roman

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  • enPR: rōmən, IPA: /ˈrəʊmən/, SAMPA: /"r@Um@n/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧man

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roman (not comparable)

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

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roman

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

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roman

  1. novel, epic
  2. Romanian

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roman m. (plural romans)

  1. novel (work of fiction)

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[edit] French

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[edit] Etymology 1

In the 19th century, borrowed from Latin Latin romanus.[1]

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roman m. (f. romane, m. plural romans, f. plural romanes)

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

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From Old French romanz (common language (as opposed to Latin)), from Vulgar Latin *romanicē (in the way of the Romans (as opposed to the Franks)).[2]. The meaning “common language” changed into “book in common language” and then into “adventure novel”.[1]

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roman m. (plural romans)

  1. novel (work of fiction)
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[edit] References

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

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roman m.

  1. novel (work of fiction)

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[edit] Etymology 1

From French roman, "novel, epic"

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roman n. (plural romane)

  1. novel, epic (work of fiction)

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French roman, "a medieval romance".

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roman n. (plural romane)

  1. Medieval romance
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Borrowed from Latin romanus.

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roman m. (plural romani)

  1. Roman
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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA: /rǒmaːn/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧man

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From French roman.

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ròmān m. (Cyrillic spelling ро̀ма̄н)

  1. novel (work of fiction)

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[edit] Slovene

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roman m.

  1. novel (work of prose fiction)


This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at novel. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see roman in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) May 2008


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roman c.

  1. a novel (a work of fiction)

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[edit] Turkish

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From French roman.

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  • IPA: /ɾomán/

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roman (definite accusative romanı, plural romanlar)

  1. novel

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