Standard Lemma guide

Romanian

adj · name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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: /ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/
  • US: /ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/
  • US: /ɹəˈmeɪ.ni.ən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ɹoˈmɪ.ni.ən/ Michigan, Canada
  • rhymes with -eɪniən
  • CMU ARPABET: R OW0 M EY1 N IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

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

2

name

Meaning 2

The official language of Romania and Moldova.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Wallachian, Daco-Romanian

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

An age from 3.6 to 1.8 million years ago, a subdivision of the Plio-Pleistocene.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A native or inhabitant of Romania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Ellipsis of Romanian deadlift.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, weightlifting

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

of or relating to or characteristic of the country of Romania or its people or languages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Romanian folk music

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Rumanian, Roumanian

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

an eastern Romance language spoken in Romania

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Rumanian

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Romance, Romance language, Latinian language

8

noun

Meaning 8

a native or inhabitant of Romania

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Rumanian

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Romania Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Romanian From Romania + -an.

Across languages

Translations

300 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Roemeens — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Albanian: rumun — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Albanian: gogë /gogeshë — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Arabic: رُومَانِيّ (rūmāniyy) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Armenian: ռումինական (ṙuminakan) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Aromanian: rumãnescu — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Aromanian: rumãn — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Aromanian: vlãhutescu — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Aromanian: vluhutescu — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Asturian: rumanu — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Azerbaijani: rumın — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Basque: errumaniar — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Belarusian: румы́нскі (rumýnski) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Bengali: রোমানীয় (rōmaniẏo) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Bulgarian: румъ́нски (rumǎ́nski) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Bulgarian: вла́шки (vláški) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Burmese: ရူမေးနီးယား (rume:ni:ya:) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Catalan: romanès — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞的 /罗马尼亚的 (Luōmǎníyà de) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Czech: rumunský — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Danish: rumænsk — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Dutch: Roemeens — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Esperanto: rumano — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Estonian: rumeenia — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • French: roumain — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Gagauz: romın — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Gagauz: român — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Galician: romanés — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Georgian: რუმინული (ruminuli) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Georgian: რუმინეთის (ruminetis) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • German: rumänisch — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Hawaiian: Romānia — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Hebrew: רומני (romani) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Hindi: रोमेनियन (romeniyan) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Hindi: रोमानियाई (romāniyāī) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Hungarian: román — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Icelandic: rúmenskur — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Italian: romeno — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Italian: rumeno — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Japanese: ルーマニアの (Rūmania no) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Kazakh: