from Rome
• Welsh: Rhufeinig — of or from Rome
• Welsh: Rhufeinaidd — of or from Rome
• Albanian: romak — of or from the Roman Empire
• Albanian: romake — of or from the Roman Empire
• Arabic: رُومِيّ (rūmiyy) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Arabic: رُومَانِيّ (rūmāniyy) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Asturian: romanu — of or from the Roman Empire
• Bengali: রোমান (rōman) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Bengali: রূমী (rumi) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Catalan: romà — of or from the Roman Empire
• Catalan: romana — of or from the Roman Empire
• Danish: romersk — of or from the Roman Empire
• Finnish: roomalainen — of or from the Roman Empire
• Georgian: რომაული (romauli) — of or from the Roman Empire
• German: römisch — of or from the Roman Empire
• Greek: ρωμαϊκός (romaïkós) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Hindi: रोमक (romak) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Hindi: रोमन (roman) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Hindi: रूमी (rūmī) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Irish: Rómhánach — of or from the Roman Empire
• Irish: Na Róimhe — of or from the Roman Empire
• Kazakh: римдік (rimdık) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Malay: Rumi — of or from the Roman Empire
• Malay: Rumawi — of or from the Roman Empire
• Marathi: रोमन (roman) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Norwegian Bokmål: romersk — of or from the Roman Empire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: romersk — of or from the Roman Empire
• Old English: Rōmānisċ — of or from the Roman Empire
• Old Norse: valskr — of or from the Roman Empire
• Persian: رومی (rumi) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Middle Persian: 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬𐭠𐭣𐭩𐭪 — of or from the Roman Empire
• Pohnpeian: Rom — of or from the Roman Empire
• Polish: rzymski — of or from the Roman Empire
• Portuguese: romano — of or from the Roman Empire
• Russian: ри́мский (rímskij) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Sanskrit: रौमक (raumaka) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Scottish Gaelic: Ròmanach — of or from the Roman Empire
• Tajik: румӣ (rumi) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Telugu: రోమను (rōmanu) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Turkish: Romalı — of or from the Roman Empire
• Ukrainian: ри́мський (rýmsʹkyj) — of or from the Roman Empire
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬 /罗马 (Luómǎ) — of Western character set
• Finnish: latinalainen — of Western character set
• German: lateinisch — of Western character set
• Greek: λατινικός (latinikós) — of Western character set
• Hebrew: לָטִינִי (latíni) — of Western character set
• Hindi: रोमक (romak) — of Western character set
• Hindi: रोमन (roman) — of Western character set
• Japanese: ローマの (Rōma no) — of Western character set
• Korean: 로마 — of Western character set
• Marathi: रोमन (roman) — of Western character set
• Old Church Slavonic: римьскъ (rimĭskŭ) — of Western character set
• Portuguese: romano — of Western character set
• Russian: лати́нский (latínskij) — of Western character set
• Russian: ри́мский (rímskij) — of Western character set
• Scottish Gaelic: Ròmanach — of Western character set
• French: romain — upright, as opposed to oblique or italic
• Hungarian: álló — upright, as opposed to oblique or italic
• Portuguese: corpo redondo — upright, as opposed to oblique or italic
• German: katholisch — Roman Catholic
• German: römisch-katholisch — Roman Catholic
• Greek: ρωμαιοκαθολικός (romaiokatholikós) — Roman Catholic
• Hindi: रोमन (roman) — Roman Catholic
• Hindi: रोमन कैथलिक — Roman Catholic
• Portuguese: católico — Roman Catholic
• Ukrainian: римо-като́лицький (rymo-katólycʹkyj) — Roman Catholic
• Belarusian: Раман (Raman) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Ро́ман (Róman) — male given name
• Catalan: Romà — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅曼 /罗曼 (Luómàn) — male given name
• Czech: Roman — male given name
• Dutch: Roman — male given name
• Dutch: Romaan — male given name
• Franco-Provençal: Reman — male given name
• French: Romain — male given name
• German: Roman — male given name
• Hebrew: רוֹמָן (róman) — male given name
• Hungarian: Román — male given name
• Latvian: Romāns — male given name
• Lithuanian: Ròmas /Rõmas — male given name
• Marathi: रोमन (roman) — male given name
• Occitan: Roman — male given name
• Occitan: Róman — male given name
• Occitan: Roma — male given name
• Polish: Roman — male given name
• Portuguese: Romão — male given name
• Russian: Рома́н (Román) — male given name
• Slovak: Roman — male given name
• Spanish: Román — male given name
• Ukrainian: Роман — male given name
