# Romanian
## English
### Alternative forms

* Rumanian, Roumanian

### Etymology

From Romania +‎ -an.

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

Romanian (not comparable)
* 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).
** 2025 March 11, Irina Marica, “Călin Georgescu barred from presidential race as Romanian Constitutional Court rejects appeal”, in Romania Insider‎:The leader of far-right opposition party AUR, George Simion, who has been backing Georgescu in his presidential bid, was among the first to react to CCR's decision. In a post on X, he said, "What a disgrace! Once again, the Constitutional Court is mocking the Romanian people, is attacking our democracy and our essential rights & freedoms. We stand with Călin Georgescu!”

#### Quotations

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

#### Derived terms

* Romanian alphabet
* Romanian Carpathian Shepherd
* Romanian deadlift
* Romanianization
* Romanianize
* Romanian Moldavia
* Romanianness
* Romanian Orthodox Church
* Romanian Sign Language

#### Translations
### Noun

Romanian (countable and uncountable, plural Romanians)
* (countable) A native of Romania.
* (uncountable) The official language of Romania and Moldova.
** 2025 March 11, Irina Marica, “Călin Georgescu barred from presidential race as Romanian Constitutional Court rejects appeal”, in Romania Insider‎:USR leader Elena Lasconi, who was supposed to face Georgescu in the second round of the 2024 presidential elections and is expected to run again this year, also reacted to the news, saying, “I hope the CCR's decision is just a first step. […] Romanians need to regain their trust in institutions!”
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Romanian.
* (countable, weightlifting, slang) Ellipsis of 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.

#### Synonyms

* (language) Wallachian; Daco-Romanian

#### Meronyms

* (language) Moldovan, Moldovian

#### Derived terms

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

#### Translations
### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Romanian terms
* Appendix:Romanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Romanian
* Aromanian = Macedo-Romanian
* Daco-Romanian
* Istro-Romanian
* Megleno-Romanian
* Moldavian
* Vlach

### Further reading

* Ethnologue entry for Romanian, ron ⁠
* ISO 639-1 code ro, ISO 639-3 code ron (SIL)
* Ethnologue entry for Aromanian, rup ⁠
* Ethnologue entry for Megleno-Romanian, ruq ⁠
* Ethnologue entry for Istro-Romanian, ruo ⁠

## Finnish
### Proper noun

Romanian
* genitive singular of Romania