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See also: ROM, Rom., Róm, rom, ròm, róm, røm, rơm, rởm, rớm, and řom

English

A **Rom** (Romani) musician in the Czech Republic.

Etymology 1

From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma.

The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information.

Not related to Romanian or Roman.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -əʊm
Homophones: roam, Rome

Proper noun

Rom

The ethnic designation used by the Romani people from Eastern Europe.
(rare) The Romani language.

Translations

language — see Romani

Noun

Rom (plural Roms or Roma)

A member of the Romani people.
(in particular) A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.

Synonyms

(member):

(self-designations) Romani, Roma
(sometimes offensive) Gypsy, gypsy; tzigane

Hyponyms

(member): Sinto, Romanichal

Translations

a member of the Romani people

Albanian: cigan (sq) m, evgjit (sq) m
Arabic: رُومَانِيّ m (rūmāniyy); غَجَرِيّ m (ḡajariyy), غَجَر (ar) (ḡajar)
Egyptian Arabic: غجرى m (ḡagarī), نورى m (nūrī)
Armenian: գնչու (hy) (gnčʻu), գնչուհի (hy) (gnčʻuhi)
Azerbaijani: qaraçı
Basque: ijito
Belarusian: ром m (rom); цыга́н m (cyhán), цыга́нка f (cyhánka)
Caló: calorró m, calorrí f, zincaló m, zincallí f
Catalan: gitano (ca) m, bomià m (obsolete)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅姆人／罗姆人 (zh) (Luómǔrén); 吉普賽人／吉普赛人 (zh) (Jípǔsài-rén)
Czech: Rom (cs) m; Cikán m, Cikánka f
Danish: roma c, romani c; sigøjner
Dutch: zigeuner (nl) m, zigeunerin (nl) f
Esperanto: cigano, roŭmo, romao
Estonian: mustlane
Faroese: romi m; sigoyni m
Finnish: mustalainen (fi), romani (fi)
French: Rom (fr) m, Rrom (fr) m; bohémien (fr) m, gitan (fr) m, tsigane (fr) m or f
Georgian: ბოშა (boša)
German: Zigeuner (de) m, Zigeunerin (de) f (female); Rom (de) m, Roma m pl (in plural), Romni (de) f (female); Sinti und Roma pl (in plural), Roma und Sinti pl (in plural)
Greek: Ρομ (el) m (Rom)
Hebrew: צועני m (tzo'ani)
Hindi: रोमा (romā); जिप्सी (hi) (jipsī)
Hungarian: roma (hu); cigány (hu)
Icelandic: Rómafólk pl, Rómanir pl; Sígauni m
Italian: zingaro (it) m, zingara (it) f
Japanese: ロム (Romu), ロマ (Roma); ジプシー (Jipushī)
Kazakh: сыған (syğan)
Korean: 롬 (Rom); 집시 (Jipsi)
Latin: cingarus
Latvian: čigāns m
Lithuanian: čigonas (lt) m, čigonė m
Macedonian: Ром m (Rom); Циган m (Cigan)
Maltese: żingari m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sigøyner m, sigøynerske f

Nynorsk: sigøynar m, sigøynerske f
Persian: کولی (fa) (kowli)
Plautdietsch: Ziejoon m
Polish: Cygan (pl) m, Cyganka (pl) f, Rom (pl) m, Romka (pl) f
Portuguese: români (pt) m or f, romani (pt) m or f; cigano (pt) m, cigana f
Romani: rrom m, rromni f
Romanian: rom (ro) m; țigan (ro) m
Russian: ро́ма (ru) m or f (róma), рома́л m (romál), рома́лка f (romálka); ром (ru) m (rom) (uncommon); цыга́н (ru) m (cygán), цыга́нка (ru) f (cygánka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ром m, Ромкиња f; Циган m, Циганка f

Roman: Rom m, Romkinja f; Cigan m, Ciganka (sh) f
Sicilian: Gitani
Slovak: Róm m, Rómka f; Cigán m, Cigánka f
Slovene: Rom m; cigan m, ciganka f
Spanish: gitano (es) m, gitana (es) f
Swedish: rom (sv); zigenare (sv), zigenerska
Turkish: Roman (tr); Çingene (tr)
Ukrainian: ром m (rom); цига́н m (cyhán), цига́нка f (cyhánka)
Vietnamese: người Di-gan, người Xư-gan, người Bô-hê-miên
Volapük: (♂♀) zigan (vo), (♂) hizigan, (♀) jizigan, (older term) cipsan
Walloon: djupsyin (wa) m, djupsyinne (wa) f, bowemyin (wa) m, bowemyinne (wa) f
Yiddish: ראָמ m (rom), ראָמני f (romni)

a male member of the Romani people

Adjective

Rom (not comparable)

(rare) Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.

Translations

Romani — see Romani

Etymology 2

River Rom on Wikipedia

Back-formation from Romford.

Pronunciation

enPR: rom, IPA^(key): /ɹɒm/
Rhymes: -ɒm

Proper noun

Rom

A short river in Greater London which flows into the River Thames.

Anagrams

MOR, MRO, Mor, Mor., O/RM, OMR, ORM, RMO

Cebuano

Proper noun

Rom

a surname

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈrom]

Noun

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a Roma
Synonym: Cikán

Usage notes

The term Cikán is often intentionally derogatory and is therefore considered racist by many. Consequently, careful speakers use this term instead. Cikán is still the prevailing term in informal Czech and in historical usage, however.

Derived terms

Danish

Proper noun

Rom

Rome (the capital city of Italy)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

Rom m (plural Roms or Roma)

(often in the plural) Rom (member of the Roma people), Romani
Synonym: (sometimes offensive) zigeuner

French

Noun

Rom m (plural Roms)

a Roma