Romanian

See also: romanian

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Romania + -an.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹəˈmeɪ.ni.ən/
  • (file)
  • (Michigan, Canada) IPA(key): /ɹoˈmɪ.ni.ən/
  • Rhymes: -eɪniən

Adjective

Romanian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.
    • 2013, Gabriela Pană Dindelegan (ed.), Martin Maiden (consultant ed.), The Grammar of Romanian, Oxford University Press, page 4:
      The oldest Romanian period (also known as Common Romanian, Proto-Romanian, Primitive Romanian) is the period prior to the separation of the four Romanian dialects: a north-Danubian dialect (Daco-Romanian) and three south-Danubian dialects (Aromanian / Macedo-Romanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian).

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Romanian.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Romanian (countable and uncountable, plural Romanians)

  1. (countable) A native of Romania.
  2. (uncountable) The official language of Romania and Moldova.
  3. (countable, weightlifting slang) Romanian deadlift
    • 2010 March 24, Built, “With the big boyz...”, in IronMag Forums:
      I think there was this one Black guy in there who was practically crying.
      I swear I could hear Sir Mixalot in my head whenever I did Romanians.
    • 2015 April 15, OZ-USF-UFGator, “diract Back work: Are Deadlifts and chin ups enough”, in Starting Strength Forum:
      I did Romanians for a year and worked up to 250 for sets of 5. I couldn't take the DOMS anymore and dropped them.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Romanian.

Synonyms

Meronyms

Derived terms

  • (language) Proto-Romanian/proto-Romanian, Old Romanian

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Further reading

Finnish

Proper noun

Romanian

  1. genitive singular of Romania
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