румыниялық (rumyniälyq) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Kazakh: румын (rumyn) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Khmer: រូម៉ានី (ruumaanii) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Korean: 루마니아의 (Rumania-ui) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی (romanî) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Northern Kurdish: rûmenî — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Northern Kurdish: romanî — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Northern Kurdish: romanyayî — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Lao: ລູມານີ (lū mā nī) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Latvian: rumāņu — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Latvian: rumānisks — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Lithuanian: rumuniškas — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Macedonian: романски (romanski) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Malay: Romania — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Marathi: रोमेनियन (romeniyan) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Mongolian: румын (rumyn) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rumensk — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rumensk — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Occitan: romanés — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Pashto: رومانیایي — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Persian: رومانیایی (româniyâyi) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Polish: rumuński — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Portuguese: romeno — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Romani: rumunicko — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Romanian: român — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Romanian: românesc — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Russian: румы́нский (rumýnskij) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Scots: Romanian — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Scots: Roumanian — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Scots: Roumains — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Serbo-Croatian: румунски — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Serbo-Croatian: rumunski — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Slovak: rumunský — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Slovene: romúnski — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Upper Sorbian: rumunski — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Spanish: rumano — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Swedish: rumänsk — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Tajik: румынӣ (rumini) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Tajik: румын (rumin) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Tatar: румын (rumın) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Thai: โรมาเนีย (roo-maa-niia) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Turkish: Rumen — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Turkmen: rumyn — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Udmurt: румын (rumyn) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Udmurt: румынской (rumynskoj) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Ukrainian: руму́нський (rumúnsʹkyj) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Uyghur: رومان (roman) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Uzbek: rumin — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Vietnamese: Ru-ma-ni — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Yiddish: רומעניש (rumenish) — of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
  • Afrikaans: Roemeens — official language of Romania
  • Albanian: rumanisht — official language of Romania
  • Albanian: rumanishte — official language of Romania
  • Albanian: rumunisht — official language of Romania
  • Albanian: rumunishte — official language of Romania
  • Albanian: gjuha rumune — official language of Romania
  • Arabic: رُومَانِيَّة (rūmāniyya) — official language of Romania
  • Armenian: ռումիներեն (ṙumineren) — official language of Romania
  • Aromanian: limba rumãneascã — official language of Romania
  • Aromanian: rumãnã — official language of Romania
  • Aromanian: limba rumãnã — official language of Romania
  • Aromanian: rumãneashti — official language of Romania
  • Aromanian: limba vlãhuteascã — official language of Romania
  • Aromanian: limba vluhuteascã — official language of Romania
  • Aromanian: vlãhuteashti — official language of Romania
  • Aromanian: vluhuteashti — official language of Romania
  • Asturian: rumanu — official language of Romania
  • Basque: errumaniera — official language of Romania
  • Belarusian: румы́нская мо́ва (rumýnskaja móva) — official language of Romania
  • Belarusian: румы́нская (rumýnskaja) — official language of Romania
  • Bulgarian: румънски (rumǎnski) — official language of Romania
