Meaning

9 senses

  1. Of or from Rome.

    römisch

    ри́мскийrímskij

    ри́мськийrýmsʹkyj

    of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome)

  2. (historical)Of or from the Roman Empire.

    römisch

    ри́мскийrímskij

    ри́мськийrýmsʹkyj

  3. (historical)Of or from the Byzantine Empire.

  4. Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.

  5. Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.

    of or relating to or supporting Romanism

  6. (colloquial)Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.

    You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one.

  7. A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.)

  8. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.

    katholisch, römisch-katholisch

    римо-като́лицькийrymo-katólycʹkyj

  9. Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.

Examples

358 sentences

  1. I'm looking for books on Roman history.

    Я шукаю книги з історії Риму. — mutternoise

    ruЯ ищу книги по истории Рима. — afyodor

    deIch suche Bücher über die Geschichte Roms. — Sudajaengi

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  2. The bridge was built by the Romans.

    Міст був побудований римлянами. — aandrusiak

    ruМост был построен римлянами. — odexed

    deDie Brücke wurde von den Römern erbaut. — Vortarulo

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  3. Romans, go home!

    Римляни, ідіть додому! — Balamax

    ruРимляне, идите вы домой! — FeuDRenais

    deRömer, geht nach Hause! — samueldora

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  4. The Romans persecuted Christians.

    Римляни переслідували християн. — deniko

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  5. I was deeply impressed by Roman architecture.

    ruРимская архитектура произвела на меня сильное впечатление. — Wezel

    deRömische Architektur hat mich tief beeindruckt. — VOsakosa

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
of or from Rome:
Roman Catholic:
Русский
By meaning 1
of Western character set:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
of Western character set:
of or from Rome:
Roman Catholic:

Origin

From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. By surface analysis, Rom(e) + -an. Doublet of

From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. By surface analysis, Rom(e) + -an. Doublet of Romano. Displaced native Romish.

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Forms

more Roman, most Roman
Comparativemore Roman Lesson
Superlativemost Roman Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
RhomaianRomaeanRomaic
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Derivedphiloromanromanizeroman numeral

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rollerbladerollercoasterromajiromanceA2romanizeromanticA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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