adj
Meaning 1
Of or belonging to the Roma people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Romani
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɹɒ.mə.ni/
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UK: /ˈɹɒm.ni/
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UK: /ˈɹəʊ.mə.ni/
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US: /ˈɹɑ.mə.ni/
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US: /ˈɹoʊ.mə.ni/
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rhymes with (UK) -ɒməni
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rhymes with (nonstandard, technical) -ɑːni
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/ɹəˈmɑːni/
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/ɹoʊˈmɑːni/
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CMU ARPABET: R OW0 M AA1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
The Indo-Aryan lect of the Roma people, or one of its sublects (such as Roma, Sinti, Romanichal, etc), closely related to Hindi and Rajasthani.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 3
A surname
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A member of the Roma, a nomadic people originating in modern-day Pakistan or Northwest India and traditionally having an itinerant way of life, living widely dispersed across Europe and speaking a language that is related to Hindi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The Romani have long been discriminated against.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Romani nomads
- Romany folk songs
- a Gypsy fortune-teller
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Romany
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Roma, Bohemian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Indian
Narrower terms: gitana, gitano
History
Etymology
From Romani romani, feminine form of romano (“of or pertaining to the Roma”), from rom (“man”). See also Roma. Not related to Romanian, Roman or Rome.
In some cases, derived from Italian Romani, Romano, or cognates thereof.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: գնչուական (gnčʻuakan) — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Bulgarian: ро́мски (rómski) — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Caló: caló — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Caló: pindoró — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Catalan: romaní — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Czech: romský — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Czech: cikánský — of or belonging to the Roma people
- German: zigeunerisch — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Lithuanian: čigoniškas — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Macedonian: ро́мски (rómski) — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Polish: cygański — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Polish: romski — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Portuguese: rom — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Portuguese: cigano — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Portuguese: cigana — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Romani: rromano — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Russian: цыга́нский (cygánskij) — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Serbo-Croatian: ромски — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Serbo-Croatian: цигански — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Serbo-Croatian: romski — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Serbo-Croatian: ciganski — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Swedish: romsk — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Swedish: zigensk — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Yiddish: ציגײַנערש (tsigaynersh) — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Yiddish: ציגײַניש (tsigaynish) — of or belonging to the Roma people
- Albanian: gabel — language
- Armenian: գնչուերեն (gnčʻueren) — language
- Azerbaijani: Qaraçı dili — language
- Belarusian: Цыганская мова (Cyhanskaja móva) — language
- Bulgarian: ци́гански (cíganski) — language
- Bulgarian: Цигански език (Ciganski ezik) — language
- Caló: chipicallí — language
- Catalan: romaní — language
- Chinese Mandarin: 羅姆語 /罗姆语 (Luómǔ yǔ) — language
- Cornish: Romek — language
- Czech: romština — language
- Czech: cikánština — language
- Danish: romani — language
- Dutch: Romanes — language
- Esperanto: cigana — language
- Esperanto: la cigana lingvo — language
- Finnish: romani — language
- French: romani — language
- French: tsigane — language
- Georgian: აწინკნური (ac̣inḳnuri) — language
- Georgian: აწინკნური ენა (ac̣inḳnuri ena) — language
- German: Roma-Sprache — language
- German: Romani — language
- German: Romanes — language
- German: Zigeunersprache — language
- Greek: Ρομανί γλώσσα (Romaní glóssa) — language
- Hindi: रोमानी भाषा (romānī bhāṣā) — language
- Hungarian: cigány — language
- Irish: Roimis — language
- Irish: Romainis — language
- Japanese: ロマ語 (Roma-go) — language
- Japanese: ロマニー語 (Romanī-go) — language
- Korean: 롬어 (Rom-eo) — language
- Lithuanian: čigonų kalba — language
- Macedonian: ро́мски (rómski) — language
- Macedonian: Ромски јазик (Romski jazik) — language
- Marathi: रोमानी (romānī) — language
- Polish: romani — language
- Polish: język romski — language
- Polish: język cygański — language
- Portuguese: români — language
- Portuguese: romani — language
- Romani: rromani ćhib — language
- Romanian: limba țigănească — language
- Russian: цыга́нский язы́к (cygánskij jazýk) — language
- Russian: цыга́нский (cygánskij) — language
- Russian: рома́ (romá) — language
- Russian: рома́ни (románi) — language
- Serbo-Croatian: ромски — language
- Serbo-Croatian: цигански — language
- Serbo-Croatian: romski — language
- Serbo-Croatian: ciganski — language
- Spanish: romaní — language
- Spanish: caló — language
- Swedish: romani — language
- Tamil: ரோமானி (rōmāṉi) — language
- Turkish: Çingenece — language
- Ukrainian: Циганська мова (Cyhansʹka mova) — language
- Yiddish: ראָמאַני (romani) — language
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