• Yakut: Арамаан (Aramaan) — male given name
• Dutch: romein — upright letter type
• Finnish: antiikva — upright letter type
• Hungarian: álló — upright letter type
• Hungarian: antikva — upright letter type
• Spanish: redonda — upright letter type
• Spanish: letra redonda — upright letter type
• Spanish: redondilla — upright letter type
• Spanish: letra redondilla — upright letter type
• Spanish: letra romanilla — upright letter type
• Arabic: رُومِيّ (rūmiyy) — a native or resident of Rome
• Arabic: رُومَانِيّ (rūmāniyy) — a native or resident of Rome
• Arabic: روماني (rōmāni) — a native or resident of Rome
• Armenian: հռոմեացի (hṙomeacʻi) — a native or resident of Rome
• Old Armenian: հռովմայեցի (hṙovmayecʻi) — a native or resident of Rome
• Asturian: romanu — a native or resident of Rome
• Asturian: romana — a native or resident of Rome
• Belarusian: ры́млянін (rýmljanin) — a native or resident of Rome
• Belarusian: ры́млянка (rýmljanka) — a native or resident of Rome
• Bulgarian: ри́млянин (rímljanin) — a native or resident of Rome
• Catalan: romà — a native or resident of Rome
• Catalan: romana — a native or resident of Rome
• Chinese Cantonese: 羅馬人 /罗马人 (lo4 maa5 jan4) — a native or resident of Rome
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬人 /罗马人 (Luómǎ-rén) — a native or resident of Rome
• Czech: Říman — a native or resident of Rome
• Czech: Římanka — a native or resident of Rome
• Dutch: Romein — a native or resident of Rome
• Dutch: Romeinse — a native or resident of Rome
• Esperanto: romano — a native or resident of Rome
• Esperanto: romanino — a native or resident of Rome
• Finnish: roomalainen — a native or resident of Rome
• French: Romain — a native or resident of Rome
• French: Romaine — a native or resident of Rome
• Galician: romano — a native or resident of Rome
• Georgian: რომელი (romeli) — a native or resident of Rome
• German: Römer — a native or resident of Rome
• German: Römerin — a native or resident of Rome
• Swabian: Remer — a native or resident of Rome
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍉𐌽𐍃 (rumōns) — a native or resident of Rome
• Greek: Ρωμαίος (Romaíos) — a native or resident of Rome
• Ancient Greek: Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos) — a native or resident of Rome
• Hebrew: רוֹמָאִי (romaí) — a native or resident of Rome
• Hindi: रोमक (romak) — a native or resident of Rome
• Hindi: रोमन (roman) — a native or resident of Rome
• Hindi: रूमी (rūmī) — a native or resident of Rome
• Hindi: रोमवासी (romvāsī) — a native or resident of Rome
• Irish: Rómhánach — a native or resident of Rome
• Italian: romano — a native or resident of Rome
• Italian: romana — a native or resident of Rome
• Japanese: ローマ人 (Rōma-jin) — a native or resident of Rome
• Korean: 로마 사람 — a native or resident of Rome
• Korean: 로마인 (Romain) — a native or resident of Rome
• Marathi: रोमन (roman) — a native or resident of Rome
• Marathi: रोमकर (romkar) — a native or resident of Rome
• Norwegian Bokmål: romer — a native or resident of Rome
• Norwegian Nynorsk: romar — a native or resident of Rome
• Old English: Rōmānisċ — a native or resident of Rome
• Persian: رومی (rumi) — a native or resident of Rome
• Pohnpeian: Rom — a native or resident of Rome
• Polish: rzymianin — a native or resident of Rome
• Polish: rzymianka — a native or resident of Rome
• Portuguese: romano — a native or resident of Rome
• Romanian: roman — a native or resident of Rome
• Russian: ри́млянин (rímljanin) — a native or resident of Rome
• Russian: ри́млянка (rímljanka) — a native or resident of Rome
• Sanskrit: रोमक (romaka) — a native or resident of Rome
• Scottish Gaelic: Ròmanach — a native or resident of Rome
• Spanish: romano — a native or resident of Rome
• Spanish: romana — a native or resident of Rome
• Swedish: romare — a native or resident of Rome
• Telugu: రోమను (rōmanu) — a native or resident of Rome
• Turkish: Romalı — a native or resident of Rome
• Ukrainian: ри́млянин (rýmljanyn) — a native or resident of Rome
• Ukrainian: ри́млянка (rýmljanka) — a native or resident of Rome
• Welsh: Rhufeiniad — a native or resident of Rome
