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rom

See also: Rom, ROM, Róm, rơm, and Rom.

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

rom

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Romani.

English edit

Adjective edit

rom (not comparable)

  1. (proofreading) Abbreviation of roman.

See also edit

Anagrams edit

Aghu Tharrnggala edit

Noun edit

rom

  1. belly

Further reading edit

  • Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

Angloromani edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba).

Noun edit

rom

  1. Romani man
  2. husband
  3. bridegroom

Atayal edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum. Cognate with Paiwan djaum, Puyuma daum, Thao lhalhum.

Noun edit

rom

  1. needle

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Latin rhombus (“flatfish”).

Noun edit

rom m (plural roms)

  1. brill (Scophthalmus rhombus)
    Synonym: rèmol

Etymology 2 edit

 
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Borrowed from English rum.

Noun edit

rom m (plural roms)

  1. rum

Further reading edit

Cornish edit

Noun edit

rom m (plural romys)

  1. room (in a house)
    Synonym: stevel

Derived terms edit

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rom c (singular definite rommen, not used in plural form)

  1. rum

Noun edit

rom c (singular definite rommen or rom'en, plural indefinite rommer or rom'er)

  1. ROM, read-only memory

Inflection edit

Declension of rom
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rom rommen
rom'en 		rommer
rom'er 		rommerne
rom'erne
genitive roms rommens
rom'ens 		rommers
rom'ers 		rommernes
rom'ernes

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba).

Adjective edit

rom (plural roms)

  1. Roma

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Back-formation from romlik, created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈrom]
  • Hyphenation: rom
  • Rhymes: -om

Noun edit

rom (plural romok)

  1. ruin

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative rom romok
accusative romot romokat
dative romnak romoknak
instrumental rommal romokkal
causal-final romért romokért
translative rommá romokká
terminative romig romokig
essive-formal romként romokként
essive-modal — —
inessive romban romokban
superessive romon romokon
adessive romnál romoknál
illative romba romokba
sublative romra romokra
allative romhoz romokhoz
elative romból romokból
delative romról romokról
ablative romtól romoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		romé romoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		roméi romokéi
Possessive forms of rom
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. romom romjaim
2nd person sing. romod romjaid
3rd person sing. romja romjai
1st person plural romunk romjaink
2nd person plural romotok romjaitok
3rd person plural romjuk romjaik

Derived terms edit

Compound words

Further reading edit

  • rom 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

Kuku-Thaypan edit

Noun edit

rom

  1. belly

References edit

  • Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From English rum.

Noun edit

rom m (definite singular rommen)

  1. rum (alcoholic beverage)
 
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse rúm.

Noun edit

rom n (definite singular rommet, indefinite plural rom, definite plural romma or rommene)

  1. room (space, part of a building)
  2. space (room)
  3. space or outer space (void outside the earth's atmosphere)
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

rom

  1. imperative of romme

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From English rum.

Noun edit

rom m (definite singular rommen)

  1. rum (alcoholic beverage)
 
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse rúm. Akin to English room.

Noun edit

rom n (definite singular rommet, indefinite plural rom, definite plural romma)

  1. room (space, part of a building)
  2. space (room)
  3. space or outer space (void outside the earth's atmosphere)
Derived terms edit

References edit

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba).

Adjective edit

rom (invariable)

  1. Romani (of or relating to the Roma people)
    Synonyms: cigano, roma

Noun edit

rom m (plural rons or roms)

  1. a member of the Romani people

Romani edit

Noun edit

rom m anim (plural roma)

  1. Alternative form of rrom (“Romani man; husband”)

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba).

Noun edit

rom m (plural romi, feminine equivalent romă)

  1. a Romani person, a Rom
    Synonym: (offensive) țigan
Declension edit
Declension of rom
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) rom romul (niște) romi romii
genitive/dative (unui) rom romului (unor) romi romilor
vocative romule romilor

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from French rhum or German Rum.

Noun edit

rom n (plural romuri)

  1. rum
Declension edit
Declension of rom
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) rom romul (niște) romuri romurile
genitive/dative (unui) rom romului (unor) romuri romurilor
vocative romule romurilor

Romansch edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin rāmus.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

rom m (plural roms)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) branch (of tree, river, etc.)
    Synonym: (Puter) manzina
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader, education) subject

Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

rom m (plural roms)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) frame, framework

Etymology 3 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

rom f (plural roms)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) knot, gnarl

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

 
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From Old Swedish rughn, romn, from Old Norse hrogn, from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“frogspawn”); cognate with Danish and Norwegian rogn, Icelandic hrogn, German Rogen, and English roe.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rom c

  1. roe (egg of fish)
    Antonym: mjölke
Declension edit
Declension of rom 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative rom rommen — —
Genitive roms rommens — —
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

 
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From English rum. Cognate with Danish rom, Dutch and German rum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rom c

  1. rum (beverage)
    Synonym: sockerrörsbrännvin
Declension edit
Declension of rom 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative rom rommen — —
Genitive roms rommens — —
Related terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

 
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Borrowed from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba), ultimately of Dravidian origin.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rom c

  1. a Romani person
    Synonyms: resande, tattare, zigenare
Declension edit
Declension of rom 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative rom romen romer romerna
Genitive roms romens romers romernas
Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ “Romani”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams edit

Turkish edit

Noun edit

rom

  1. rum

Volapük edit

Noun edit

rom

  1. rum

Welsh Romani edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba), ultimately of Dravidian origin.[1]

Noun edit

rom m

  1. husband
    Antonym: romni

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “rom” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  1. ^ “Romani”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

West Frisian edit

Noun edit

rom n (plural [please provide])

  1. pride
    Synonym: grutskens

References edit

  • “rom (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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