Roman

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See also: roman, román, Román, român, róman, and Rómán

English

Etymology

From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). Doublet of Romano.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Roman (comparative more Roman, superlative most Roman)

  1. Of or from Rome.
  2. (historical) Of or from the Roman Empire.
  3. (historical, historiography) Of or from the Byzantine Empire.
  4. Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Influence of an Invitation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 16:
      "Yes, I feel that I ought; and with me, to feel that I ought to do a thing, is to do it!" added he, looking quite Roman with excess of virtue.
  5. (of type or text) Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.
  6. (law, colloquial) Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.
    You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one.
  7. (typography) A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.)
  8. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
  9. (architecture) Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.

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Noun

Roman (plural Romans)

  1. A native or resident of Rome.
  2. (historical) A native or resident of the Roman Empire.
  3. (historical, historiography) A native or resident of the Byzantine Empire.
    • 2010, John Wortley trans. John Skylitzes as A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057, p. 442, n. 192:
      Kars was the capital of the small Armenian kingdom of Vanand, ruled by Gagik (the same name as the sovereign of Ani) from 1029 to 1064, when he surrendered his kingdom to the Romans. In 1053 it was taken by the Seljoukids, probably under the command of Qutlumus...
  4. (uncountable) The Roman script.
  5. (printing, countable) A single letter or character in Roman type.
  6. (dated) A Roman Catholic.
    • 2006, Sarah Waters, The Night Watch, Virago Press, page 151:
      ‘Is it like―I don’t know―Catholicism? One only spots the other Romans when one’s practised it oneself?’

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Proper noun

Roman (plural Romans)

  1. A male given name from Latin recently borrowed from continental Europe.
  2. A surname.
  3. A city in Neamț, Romania

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ro‧man

Noun

Roman

  1. a male given name

Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Rōmānus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Roman m anim

  1. a male given name from Latin

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Rōmānus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Roman

  1. a male given name from Latin

German

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French roman.

Noun

Roman m (strong, genitive Romanes or Romans, plural Romane)

  1. (literature) novel
Declension
Declension of Roman
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Roman die Romane
genitive eines des Romanes, Romans der Romane
dative einem dem Roman, Romane1 den Romanen
accusative einen den Roman die Romane

1Now rare, see notes.

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Etymology 2

From Latin Rōmānus.

Proper noun

Roman

  1. a male given name from Latin

Further reading

  • “Roman” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Roman” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Roman” in Duden online

Nauruan

Proper noun

Roman

  1. Romania

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Rōmānus, from rōmānus (“Roman, of Rome”, adjective).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Roman m pers (diminutive Romek)

  1. a male given name from Latin

Declension

Declension of Roman
singular plural
nominative Roman Romanowie/Romany (deprecative)
genitive Romana Romanów
dative Romanowi Romanom
accusative Romana Romanów
instrumental Romanem Romanami
locative Romanie Romanach
vocative Romanie Romanowie

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Etymology

Named after Roman I of Moldavia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Roman m

  1. A city in Neamț, Romania
  2. (historical) A county of Romania

Declension

declension of Roman (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) Roman Romanul
genitive/dative (unui) Roman Romanului
vocative Romanule

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Roman m anim (genitive singular Romana, nominative plural Romanovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name from Latin
  2. a surname

Declension

Declension of Roman
singular plural
nominative Roman Romanovia
genitive Romana Romanov
dative Romanovi Romanom
accusative Romana Romanov
locative Romanovi Romanoch
instrumental Romanom Romanmi

Further reading

  • “Roman”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani rromano. Cognate to English Romani. Not related to Rumen (“Romanian”) or Romalı (“a Roman”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Roman

  1. a member of the Roma people, Rom, Romani
    Synonym: (offensive) çingene
  2. novel

Declension

Inflection
Nominative Roman
Definite accusative Romanı
Singular Plural
Nominative Roman Romanlar
Definite accusative Romanı Romanları
Dative Romana Romanlara
Locative Romanda Romanlarda
Ablative Romandan Romanlardan
Genitive Romanın Romanların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular Romanım Romanlarım
2nd singular Romanın Romanların
3rd singular Romanı Romanları
1st plural Romanımız Romanlarımız
2nd plural Romanınız Romanlarınız
3rd plural Romanları Romanları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular Romanımı Romanlarımı
2nd singular Romanını Romanlarını
3rd singular Romanını Romanlarını
1st plural Romanımızı Romanlarımızı
2nd plural Romanınızı Romanlarınızı
3rd plural Romanlarını Romanlarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular Romanıma Romanlarıma
2nd singular Romanına Romanlarına
3rd singular Romanına Romanlarına
1st plural Romanımıza Romanlarımıza
2nd plural Romanınıza Romanlarınıza
3rd plural Romanlarına Romanlarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular Romanımda Romanlarımda
2nd singular Romanında Romanlarında
3rd singular Romanında Romanlarında
1st plural Romanımızda Romanlarımızda
2nd plural Romanınızda Romanlarınızda
3rd plural Romanlarında Romanlarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular Romanımdan Romanlarımdan
2nd singular Romanından Romanlarından
3rd singular Romanından Romanlarından
1st plural Romanımızdan Romanlarımızdan
2nd plural Romanınızdan Romanlarınızdan
3rd plural Romanlarından Romanlarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular Romanımın Romanlarımın
2nd singular Romanının Romanlarının
3rd singular Romanının Romanlarının
1st plural Romanımızın Romanlarımızın
2nd plural Romanınızın Romanlarınızın
3rd plural Romanlarının Romanlarının
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