• Armenian: հռոմեացի (hṙomeacʻi) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Old Armenian: հռովմայեցի (hṙovmayecʻi) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Asturian: romanu — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Asturian: romana — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Belarusian: ры́млянін (rýmljanin) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Belarusian: ры́млянка (rýmljanka) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Catalan: romà — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Catalan: romana — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Chichewa: Mloma — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Dutch: Romein — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Esperanto: romaniano — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Esperanto: romanianino — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Finnish: roomalainen — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Georgian: რომაელი (romaeli) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• German: Römer — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Swabian: Remer — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Greek: Ρωμαίος (Romaíos) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Ancient Greek: Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Hebrew: רומאי (roma'í) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Hindi: रोमक (romak) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Hindi: रोमन (roman) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Hindi: रूमी (rūmī) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Hindi: रोमवासी (romvāsī) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Irish: Rómhánach — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Italian: romano — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Italian: romana — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Japanese: ローマ人 (Rōma-jin) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Lithuanian: romė́nas — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Lithuanian: romė́nė — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Marathi: रोमन (roman) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Navajo: Roman dineʼé — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Norwegian Bokmål: romer — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: romar — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Old East Slavic: волохъ (voloxŭ) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Old English: Rōmānisċ — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Persian: رومی (rumi) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Pohnpeian: Rom — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Polish: Rzymianin — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Polish: Rzymianka — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Portuguese: romano — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Romanian: roman — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Russian: ри́млянин (rímljanin) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Russian: ри́млянка (rímljanka) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Sanskrit: रोमक (romaka) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Scottish Gaelic: Ròmanach — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Swahili: Mrumi — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Telugu: రోమను (rōmanu) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Turkish: Romalı — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Ukrainian: ри́млянин (rýmljanyn) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Ukrainian: ри́млянка (rýmljanka) — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Welsh: Rhufeiniwr — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Welsh: Rhufeiniad — a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
• Arabic: لَاتِينِيَّة (lātīniyya) — the Roman script
• Arabic: رُومَانِيَّة (rūmāniyya) — the Roman script
• Arabic: لاتيني (lātīni) — the Roman script
• Belarusian: лаці́нка (lacínka) — the Roman script
• Catalan: llatí — the Roman script
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬字 /罗马字 (Luómǎzì) — the Roman script
• Czech: Latinka — the Roman script
• Dutch: Latijn — the Roman script
• Finnish: latinalainen aakkosto — the Roman script
• Georgian: ლათინური დამწერლობა (latinuri damc̣erloba) — the Roman script
• Georgian: ლათინური (latinuri) — the Roman script
• Georgian: რომაული ანბანი (romauli anbani) — the Roman script
• Georgian: რომაული (romauli) — the Roman script
• German: Lateinisch — the Roman script
• German: ABC — the Roman script
• Greek: λατινικό αλφάβητο (latinikó alfávito) — the Roman script
• Hindi: रोमक-लिपि (romak-lipi) — the Roman script
• Hindi: रोमन-लिपि (roman-lipi) — the Roman script
• Japanese: ローマ字 (Rōma-ji) — the Roman script
• Korean: 로마자 (Romaja) — the Roman script
• Marathi: रोमन (roman) — the Roman script
• Polish: łacinka — the Roman script
• Portuguese: latino — the Roman script
• Russian: лати́ница (latínica) — the Roman script
• Scottish Gaelic: aibidil Ròmanach — the Roman script
• Serbo-Croatian: латѝница — the Roman script
• Serbo-Croatian: latìnica — the Roman script
• Slovene: latinica — the Roman script
• Telugu: రోమను (rōmanu) — the Roman script
• Ukrainian: лати́нка (latýnka) — the Roman script
• Ukrainian: лати́ниця (latýnycja) — the Roman script
• Vietnamese: chữ cái Latinh — the Roman script
• Vietnamese: chữ Latinh — the Roman script
• Welsh: teip Rhufeinig — the Roman script