romaní

See also: Romani, români, and romani

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ru.məˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ro.məˈni]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ro.maˈni]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin rosmarīnus. Compare Occitan romanin.

Noun

romaní m (plural romanins)

1. rosemary

   Synonym: (dialectal) romer

Derived terms

• romaní bord
• romaní mascle

Etymology 2

Adjective

romaní m or f (masculine and feminine plural romanís or (Valencian) romanins)

1. Romani (pertaining to the Roma people or to the Romani languages)

   Synonym: gitano

Noun

romaní m or f by sense (plural romanís or (Valencian) romanins)

1. Roma (a member of the Roma people)

   Synonym: gitano

Noun

romaní m (uncountable)

1. Romani (a family of Indo-Aryan languages used by the Roma people of Europe)

   Synonym: gitano

   Hyponym: caló

Usage notes

• The term romaní (“Romany, Roma”) is of recent coinage in Catalan, reflecting the endonym of the Roma. The older exonym, gitano (“Gypsy”), is still popular.
• The IEC and AVL disagree over the proper plural of romaní. The AVL has chosen to prescribe the regular plural romanins as if the term had a Latin derivation, while the IEC has chosen to prescribe the plural form romanís.

References

• “romaní” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “romaní” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Adjective

romaní m or f (masculine and feminine plural romanís or romaníes)

1. Romani

Noun

romaní m or f by sense (plural romanís or romaníes)

1. Romani

Noun

romaní m (uncountable)

1. Romani (language)

Further reading

• “romaní”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014