român

See also: roman, Roman, román, Román, róman, and Rómán

Romanian

Alternative forms

rumân, rumîn — obsolete
ромын (romîn) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rōmānus. The variant rumân also meant peasant, or a serf who worked the land (in feudal medieval Wallachia). In popular speech, it also had the meaning of a husband or man in general, but this is now archaic. Doublet of roman, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /roˈmɨn/
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Adjective

român m or n (feminine singular română, masculine plural români, feminine and neuter plural române)

Romanian
Synonym: românesc

Declension

Declension of român

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	român		română	români	române
nominative/ accusative	definite	românul		româna	românii	românele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	român		române	români	române
genitive/ dative	definite	românului		românei	românelor	românelor

Derived terms

Noun

român m (plural români, feminine equivalent româncă)

Romanian man

Declension

Declension of român

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) român	românul	(niște) români	românii
genitive/dative	(unui) român	românului	(unor) români	românilor
vocative	române		românilor

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