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English
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Etymology
From Romania + -an .
Pronunciation
Adjective
Romanian (not comparable )
Of or relating to Romania , the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.
2013 , Gabriela Pană Dindelegan (ed.), Martin Maiden (consultant ed.), The Grammar of Romanian , Oxford University Press, page 4:
The oldest Romanian period (also known as Common Romanian, Proto-Romanian, Primitive Romanian) is the period prior to the separation of the four Romanian dialects: a north-Danubian dialect (Daco-Romanian) and three south-Danubian dialects (Aromanian / Macedo-Romanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian).
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of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
Afrikaans: Roemeens (af)
Albanian: rumun (sq)
Old Albanian: gogë , gogeshë
Arabic: رُومَانِيّ ( rūmāniyy )
Armenian: ռումինական (hy) ( ṙuminakan )
Aromanian: rumãnescu , rumãn , vlãhutescu , vluhutescu
Asturian: rumanu (ast)
Azerbaijani: rumın
Basque: errumaniar
Belarusian: румы́нскі ( rumýnski )
Bengali: রোমানীয় (bn) ( rōmaniẏo )
Bulgarian: румъ́нски ( rumǎ́nski ) , вла́шки ( vláški )
Burmese: ရူမေးနီးယား ( rume:ni:ya: )
Catalan: romanès (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞的 / 罗马尼亚的 (zh) ( Luōmǎníyà de )
Czech: rumunský (cs)
Danish: rumænsk
Dutch: Roemeens (nl)
Esperanto: rumano
Estonian: rumeenia
French: roumain (fr)
Gagauz: romın , румын ( rumın ) , ромын ( romın )
Galician: romanés (gl)
Georgian: რუმინული ( ruminuli ) , რუმინეთის (ka) ( ruminetis )
German: rumänisch (de)
Hawaiian: Romānia
Hebrew: רומני (he) ( romani )
Hindi: रोमेनियन (hi) ( romeniyan ) , रोमानियाई ( romāniyāī )
Hungarian: román (hu)
Icelandic: rúmenskur (is)
Italian: romeno (it) , rumeno (it)
Japanese: ルーマニアの (ja) ( Rūmania no )
Kazakh: румыниялық ( rumyniälyq ) , румын ( rumyn )
Khmer: រូម៉ានី ( ruumaanii )
Korean: 루마니아의 (ko) ( rumaniaui )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی ( romanî )
Northern Kurdish: rûmenî , romanî (ku) , romanyayî (ku)
Lao: ລູມານີ (lo) ( lū mā nī )
Latvian: rumāņu , rumānisks
Lithuanian: rumuniškas
Macedonian: романски ( romanski )
Malay: Romania (ms)
Marathi: रोमेनियन ( romeniyan )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: румын ( rumyn )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rumensk (no)
Nynorsk: rumensk (nn)
Occitan: romanés (oc)
Pashto: رومانیایي
Persian: رومانیایی (fa) ( româniyâyi )
Polish: rumuński (pl)
Portuguese: romeno (pt)
Romani: rumunicko
Romanian: român (ro) , românesc (ro)
Russian: румы́нский (ru) ( rumýnskij )
Scots: Romanian , Roumanian , Roumains
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: румунски
Roman: rumunski (sh)
Slovak: rumunský (sk)
Slovene: romúnski (sl)
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: rumunski (hsb)
Spanish: rumano (es)
Swedish: rumänsk (sv)
Tajik: румынӣ ( rumyni ) , румын ( rumyn )
Tatar: румын (tt) ( rumın )
Thai: โรมาเนีย (th) ( roo-maa-niia )
Turkish: Rumen (tr)
Turkmen: rumyn
Ukrainian: руму́нський (uk) ( rumúnsʹkyj )
Uyghur: رومان ( roman )
Uzbek: rumin (uz)
Vietnamese: Ru-ma-ni
Yiddish: רומעניש (yi) ( rumenish )
Noun
Romanian (countable and uncountable , plural Romanians )
( countable ) A native of Romania .
( uncountable ) The official language of Romania and Moldova .
