Rom
English
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Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]- (UK) enPR: rōm, IPA(key): /ɹəʊm/
- (US) enPR: rōm, IPA(key): /ɹoʊm/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊm
- Homophones: roam, Rome
Proper noun
[edit]Rom
Translations
[edit]Noun
[edit]- 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
[edit](member):
Hyponyms
[edit](member): Sinto, Romanichal
Translations
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Adjective
[edit]Rom (not comparable)
Translations
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from Romford.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rom
- A short river in Greater London which flows into the River Thames.
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rom
- a surname
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Rom m anim (female equivalent Romka)
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rom
- Rome (the capital city of Italy)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]- (often in the plural) Rom (member of the Roma people), Romani
- Synonym: (sometimes offensive) zigeuner
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]Rom m (plural Roms)
- a Roma
German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German Rōme, from Old High German Rōma, a relatinisation of Rūma, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rom n (proper noun, genitive Roms or (optionally with an article) Rom, plural (rare) Rom or Roms)
- Rome
- The capital city of Italy
- A former province of Italy
- The Italian government
- The Holy See, Vatican
- (historical) The Roman empire
- (historical, usually specified as Ostrom etc.) Constantinople, Byzantium
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Romani rrom (“Romani man”); see there for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Rom m (strong, genitive Roms, plural Roma, feminine Romni)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Rom (Stadt)” in Duden online
- “Rom (Volksgruppe)” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rom
- Alternative form of Roma: Rome (the capital city of Italy)
Derived terms
[edit]Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rōm f
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Romani rrom, probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Rom m pers (female equivalent Romka)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Rom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Rom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Saterland Frisian
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Etymology
[edit]From Old Frisian *ram, from Proto-Germanic *rammaz. Cognates include West Frisian raam and German Ramme.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Rom m
- ram (male sheep)
Hypernyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Marron C. Fort (2015) “Rom”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rȏm m (Cyrillic spelling Ро̑м)
- Rom (male Romani person)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rom n (genitive Roms)
- Rome (the capital city of Italy)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Volapük
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Rom
- Rome (the capital city of Italy)
- English terms borrowed from Romani
- English terms derived from Romani
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/əʊm
- Rhymes:English/əʊm/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with rare senses
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English back-formations
- Rhymes:English/ɒm
- Rhymes:English/ɒm/1 syllable
- en:Rivers in Greater London, England
- en:Rivers in England
- en:Places in Greater London, England
- en:Places in England
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano surnames
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- Czech animate nouns
- Czech masculine animate nouns
- Czech hard masculine animate nouns
- cs:People
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Rome
- da:Cities in Italy
- da:National capitals
- da:Places in Italy
- Danish exonyms
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch irregular nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- Rhymes:German/oːm
- Rhymes:German/oːm/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Cities in Italy
- de:National capitals
- de:Places in Italy
- de:Historical political subdivisions
- German terms with historical senses
- German terms derived from Romani
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Demonyms
- German exonyms
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Rome
- nb:Cities in Italy
- nb:National capitals
- nb:Places in Italy
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Latin
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English proper nouns
- Old English feminine nouns
- Old English ō-stem nouns
- ang:Rome
- Polish terms borrowed from Romani
- Polish terms derived from Romani
- Polish terms derived from Sanskrit
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔm
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔm/1 syllable
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- pl:Male people
- pl:Nationalities
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian
- Saterland Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Saterland Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Saterland Frisian lemmas
- Saterland Frisian nouns
- Saterland Frisian masculine nouns
- stq:Male animals
- stq:Sheep
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Ethnonyms
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Rome
- sv:Cities in Italy
- sv:National capitals
- sv:Places in Italy
- Volapük lemmas
- Volapük proper nouns
- vo:Rome
- vo:Cities in Italy
- vo:National capitals
- vo:Places in Italy