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Webster 1913 Edition
Roman
1.
Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans;
as,
. Roman
fortitude; a Roman
aqueduct; Roman
art2.
Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.
3.
(Print.)
(a)
Upright; erect; – said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.
(b)
Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; – said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.
Roman alum
(Chem.)
, a cubical potassium alum formerly obtained in large quantities from Italian alunite, and highly valued by dyers on account of its freedom from iron.
– Roman balance
, a form of balance nearly resembling the modern steelyard. See the Note under , 1.
– Balance
, Noun.
Roman candle
, a kind of firework (generally held in the hand), characterized by the continued emission of shower of sparks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant balls or stars of fire which are thrown upward as they become ignited.
– Roman Catholic
, of, pertaining to, or the religion of that church of which the pope is the spiritual head;
– as, a
. Roman Catholic
priest; the Roman Catholic
ChurchRoman cement
, a cement having the property of hardening under water; a species of hydraulic cement.
– Roman law
. See under
– Law
. Roman nose
, a nose somewhat aquiline.
– Roman ocher
, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and durable, used by artists.
Ure.
– Roman order
(Arch.)
, the composite order. See , 2.
Composite
, Adj.
Ro′man
,Noun.
1.
A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred.
2.
Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; – in distinction from Italics.
Webster 1828 Edition
Roman
RO'MAN
,Adj.
1.
Pertaining to Rome, or to the Roman people.2.
Romish; popish; professing the religion of the pope.Roman catholic, as an adjective, denoting the religion professed by the people of Rome and of Italy, at the head of which is the pope or bishop of Rome; as a noun, one who adheres to the papal religion.
RO'MAN
, n.1.
A native of rome.2.
A citizen of Rome; one enjoying the privileges of a Roman citizen.3.
One of the christian church at Rome to which Paul addressed an epistle, consisting of converts from Judaism or paganism.Definition 2024
Roman
Roman
English
Adjective
Roman (comparative more Roman, superlative most Roman)
- Of or from Rome.
- Of or from the Roman Empire
- (of type or text) supporting or using a Western European character set.
- Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
Derived terms
terms derived from Roman
Related terms
Translations
of or from Rome
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of or from the Roman Empire
of Western character set
Roman Catholic
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Noun
Roman (plural Romans)
- A native or resident of Rome.
- (historical) A native or resident of the Roman Empire.
- (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.
- (uncountable) The Roman script.
Translations
a native or resident of Rome
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a native or inhabitant of the Roman Empire
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the Roman script
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Proper noun
Roman (plural Romans)
- A male given name recently borrowed from continental Europe.
Translations
male given name
Statistics
Most common English words before 1923: pleasant · forget · break · #863: Roman · wise · watch · equal
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aːn
Etymology 1
Noun
Roman m (genitive Romans or Romanes, plural Romane)
- (literature) novel
Declension
Declension of Roman
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Roman
- A male given name
Polish
Etymology
From Latin Rōmānus, from rōmānus (“adjective: Roman, of Rome”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.man/
Proper noun
Roman m pers (diminutive Romek)
- A male given name
Declension
declension of Roman
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowing from Romani romano. Cognate to English Romani. Not related to Rumen (“Romanian”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾomɑn/
Proper noun
Roman
Declension
declension of Roman
possessive of Roman
| Nominative | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Romanm | Romanlerim |
| senin (your) | Romann | Romanlerin |
| onun (her/his/its) | Romansi | Romanleri |
| bizim (our) | Romanmiz | Romanlerimiz |
| sizin (your) | Romanniz | Romanleriniz |
| onların (their) | Romansi / Romanleri | Romanleri |
| Accusative | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Romanmi | Romanlerimi |
| senin (your) | Romanni | Romanlerini |
