rom

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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]

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:
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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]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

From English rum.

Noun[edit]

rom m (definite singular rommen)

  1. rum (alcoholic beverage)
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

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]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English rum.

Noun[edit]

rom m (definite singular rommen)

  1. rum (alcoholic beverage)
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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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