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See also: ROM ,
Rom. ,
Róm ,
rom ,
ròm ,
róm ,
røm ,
rơm ,
rởm ,
rớm , and řom
English
A Rom (Romani) musician in the Czech Republic.
Etymology 1
From Romani rrom ( “ Romani man ” ) , probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम ( ḍoma , “ member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers ” ) . See some more information at Roma .
The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt ) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.
Not related to Romanian or Roman .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rom
The ethnic designation used by the Romani people from Eastern Europe.
( rare ) The Romani language.
Translations
Noun
Rom (plural Roms or Roma )
A member of the Romani people.
( in particular ) A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.
Synonyms
( member ) :
Hyponyms
( member ) : Sinto , Romanichal
Translations
a member of the Romani people
Albanian: cigan (sq) m , evgjit (sq) m , arixhi (sq) m
Arabic: رُومَانِيّ m ( rūmāniyy ) ; غَجَرِيّ m ( ḡajariyy ) , غَجَر (ar) ( ḡajar )
Egyptian Arabic: غجرى m ( ḡagarī ) , نورى m ( nūrī )
Armenian: գնչու (hy) ( gnčʻu ) , գնչուհի (hy) ( gnčʻuhi )
Azerbaijani: qaraçı
Basque: ijito
Belarusian: ром m ( rom ) ; цыга́н m ( cyhán ) , цыга́нка f ( cyhánka )
Caló: calorró m , calorrí f , zincaló m , zincallí f
Catalan: gitano (ca) m , bomià m (obsolete)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅姆人 / 罗姆人 (zh) ( Luómǔrén ) ; 吉普賽人 / 吉普赛人 (zh) ( Jípǔsài-rén )
Czech: Rom (cs) m ; Cikán m , Cikánka f
Danish: roma c , romani c ; sigøjner
Dutch: zigeuner (nl) m , zigeunerin (nl) f
Esperanto: cigano , roŭmo , romao
Estonian: mustlane
Faroese: romi m ; sigoyni m
Finnish: mustalainen (fi) , romani (fi)
French: Rom (fr) m , Rrom (fr) m ; bohémien (fr) m , gitan (fr) m , tsigane (fr) m or f
Georgian: ბოშა ( boša )
German: Zigeuner (de) m , Zigeunerin (de) f ( female ) ; Rom (de) m , Roma m pl ( in plural ) , Romni (de) f ( female ) ; Sinti und Roma pl ( in plural ) , Roma und Sinti pl ( in plural )
Greek: Ρομ (el) m ( Rom )
Hebrew: צועני m ( tzo'ani )
Hindi: रोमा ( romā ) ; जिप्सी (hi) ( jipsī )
Hungarian: roma (hu) ; cigány (hu)
Icelandic: Rómafólk pl , Rómanir pl ; Sígauni m
Italian: zingaro (it) m , zingara (it) f
Japanese: ロム ( Romu ) , ロマ ( Roma ) ; ジプシー ( Jipushī )
Kazakh: сыған ( syğan )
Korean: 롬 ( Rom ) ; 집시 ( Jipsi )
Latin: cingarus
Latvian: čigāns m
Lithuanian: čigonas (lt) m , čigonė m
Macedonian: Ром m ( Rom ) ; Циган m ( Cigan )
Maltese: żingari m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sigøyner m , sigøynerske f
Nynorsk: sigøynar m , sigøynerske f
Persian: کولی (fa) ( kowli )
Plautdietsch: Ziejoon m
Polish: Cygan (pl) m , Cyganka (pl) f , Rom (pl) m , Romka (pl) f
Portuguese: români (pt) m or f , romani (pt) m or f ; cigano (pt) m , cigana f
Romani: rrom m , rromni f
Romanian: rom (ro) m ; țigan (ro) m
Russian: ро́ма (ru) m or f ( róma ) , рома́л m ( romál ) , рома́лка f ( romálka ) ; ром (ru) m ( rom ) ( uncommon ) ; цыга́н (ru) m ( cygán ) , цыга́нка (ru) f ( cygánka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ром m , Ромкиња f ; Циган m , Циганка f
Roman: Rom m , Romkinja f ; Cigan m , Ciganka (sh) f
Sicilian: Gitani
Slovak: Róm m , Rómka f ; Cigán m , Cigánka f
Slovene: Rom m ; cigan m , ciganka f
Spanish: gitano (es) m , gitana (es) f
Swedish: rom (sv) ; zigenare (sv) , zigenerska
Turkish: Roman (tr) ; Çingene (tr)
Ukrainian: ром m ( rom ) ; цига́н m ( cyhán ) , цига́нка f ( cyhánka )
Vietnamese: người Di-gan , người Xư-gan , người Bô-hê-miên
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) zigan (vo) , ( ♂ ) hizigan , ( ♀ ) jizigan , ( older term ) cipsan
Walloon: djupsyin (wa) m , djupsyinne (wa) f , bowemyin (wa) m , bowemyinne (wa) f
Yiddish: ראָמ m ( rom ) , ראָמני f ( romni )
a male member of the Romani people
Adjective
Rom (not comparable )
( rare ) Romani : of or pertaining to the Roma people.
Translations
Etymology 2
Back-formation from Romford .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rom
A short river in Greater London which flows into the River Thames .
See also
Anagrams
Cebuano
Proper noun
Rom
a surname
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
Rom m anim (female equivalent Romka )
a Roma
Synonym: Cikán
Usage notes
The term Cikán is often intentionally derogatory and is therefore considered racist by many. Consequently, careful speakers use this term instead. Cikán is still the prevailing term in informal Czech and in historical usage, however.
Declension
Declension of Rom (hard masculine animate )
Derived terms
Danish
Proper noun
Rom
Rome (the capital city of Italy )
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
Rom m (plural Roms or Roma )
( often in the plural ) Rom (member of the Roma people), Romani
Synonym: ( sometimes offensive ) zigeuner
French
Noun
Rom m (plural Roms )
a Roma
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German Rōme , from Old High German Rōma , a relatinisation of Rūma , from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rom n (proper noun , genitive Roms or ( optionally with an article ) Rom , plural ( rare ) Rom or Roms )
Rome
The capital city of Italy
A former province of Italy
The Italian government
The Holy See , Vatican
( historical ) The Roman empire
( historical , usually specified as Ostrom etc.) Constantinople , Byzantium
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Romani rrom ( “ Romani man ” ) ; see there for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
Rom m (strong , genitive Roms , plural Roma , feminine Romni )
( often in the plural ) Rom (member of the Roma people), Romani
Synonym: ( sometimes offensive ) Zigeuner
Hyponym: Sinto
Declension
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Rom
Alternative form of Roma : Rome (the capital city of Italy )
Derived terms
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rōm f
Rome
Declension
Declension of Rom (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Romani rrom , probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम ( ḍoma , “ member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /rɔm/
Rhymes: -ɔm
Syllabification: Rom
Noun
Rom m pers (female equivalent Romka )
Romani
Synonym: Cygan
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Rom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Rom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Saterland Frisian
n Rom.
Etymology
From Old Frisian *ram , from Proto-Germanic *rammaz . Cognates include West Frisian raam and German Ramme .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈrɔm/
Hyphenation: Rom
Noun
Rom m
ram ( male sheep )
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
References
Marron C. Fort (2015 ) “Rom ”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht , Buske, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rȏm m (Cyrillic spelling Ро̑м )
Rom ( male Romani person )
Declension
Derived terms
Swedish
Proper noun
Rom n (genitive Roms )
Rome (the capital city of Italy )
See also
Anagrams
Volapük
Proper noun
Rom
Rome (the capital city of Italy )