Rom
Rom · Roms · Roma
циган, ром, циганка
рома, ром, цыган, цыганка
Rom, Roma, Zigeuner, Sinti und Roma
A member of the Romani peopleA member of the Romani people.
UK/ɹəʊm/US/ɹoʊm/
» Romania is called "România" in Romanian.
Meaning
2 sensesA member of the Romani people.
Zigeuner, Zigeunerin, Rom
ро́маróma, рома́лromál, рома́лкаromálka
ромrom, цига́нcyhán, цига́нкаcyhánka
A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.
More definitions
- (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed
Examples
3 sentencesRomania is called "România" in Romanian.
You need to decrypt the ROM yourself.
Tom was fined for illegal downloading of ROMs.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
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a member of the Romani people:
Русский
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a member of the Romani people:
Deutsch
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a member of the Romani people:
Origin
From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of aFrom Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a caste of itinerant musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom.
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Forms
plural: Roms / RomaSynonyms
7 synonymsself-designations:Romani
Close in meaning
- (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed:read-only memoryread-only storagefixed storage
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular