roma

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English

Noun

roma (plural romas)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Roma (a variety of tomato).
    • 2008 January–February, Mark Bittman, “The only 7 meals you need for 2008”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 138:
      Swap the vegetables for roma tomatoes (seeded), steamed new potatoes, carrots, and chickpeas (rinsed and drained); add a pinch of curry to the vinaigrette.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

See romani

Noun

roma c (singular definite romaen, plural indefinite romaer)

  1. Rom (a Romani, a member of the Roma people)
  2. Roma (the Roma/Romani people)

Inflection

Declension of roma
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative roma romaen romaer romaerne
genitive romas romaens romaers romaernes

Synonyms

See also

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from Romani rroma, plural of rrom (Romani man).

Pronunciation

Noun

roma (plural romák)

  1. Rom (a member of the Roma people)

Declension

Possessive forms of roma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. romám romáim
2nd person sing. romád romáid
3rd person sing. romája romái
1st person plural románk romáink
2nd person plural romátok romáitok
3rd person plural romájuk romáik

Further reading

  • roma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Noun

roma

  1. a type of rice

Anagrams

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

·roma

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive prototonic ro-form of maidid

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रोमन् (róman). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀭𑁄𑀫 (roma).

Noun

roma n

  1. hair (of the body)

Declension

Descendants

  • Khmer: រោម (room)

References

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “roma”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 577
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rṓman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 627

Portuguese

Adjective

roma (invariable)

  1. (relational) of the Roma people
    Synonym: rom

Anagrams

Sotho

Verb

roma

  1. to send

Spanish

Adjective

roma

  1. feminine singular of romo