romaan

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рома́н (román), from French roman, from Old French romanz, from Vulgar Latin rōmānicē, from Latin rōmānicus

Pronunciation

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Noun

romaan (genitive romaani, partitive romaani)

  1. novel (work of prose fiction)
    Synonym: saaga
  2. romance novel

Declension

Declension of romaan (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative romaan romaanid
accusative nom.
gen. romaani
genitive romaanide
partitive romaani romaane
romaanisid
illative romaani
romaanisse
romaanidesse
romaanesse
inessive romaanis romaanides
romaanes
elative romaanist romaanidest
romaanest
allative romaanile romaanidele
romaanele
adessive romaanil romaanidel
romaanel
ablative romaanilt romaanidelt
romaanelt
translative romaaniks romaanideks
romaaneks
terminative romaanini romaanideni
essive romaanina romaanidena
abessive romaanita romaanideta
comitative romaaniga romaanidega

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • romaan”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • romaan”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • romaan”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • romaan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)