| onun (her/his/its) | Romansini | Romanlerini |
| bizim (our) | Romanmizi | Romanlerimizi |
| sizin (your) | Romannizi | Romanlerinizi |
| onların (their) | Romansini / Romanlerini | Romanlerini |
| Dative | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Romanme | Romanlerime |
| senin (your) | Romanne | Romanlerine |
| onun (her/his/its) | Romansine | Romanlerine |
| bizim (our) | Romanmize | Romanlerimize |
| sizin (your) | Romannize | Romanlerinize |
| onların (their) | Romansine / Romanlerine | Romanlerine |
| Locative | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Romanmde | Romanlerimde |
| senin (your) | Romannde | Romanlerinde |
| onun (her/his/its) | Romansinde | Romanlerinde |
| bizim (our) | Romanmizde | Romanlerimizde |
| sizin (your) | Romannizde | Romanlerinizde |
| onların (their) | Romansinde / Romanlerinde | Romanlerinde |
| Ablative | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Romanmden | Romanlerimden |
| senin (your) | Romannden | Romanlerinden |
| onun (her/his/its) | Romansinden | Romanlerinden |
| bizim (our) | Romanmizden | Romanlerimizden |
| sizin (your) | Romannizden | Romanlerinizden |
| onların (their) | Romansinden / Romanlerinden | Romanlerinden |
| Genitive | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Romanmin | Romanlerimin |
| senin (your) | Romannin | Romanlerinin |
| onun (her/his/its) | Romansinin | Romanlerinin |
| bizim (our) | Romanmizin | Romanlerimizin |
| sizin (your) | Romannizin | Romanlerinizin |
| onların (their) | Romansinin / Romanlerinin | Romanlerinin |
Synonyms
- (offensive) çingene
roman
roman
English
Adjective
roman (not comparable)
- (of type) Upright, as opposed to italic.
- (of text, computing) Of or related to the Latin alphabet.
Antonyms
- (upright): italic, italicised, italicized
- (upright): oblique, slanted, sloped
- (Western European): non-Latin, Central European
Derived terms
- Times Roman (proprietary)
- Times New Roman (proprietary)
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
roman
- third-person singular present indicative form of romandre
- second-person singular imperative form of romandre
Crimean Tatar
Noun
roman
Declension
Declension of roman
| nominative | roman |
|---|---|
| genitive | romannıñ |
| dative | romanğa |
| accusative | romannı |
| locative | romanda |
| ablative | romandan |
Synonyms
- (Romanian): rоmen, rumın
Danish
Noun
roman c (singular definite romanen, plural indefinite romaner)
- novel (work of fiction)
Declension
Inflection of roman
References
- “roman” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
roman m (plural romans, diminutive romannetje n)
- novel (work of fiction)
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
In the 19th century, borrowed from Latin romanus.[1] or from the French noun below [2], originally from Old French romanz (“common language”).
Adjective
roman m (feminine singular romane, masculine plural romans, feminine plural romanes)
- Romance (in linguistics)
- romanesque (in history of art)
See also
Etymology 2
From Old French romanz (“common language (as opposed to Latin)”), from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, Vulgar Latin *romanicē (“in the way of the Romans (as opposed to the Franks)”), from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus.[3]. The meaning “common language” changed into “book in common language” and then into “adventure novel”.[1] See also romance, of the same ultimate origin but borrowed through Spanish.
Noun
roman m (plural romans)
- novel (work of fiction)
Derived terms
References
- 1 2 Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009), “Annexe IV, roman”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
- ↑ http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/roman
- ↑ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964), “roman”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
roman m (definite singular romanen, indefinite plural romaner, definite plural romanene)
- novel (work of fiction)
Derived terms
References
- “roman” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
roman m (definite singular romanen, indefinite plural romanar, definite plural romanane)
- novel (work of fiction)
References
- “roman” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈman/
Etymology 1
Borrowing from French roman (“novel, epic”), from Old French romanz.
Noun
roman n (plural romane)
Declension
declension of roman
Etymology 2
Borrowing from French roman (“a medieval romance”).
Noun
roman n (plural romane)
- Medieval romance
Declension
declension of roman
Etymology 3
Borrowing from Latin rōmānus. Doublet of român (“Romanian”) and rumân, which was inherited.
