roman

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: rōmən, IPA^(key): /ˈrəʊmən/
• Hyphenation: ro‧man

AdjectiveEdit

roman (not comparable)

1. (of type) Upright, as opposed to italic.
2. (of text, computing) Of or related to the Latin alphabet.

AntonymsEdit

• (upright): italic, italicised, italicized
• (upright): oblique, slanted, sloped
• (Western European): non-Latin, Central European

Derived termsEdit

• Times Roman (proprietary)
• Times New Roman (proprietary)

AnagramsEdit

• manor
• moran, Moran
• morna
• norma, Norma

VerbEdit

roman

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of romandre.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of romandre.

NounEdit

roman

1. novel, epic
2. Romanian

DeclensionEdit

SynonymsEdit

• (Romanian): rоmen, rumın

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NounEdit

roman m (plural romans, diminutive romannetje n)

1. novel (work of fiction)

Derived termsEdit

• romancier
• romanschrijver

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Etymology 1Edit

In the 19th century, borrowed from Latin romanus.^[1] or from the French noun below ^[2], originally from Old French romanz (“common language”).

AdjectiveEdit

roman m (feminine romane, masculine plural romans, feminine plural romanes)

1. Romance (in linguistics)
2. romanesque (in history of art)

See alsoEdit

• romanesque

Etymology 2Edit

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]

NounEdit

roman m (plural romans)

1. novel (work of fiction)

Derived termsEdit

• romancier

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 2009, Jacqueline Picoche; Jean-Claude Rolland, “Annexe IV, roman”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert:
2. ^ http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/roman
3. ^ 1964, Albert Dauzat; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand, “roman”, in Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse:

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NounEdit

roman m

1. novel (work of fiction)

InflectionEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French roman, "novel, epic", from Old French romanz.

NounEdit

roman n (plural romane)

1. novel, epic (work of fiction)

Etymology 2Edit

From French roman, "a medieval romance".

NounEdit

roman n (plural romane)

1. Medieval romance

DeclensionEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Borrowed from Latin rōmānus.

NounEdit

roman m (plural romani)

1. Roman

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

• Roma

See alsoEdit

• român

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /rǒmaːn/
• Hyphenation: ro‧man

EtymologyEdit

From French roman.

NounEdit

ròmān m (Cyrillic spelling ро̀ма̄н)

1. novel (work of fiction)

DeclensionEdit

NounEdit

roman m inan (^??? please provide the genitive!, ^??? please provide the nominative plural!)

1. novel (work of prose fiction)

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NounEdit

roman c

1. a novel (a work of fiction)

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

• detektivroman

See alsoEdit

• novell
• romans
• romantik
• romantisk

EtymologyEdit

From French roman.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɾomán/

NounEdit

roman (definite accusative romanı, plural romanlar)

1. novel

DeclensionEdit