romer

See also: Romer, Römer, and rom'er

Catalan

FWOTD – 22 November 2019

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ruˈme̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [roˈme]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ruˈme]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [roˈmeɾ]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Etymology 1

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *rōmārius, a noun based on rōs (“dew”) + maris (“of the sea”), equivalent of Latin rōsmarīnus. Compare Spanish romero.

Noun

romer m (plural romers)

1. (Western) rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)

   Synonym: romaní

   • 1997, Andreu Carranza Font, Llibre de les set xibeques: La riuada, page 39:

     A l'atmosfera suraven fils d'humitat que es barrejaven amb els perfums silvestres de l'espígol i el romer.

     In the atmosphere floated threads of moisture that mixed with the wild perfumes of lavender and rosemary.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from romeu.

Noun

romer m (plural romers, feminine romera, feminine plural romeres)

1. (religion, Western) pilgrim

   Synonyms: pelegrí, romeu

Derived terms

• romeria

Further reading

• “romer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “romer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “romer”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Danish

Etymology

From Rom (“city of Rome”) +‎ -er. Probably borrowed from Middle Low German romer, cf. German Römer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁoˀmɐ]

Noun

romer c (singular definite romeren, plural indefinite romere)

1. a Roman (a person the Roman Empire)
2. a Roman (a person from the city of Rome)

Declension

Declension of romer

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	romer	romeren	romere	romerne
genitive	romers	romerens	romeres	romernes

Derived terms

• Romerriget
• romertal
• romervej
• romertid

Further reading

• “romer” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

romer m (definite singular romeren, indefinite plural romere, definite plural romerne)

1. a Roman (native or resident of the Roman Empire)
2. a Roman (native or resident of the city of Rome)

Derived terms

• Romerriket
• romertall
• romertid
• romervei

See also

• romar (Nynorsk)

Further reading

• “romer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

romer

1. indefinite plural of rom