Adjective
roman m, n (feminine singular romană, masculine plural romani, feminine and neuter plural romane)
Declension
declension of roman
Noun
roman m (plural romani, feminine equivalent romană)
Declension
declension of roman
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rǒmaːn/
- Hyphenation: ro‧man
Noun
ròmān m (Cyrillic spelling ро̀ма̄н)
- novel (work of fiction)
Declension
Declension of roman
References
- “roman” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɔˈmáːn/
- Tonal orthography: romȃn
Noun
román m inan (genitive romána, nominative plural románi)
- novel (work of fiction)
Declension
Declension of román (masculine inan., hard o-stem)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
roman c
- novel (work of fiction)
Declension
| Inflection of roman | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | roman | romanen | romaner | romanerna |
| Genitive | romans | romanens | romaners | romanernas |
Related terms
- detektivroman
See also
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾomán/
Noun
roman (definite accusative romanı, plural romanlar)
- novel (work of fiction)
Declension
declension of roman
possessive forms of roman
| benim (my) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (yalın) | romanım | romanlarım |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | romanımı | romanlarımı |
| dative (yönelme) | romanıma | romanlarıma |
| locative (bulunma) | romanımda | romanlarımda |
| ablative (çıkma) | romanımdan | romanlarımdan |
| genitive (tamlayan) | romanımın | romanlarımın |
| senin (your) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | romanın | romanların |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | romanını | romanlarını |
| dative (yönelme) | romanına | romanlarına |
| locative (bulunma) | romanında | romanlarında |
| ablative (çıkma) | romanından | romanlarından |
| genitive (tamlayan) | romanının | romanlarının |
| onun (her/his/its) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | romanı | romanları |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | romanını | romanlarını |
| dative (yönelme) | romanına | romanlarına |
| locative (bulunma) | romanında | romanlarında |
| ablative (çıkma) | romanından | romanlarından |
| genitive (tamlayan) | romanının | romanlarının |
| bizim (our) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | romanımız | romanlarımız |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | romanımızı | romanlarımızı |
| dative (yönelme) | romanımıza | romanlarımıza |
| locative (bulunma) | romanımızda | romanlarımızda |
| ablative (çıkma) | romanımızdan | romanlarımızdan |
| genitive (tamlayan) | romanımızın | romanlarımızın |
| sizin (your) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | romanınız | romanlarınız |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | romanınızı | romanlarınızı |
| dative (yönelme) | romanınıza | romanlarınıza |
| locative (bulunma) | romanınızda | romanlarınızda |
| ablative (çıkma) | romanınızdan | romanlarınızdan |
| genitive (tamlayan) | romanınızın | romanlarınızın |
| onların (their) | singular (tekil) | plural (çoğul) |
| nominative (yalın) | romanları | romanları |
| definite accusative (belirtme) | romanlarını | romanlarını |
| dative (yönelme) | romanlarına | romanlarına |
| locative (bulunma) | romanlarında | romanlarında |
| ablative (çıkma) | romanlarından | romanlarından |
| genitive (tamlayan) | romanlarının | romanlarının |
predicative forms of roman
| simple present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| ben (I am) | romanım | romanlarım* |
| sen (you are) | romansın | romanlarsın* |
| o (he/she/it is) | roman / romandır | romanlar* / romanlardır* |
| biz (we are) | romanız | romanlarız |
| siz (you are) | romansınız | romanlarsınız |
| onlar (they are) | romanlar | romanlardır |
| simple past | singular | plural |
| ben (I was) | romandım | romanlardım* |
| sen (you were) | romandın | romanlardın* |
| o (he/she/it was) | romandı | romanlardı* |
| biz (we were) | romandık | romanlardık |
| siz (you were) | romandınız | romanlardınız |
| onlar (they were) | romandılar | romanlardı |
| indirect / unwitnessed past | singular | plural |
| ben (I was) | romanmışım | romanlarmışım* |
| sen (you were) | romanmışsın | romanlarmışsın* |
| o (he/she/it was) | romanmış | romanlarmış* |
| biz (we were) | romanmışız | romanlarmışız |
| siz (you were) | romanmışsınız | romanlarmışsınız |
| onlar (they were) | romanmışlar | romanlarmış |
| *Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations.
Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives. | ||