( countable , weightlifting , slang ) Ellipsis of Romanian deadlift .
2010 March 24, Built, “With the big boyz...”, in IronMag Forums :I think there was this one Black guy in there who was practically crying. I swear I could hear Sir Mixalot in my head whenever I did Romanians .
2015 April 15, OZ-USF-UFGator, “diract Back work: Are Deadlifts and chin ups enough”, in Starting Strength Forum :I did Romanians for a year and worked up to 250 for sets of 5. I couldn't take the DOMS anymore and dropped them.
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native of Romania
Afrikaans: Roemeen , Roemeniër
Albanian: rumun (sq) m , rumune f
Arabic: رُومَانِيّ m ( rūmāniyy ) , رُومَانِيَّة (ar) f ( rūmāniyya )
Armenian: ռումինացի ( ṙuminacʻi )
Aromanian: rumãn m , vlãhut m , vluhut m , mucan m , rumãnã f , vlãhutã f , vluhutã , mucanã f
Azerbaijani: rumın
Basque: errumaniar
Belarusian: румы́н m ( rumýn ) , румы́нка f ( rumýnka )
Bulgarian: румъ́нец (bg) m ( rumǎ́nec ) , румъ́нка f ( rumǎ́nka ) , влах (bg) m ( vlah ) , влахи́ня f ( vlahínja )
Carpathian Rusyn: Руму́н m ( Rumún ) , Руму́нка f ( Rumúnka )
Catalan: romanès (ca) m , romanesa (ca) f
Valencian: romanés (ca) m , romanesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞人 / 罗马尼亚人 ( Luōmǎníyà rén )
Crimean Tatar: rumın
Czech: Rumun (cs) m , Rumunka (cs) f
Danish: rumæner (da) c
Dutch: Roemeen (nl) m , Roemeense (nl) f
Esperanto: rumano ( man or woman ) , rumanino ( woman )
Estonian: rumeenlane
Finnish: romanialainen (fi)
French: Roumain (fr) m , Roumaine (fr) f
Gagauz: romın , ромын m ( romın )
Galician: romanés (gl) m , romanesa f
Georgian: რუმინელი ( rumineli )
German: Rumäne (de) m , Rumänin (de) f
Greek: Ρουμάνος (el) m ( Roumános ) , Ρουμάνα (el) f ( Roumána )
Hawaiian: Romānia
Hebrew: רומני (he) m ( romani ) , רומנית (he) f ( romanít )
Hindi: रोमेनियन (hi) ( romeniyan ) , रोमानियाई ( romāniyāī )
Hungarian: román (hu)
Icelandic: Rúmeni m
Italian: romeno (it) m , romena (it) f , rumeno (it) m , rumena f
Japanese: ルーマニア人 (ja) ( Rūmania-jin )
Kazakh: румыниялық ( rumyniälyq ) , румын ( rumyn )
Korean: 루마니아인 (ko) ( rumaniain ) , 루마니아 사람 ( rumania saram )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی ( romanî )
Kyrgyz: румын ( rumın )
Latvian: rumānis m , rumāniete f
Lithuanian: rumunas (lt) m , rumunė (lt) f
Macedonian: Романец m ( Romanec ) , Романка f ( Romanka )
Maltese: Rumen m
Marathi: रोमेनियन ( romeniyan )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rumener (no) m
Nynorsk: rumen (nn) m , rumenar (nn) m
Occitan: romanés (oc) m
Persian: رومانیایی (fa) ( româniyâyi )
Polish: Rumun (pl) m , Rumunka (pl) f
Portuguese: romeno (pt) m , romena f
Romani: rumuno m , rumunojka f
Romanian: român (ro) m , româncă (ro) f , română (ro) f
Russian: румы́н (ru) m ( rumýn ) , румы́нка (ru) f ( rumýnka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: Rumunj (sh) m , Rumunjka f
Slovak: Rumun m , Rumunka (sk) f
Slovene: Romún (sl) m , Romúnka f
Spanish: rumano (es) m , rumana (es) f