  • Catalan: romanès — official language of Romania
  • Catalan: romanés — official language of Romania
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞語 /罗马尼亚语 (Luōmǎníyà-yǔ) — official language of Romania
  • Crimean Tatar: kazakşa — official language of Romania
  • Czech: rumunština — official language of Romania
  • Danish: rumænsk — official language of Romania
  • Dutch: Roemeens — official language of Romania
  • Estonian: rumeenia — official language of Romania
  • Faroese: rumenskt — official language of Romania
  • Finnish: romania — official language of Romania
  • French: roumain — official language of Romania
  • Gagauz: romınca — official language of Romania
  • Gagauz: romândja — official language of Romania
  • Gagauz: ромынӂа (romınca) — official language of Romania
  • Galician: romanés — official language of Romania
  • Georgian: რუმინული (ruminuli) — official language of Romania
  • Georgian: რუმინული ენა (ruminuli ena) — official language of Romania
  • German: Rumänisch — official language of Romania
  • Greek: ρουμάνικα (roumánika) — official language of Romania
  • Greek: ρουμανικά (roumaniká) — official language of Romania
  • Hebrew: רומנית (romanít) — official language of Romania
  • Hindi: रोमानियाई (romāniyāī) — official language of Romania
  • Hindi: रोमेनियन (romeniyan) — official language of Romania
  • Hungarian: román — official language of Romania
  • Icelandic: rúmenska — official language of Romania
  • Indonesian: bahasa Rumania — official language of Romania
  • Italian: romeno — official language of Romania
  • Italian: rumeno — official language of Romania
  • Japanese: ルーマニア語 (Rūmania-go) — official language of Romania
  • Korean: 루마니아어 (Rumania'eo) — official language of Romania
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی (romanî) — official language of Romania
  • Latvian: rumāņu — official language of Romania
  • Latvian: rumāņu valoda — official language of Romania
  • Limburgish: Remieënsj — official language of Romania
  • Lithuanian: rumunų — official language of Romania
  • Macedonian: рома́нски (románski) — official language of Romania
  • Malay: bahasa Romania — official language of Romania
  • Marathi: रोमेनियन (romeniyan) — official language of Romania
  • Navajo: Wooméin bizaad — official language of Romania
  • Norman: roumain — official language of Romania
  • Norman: rouoman — official language of Romania
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rumensk — official language of Romania
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rumensk — official language of Romania
  • Persian: رومانیایی (româniyâyi) — official language of Romania
  • Polish: rumuński — official language of Romania
  • Portuguese: romeno — official language of Romania
  • Romani: rumunicko — official language of Romania
  • Romanian: română — official language of Romania
  • Romanian: limba română — official language of Romania
  • Romanian: limba românească — official language of Romania
  • Romanian: românește — official language of Romania
  • Russian: румы́нский (rumýnskij) — official language of Romania
  • Scots: Romanian — official language of Romania
  • Serbo-Croatian: румунски — official language of Romania
  • Serbo-Croatian: румуњски — official language of Romania
  • Serbo-Croatian: rumunski — official language of Romania
  • Serbo-Croatian: rumunjski — official language of Romania
  • Slovak: rumunčina — official language of Romania
  • Slovene: romúnščina — official language of Romania
  • Upper Sorbian: rumunšćina — official language of Romania
  • Spanish: rumano — official language of Romania
  • Swedish: rumänska — official language of Romania
  • Tajik: руминӣ (rumini) — official language of Romania
  • Thai: ภาษาโรมาเนีย (paasăa rohmaania) — official language of Romania
  • Tigrinya: ሮማኒያን (romaniyan) — official language of Romania
  • Turkish: Rumence — official language of Romania
  • Ukrainian: руму́нська (rumúnsʹka) — official language of Romania
  • Urdu: رومانیائی (romāniyāī) — official language of Romania
  • Vietnamese: tiếng Romania — official language of Romania
  • Volapük: Rumänapük — official language of Romania
  • Yiddish: רומעניש (rumenish) — official language of Romania
  • Afrikaans: Roemeen — native of Romania
  • Afrikaans: Roemeniër — native of Romania
  • Albanian: rumun — native of Romania
  • Albanian: rumune — native of Romania
  • Arabic: رُومَانِيّ (rūmāniyy) — native of Romania
  • Arabic: رُومَانِيَّة (rūmāniyya) — native of Romania
  • Armenian: ռումինացի (ṙuminacʻi) — native of Romania
  • Aromanian: rumãn — native of Romania
  • Aromanian: vlãhut — native of Romania
  • Aromanian: vluhut — native of Romania
  • Aromanian: mucan — native of Romania
  • Aromanian: rumãnã — native of Romania
  • Aromanian: vlãhutã — native of Romania
  • Aromanian: vluhutã — native of Romania
  • Aromanian: mucanã — native of Romania
  • Asturian: rumanu — native of Romania
