Roman
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: architecture
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Etymology: From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. By surface analysis, Rom(e) + -an. Doublet of Romano. Displaced native Romish.
* In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos).
Inflected forms:
form: more Roman
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most Roman
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: Romans
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Of or from Rome.
pos: adj
gloss: Of or from the Roman Empire.
pos: adj
tags: historical
gloss: Of or from the Byzantine Empire.
pos: adj
tags: historical
gloss: Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.
pos: adj
examples: "Yes, I feel that I ought; and with me, to feel that I ought to do a thing, is to do it!" added he, looking quite Roman with excess of virtue.
gloss: Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.
pos: adj
gloss: Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.
pos: adj
tags: colloquial
examples: You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one.
gloss: A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.)
pos: adj
gloss: Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
pos: adj
gloss: Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.
pos: adj
gloss: A native or resident of Rome.
pos: noun
gloss: A native or resident of the Roman Empire.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A native or resident of the Byzantine Empire.
pos: noun
tags: historical
examples: Kars was the capital of the small Armenian kingdom of Vanand, ruled by Gagik (the same name as the sovereign of Ani) from 1029 to 1064, when he surrendered his kingdom to the Romans. In 1053 it was taken by the Seljoukids, probably under the command of Qutlumus...
gloss: The Roman script.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents.
gloss: A single letter or character in Roman type.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A Roman Catholic.
pos: noun
tags: dated
examples: ‘Is it like―I don’t know―Catholicism? One only spots the other Romans when one’s practised it oneself?’
Synonyms: Rhomaian
Romaean
Romaic
Related words: Romaean
Derived words: Gallo-Roman
Greco-Roman
non-Roman
philoroman
pre-Roman
pre-Romanesque
Roman Bridge
Roman Britain
Roman candle
Roman Catholic
Roman charity
Romandom
Roman-Dutch law
Roman Empire
Romanesque
Roman font
Roman gallon
Romanhood
Romanish
Romanism
Romanist
Romanistics
romanize
romanji
Roman Kingdom
Romanly
Romanness
Roman numeraled
Roman numeral
roman numeral
Romano-
Roman River
Roman road
Roman snail
Roman surface
Times New Roman
when in Rome, do as the Romans do
Translations:
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 羅馬 /罗马
roman: Luómǎ
lang: Finnish
word: latinalainen
lang: German
word: lateinisch
lang: Greek
word: λατινικός
roman: latinikós
lang: Hebrew
word: לָטִינִי
roman: latíni
lang: Hindi
word: रोमक
roman: romak
lang: Hindi
word: रोमन
roman: roman
lang: Japanese
word: ローマの
roman: Rōma no
lang: Korean
word: 로마
lang: Marathi
word: रोमन
roman: roman
lang: Old Church Slavonic
word: римьскъ
roman: rimĭskŭ
lang: Portuguese
word: romano
lang: Russian
word: лати́нский
roman: latínskij
lang: Russian
word: ри́мский
roman: rímskij
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: Ròmanach