Swedish: rumän (sv) m , rumänska (sv) f
Tajik: румын ( rumyn )
Tatar: румын (tt) ( rumın )
Turkish: Rumen (tr) , Romanyalı (tr)
Turkmen: rumyn
Ukrainian: руму́н (uk) m ( rumún ) , руму́нка f ( rumúnka )
Uyghur: رومان ( roman )
Uzbek: rumin (uz)
Yiddish: רומענער m ( rumener )
official language of Romania
Afrikaans: Roemeens (af)
Albanian: rumanisht (sq) (adverb ), rumanishte (sq) , rumunisht (adverb ), rumunishte , gjuha rumune f
Arabic: رُومَانِيَّة (ar) f ( rūmāniyya )
Armenian: ռումիներեն (hy) ( ṙumineren )
Aromanian: limba rumãneascã f , rumãnã f , limba rumãnã f , rumãneashti ( adverb ) , limba vlãhuteascã f , limba vluhuteascã f , vlãhuteashti , vluhuteashti (adverbs )
Basque: errumaniera (eu)
Belarusian: румы́нская мо́ва f ( rumýnskaja móva ) , румы́нская f ( rumýnskaja )
Bulgarian: румънски m ( rumǎnski )
Catalan: romanès (ca) m
Valencian: romanés (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞語 / 罗马尼亚语 (zh) ( Luōmǎníyà-yǔ )
Crimean Tatar: romenşe , kazakşa
Czech: rumunština (cs) f
Danish: rumænsk
Dutch: Roemeens (nl) n
Estonian: rumeenia
Faroese: rumenskt (fo) n
Finnish: romania (fi)
French: roumain (fr) m
Gagauz: romınca , ромынӂа , ромынӂа ( romınca )
Galician: romanés (gl) m
Georgian: რუმინული ( ruminuli ) , რუმინული ენა ( ruminuli ena )
German: Rumänisch (de) n
Greek: ρουμάνικα (el) n pl ( roumánika ) , ρουμανικά (el) n pl ( roumaniká )
Hebrew: רומנית (he) f ( romanít )
Hindi: रोमानियाई f ( romāniyāī ) , रोमेनियन (hi) f ( romeniyan )
Hungarian: román (hu)
Icelandic: rúmenska (is) f
Indonesian: bahasa Rumania
Italian: romeno (it) m , rumeno (it) m
Japanese: ルーマニア語 (ja) ( Rūmania-go )
Korean: 루마니아어 (ko) ( Rumania'eo )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی ( romanî )
Latvian: rumāņu , rumāņu valoda f
Limburgish: Remieënsj n
Lithuanian: rumunų (lt)
Macedonian: рома́нски m ( románski )
Malay: bahasa Romania
Marathi: रोमेनियन f ( romeniyan )
Navajo: Wooméin bizaad
Norman: roumain m , rouoman m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rumensk (no) m
Nynorsk: rumensk (nn) m
Persian: رومانیایی (fa) ( româniyâyi )
Polish: rumuński (pl) m
Portuguese: romeno (pt) m
Romani: rumunicko
Romanian: română (ro) f , limba română f , limba românească f , românește (ro) ( adverb )
Russian: румы́нский (ru) m ( rumýnskij )
Scots: Romanian
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: румунски m , румуњски m
Roman: rumunski (sh) m , rumunjski (sh) m
Slovak: rumunčina (sk) f
Slovene: romúnščina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: rumunšćina (hsb) f
Spanish: rumano (es) m
Swedish: rumänska (sv) c
Tajik: руминӣ (tg) ( rumini )
Thai: ภาษาโรมาเนีย (th) ( paasăa rohmaania )
Tigrinya: ሮማኒያን ( romaniyan )
Turkish: Rumence (tr)
Ukrainian: руму́нська (uk) f ( rumúnsʹka )
Urdu: رومانیائی f ( romāniyāī )
Vietnamese: tiếng Romania
Volapük: Rumänapük (vo)
Yiddish: רומעניש (yi) n ( rumenish )
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Further reading
Finnish
Proper noun
Romanian
genitive singular of Romania