  • Asturian: rumana — native of Romania
  • Azerbaijani: rumın — native of Romania
  • Basque: errumaniar — native of Romania
  • Belarusian: румы́н (rumýn) — native of Romania
  • Belarusian: румы́нка (rumýnka) — native of Romania
  • Bulgarian: румъ́нец (rumǎ́nec) — native of Romania
  • Bulgarian: румъ́нка (rumǎ́nka) — native of Romania
  • Bulgarian: влах (vlah) — native of Romania
  • Bulgarian: влахи́ня (vlahínja) — native of Romania
  • Bulgarian: румъ́нче (rumǎ́nče) — native of Romania
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Руму́н (Rumún) — native of Romania
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Руму́нка (Rumúnka) — native of Romania
  • Catalan: romanès — native of Romania
  • Catalan: romanesa — native of Romania
  • Catalan: romanés — native of Romania
  • Catalan: romanesa — native of Romania
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞人 /罗马尼亚人 (Luōmǎníyà rén) — native of Romania
  • Crimean Tatar: rumın — native of Romania
  • Czech: Rumun — native of Romania
  • Czech: Rumunka — native of Romania
  • Danish: rumæner — native of Romania
  • Dutch: Roemeen — native of Romania
  • Dutch: Roemeense — native of Romania
  • Esperanto: rumano — native of Romania
  • Esperanto: rumanino — native of Romania
  • Estonian: rumeenlane — native of Romania
  • Finnish: romanialainen — native of Romania
  • French: Roumain — native of Romania
  • French: Roumaine — native of Romania
  • Gagauz: romın — native of Romania
  • Gagauz: ромын (romın) — native of Romania
  • Gagauz: român — native of Romania
  • Galician: romanés — native of Romania
  • Galician: romanesa — native of Romania
  • Georgian: რუმინელი (rumineli) — native of Romania
  • German: Rumäne — native of Romania
  • German: Rumänin — native of Romania
  • Greek: Ρουμάνος (Roumános) — native of Romania
  • Greek: Ρουμάνα (Roumána) — native of Romania
  • Hawaiian: Romānia — native of Romania
  • Hebrew: רומני (romani) — native of Romania
  • Hebrew: רומנית (romanít) — native of Romania
  • Hindi: रोमेनियन (romeniyan) — native of Romania
  • Hindi: रोमानियाई (romāniyāī) — native of Romania
  • Hungarian: román — native of Romania
  • Icelandic: Rúmeni — native of Romania
  • Italian: romeno — native of Romania
  • Italian: romena — native of Romania
  • Italian: rumeno — native of Romania
  • Italian: rumena — native of Romania
  • Japanese: ルーマニア人 (Rūmania-jin) — native of Romania
  • Kazakh: румыниялық (rumyniälyq) — native of Romania
  • Kazakh: румын (rumyn) — native of Romania
  • Korean: 루마니아인 (rumaniain) — native of Romania
  • Korean: 루마니아 사람 (rumania saram) — native of Romania
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی (romanî) — native of Romania
  • Kyrgyz: румын (rumın) — native of Romania
  • Latvian: rumānis — native of Romania
  • Latvian: rumāniete — native of Romania
  • Lithuanian: rumunas — native of Romania
  • Lithuanian: rumunė — native of Romania
  • Macedonian: Романец (Romanec) — native of Romania
  • Macedonian: Романка (Romanka) — native of Romania
  • Maltese: Rumen — native of Romania
  • Marathi: रोमेनियन (romeniyan) — native of Romania
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rumener — native of Romania
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rumen — native of Romania
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rumenar — native of Romania
  • Occitan: romanés — native of Romania
  • Persian: رومانیایی (româniyâyi) — native of Romania
  • Polish: Rumun — native of Romania
  • Polish: Rumunka — native of Romania
  • Portuguese: romeno — native of Romania
  • Portuguese: romena — native of Romania
  • Romani: rumuno — native of Romania
  • Romani: rumunojka — native of Romania
  • Romanian: român — native of Romania
  • Romanian: româncă — native of Romania
  • Romanian: română — native of Romania
  • Russian: румы́н (rumýn) — native of Romania
  • Russian: румы́нка (rumýnka) — native of Romania
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rumunj — native of Romania
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rumunjka — native of Romania
  • Slovak: Rumun — native of Romania
  • Slovak: Rumunka — native of Romania
  • Slovene: Romún — native of Romania
  • Slovene: Romúnka — native of Romania
  • Spanish: rumano — native of Romania
  • Spanish: rumana — native of Romania
  • Swahili: Mromania — native of Romania
  • Swedish: rumän — native of Romania
  • Swedish: rumänska — native of Romania
  • Tajik: румын (rumin) — native of Romania
  • Tatar: румын (rumın) — native of Romania
  • Turkish: Rumen — native of Romania
  • Turkish: Romanyalı — native of Romania
  • Turkmen: rumyn — native of Romania
  • Ukrainian: руму́н (rumún) — native of Romania
  • Ukrainian: руму́нка (rumúnka) — native of Romania
  • Uyghur: رومان (roman) — native of Romania
  • Uzbek: rumin — native of Romania
  • Yiddish: רומענער (rumener) — native of Romania
Real reading context

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