Roman

From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊm.ən/
• (US) enPR: rōmən, IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊmən/
• Hyphenation: Ro‧man
• Homophone: roamin'
• Rhymes: -əʊmən

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Roman (comparative more Roman, superlative most Roman)

1. Of or from Rome.
2. Of or from the Roman Empire
3. (of type or text) supporting or using a Western European character set.
4. (typography) a font which is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. See roman font.
5. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.

• Romaean

Roman (plural Romans)

1. A native or resident of Rome.
2. (historical) A native or resident of the Roman Empire.
3. (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.

4. (uncountable) The Roman script.

Roman (plural Romans)

1. A male given name recently borrowed from continental Europe.
2. A surname​.

• Armon, Manor, Maron, Moran, Narom, Nor Am, Nor-Am, NorAm, Norma, manor, moran, morna, norma

• Hyphenation: ro‧man

Roman

1. a male given name

From Latin Rōmānus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈroman]

Roman m

1. A male given name

From Latin Rōmānus.

Roman

1. A male given name.

• IPA^(key): /ʀoˈmaːn/

From French roman.

Roman m (genitive Romans or Romanes, plural Romane)

1. (literature) novel

From Latin Rōmānus.

Roman

1. A male given name

• Roman in Duden online

Roman

1. Romania

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.man/

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Roman m pers (diminutive Romek)

1. A male given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔman/

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

1. A male given name.
2. A surname​.

• Roman in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Borrowed from Romani romano. Cognate to English Romani. Not related to Rumen (“Romanian”).

• IPA^(key): /ɾomɑn/

Roman

1. a member of the Roma people, Rom, Romani

   Synonym: çingene (offensive)