Romanian

See also: romanian

English

Alternative forms

• Rumanian, Roumanian

Etymology

From Romania +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹəˈmeɪ.ni.ən/

• Audio (US):

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• (Michigan, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹoˈmɪ.ni.ən/
• Rhymes: -eɪniən

Adjective

Romanian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.
   • 2013, Gabriela Pană Dindelegan (ed.), Martin Maiden (consultant ed.), The Grammar of Romanian, Oxford University Press, page 4:

     The oldest Romanian period (also known as Common Romanian, Proto-Romanian, Primitive Romanian) is the period prior to the separation of the four Romanian dialects: a north-Danubian dialect (Daco-Romanian) and three south-Danubian dialects (Aromanian / Macedo-Romanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian).

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Romanian.

Derived terms

• Romanian alphabet
• Romanian Carpathian Shepherd
• Romanian deadlift
• Romanianization
• Romanianize
• Romanian Moldavia
• Romanianness
• Romanian Orthodox Church
• Romanian Sign Language

Translations

of or relating to Romania, its people, or language

• Afrikaans: Roemeens (af)
• Albanian: rumun (sq)

  Old Albanian: gogë, gogeshë

• Arabic: رُومَانِيّ (rūmāniyy)
• Armenian: ռումինական (hy) (ṙuminakan)
• Aromanian: rumãnescu, rumãn, vlãhutescu, vluhutescu
• Asturian: rumanu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: rumın
• Basque: errumaniar
• Belarusian: румы́нскі (rumýnski)
• Bengali: রোমানীয় (bn) (rōmaniẏo)
• Bulgarian: румъ́нски (rumǎ́nski), вла́шки (vláški)
• Burmese: ရူမေးနီးယား (rume:ni:ya:)
• Catalan: romanès (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞的 / 罗马尼亚的 (zh) (Luōmǎníyà de)

• Czech: rumunský (cs)
• Danish: rumænsk
• Dutch: Roemeens (nl)
• Esperanto: rumano
• Estonian: rumeenia
• French: roumain (fr)
• Gagauz: romın, румын (rumın), ромын (romın)
• Galician: romanés (gl)
• Georgian: რუმინული (ruminuli), რუმინეთის (ka) (ruminetis)
• German: rumänisch (de)
• Hawaiian: Romānia
• Hebrew: רומני (he) (romani)
• Hindi: रोमेनियन (hi) (romeniyan), रोमानियाई (romāniyāī)
• Hungarian: román (hu)
• Icelandic: rúmenskur (is)
• Italian: romeno (it), rumeno (it)
• Japanese: ルーマニアの (ja) (Rūmania no)
• Kazakh: румыниялық (rumyniälyq), румын (rumyn)
• Khmer: រូម៉ានី (ruumaanii)
• Korean: 루마니아의 (ko) (rumaniaui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی (romanî)

  Northern Kurdish: rûmenî, romanî (ku), romanyayî (ku)

• Lao: ລູມານີ (lo) (lū mā nī)
• Latvian: rumāņu, rumānisks
• Lithuanian: rumuniškas
• Macedonian: романски (romanski)
• Malay: Romania (ms)
• Marathi: रोमेनियन (romeniyan)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: румын (rumyn)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rumensk (no)

  Nynorsk: rumensk (nn)

• Occitan: romanés (oc)
• Pashto: رومانیایي
• Persian: رومانیایی (fa) (româniyâyi)
• Polish: rumuński (pl)
• Portuguese: romeno (pt)
• Romani: rumunicko
• Romanian: român (ro), românesc (ro)
• Russian: румы́нский (ru) (rumýnskij)
• Scots: Romanian, Roumanian, Roumains
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: румунски

  Roman: rumunski (sh)

• Slovak: rumunský (sk)
• Slovene: romúnski (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: rumunski (hsb)

• Spanish: rumano (es)
• Swedish: rumänsk (sv)
• Tajik: румынӣ (rumyni), румын (rumyn)
• Tatar: румын (tt) (rumın)
• Thai: โรมาเนีย (th) (roo-maa-niia)
• Turkish: Rumen (tr)
• Turkmen: rumyn
• Ukrainian: руму́нський (uk) (rumúnsʹkyj)
• Uyghur: رومان (roman)
• Uzbek: rumin (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ru-ma-ni
• Yiddish: רומעניש (yi) (rumenish)

Noun

Romanian (countable and uncountable, plural Romanians)

1. (countable) A native of Romania.
3. (uncountable) The official language of Romania and Moldova.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Romanian.
4. (countable, weightlifting, slang) Ellipsis of Romanian deadlift.
   • 2010 March 24, Built, “With the big boyz...”, in IronMag Forums‎^[1]:

     I think there was this one Black guy in there who was practically crying.
     I swear I could hear Sir Mixalot in my head whenever I did Romanians.

   • 2015 April 15, OZ-USF-UFGator, “diract Back work: Are Deadlifts and chin ups enough”, in Starting Strength Forum‎^[2]:

     I did Romanians for a year and worked up to 250 for sets of 5. I couldn't take the DOMS anymore and dropped them.

Synonyms

• (language) Wallachian; Daco-Romanian

Meronyms

• (language) Moldovan, Moldovian

Derived terms

• (language) Proto-Romanian/proto-Romanian, Old Romanian

Translations

native of Romania

• Afrikaans: Roemeen, Roemeniër
• Albanian: rumun (sq) m, rumune f
• Arabic: رُومَانِيّ m (rūmāniyy), رُومَانِيَّة (ar) f (rūmāniyya)
• Armenian: ռումինացի (ṙuminacʻi)
• Aromanian: rumãn m, vlãhut m, vluhut m, mucan m, rumãnã f, vlãhutã f, vluhutã, mucanã f
• Azerbaijani: rumın
• Basque: errumaniar
• Belarusian: румы́н m (rumýn), румы́нка f (rumýnka)
• Bulgarian: румъ́нец (bg) m (rumǎ́nec), румъ́нка f (rumǎ́nka), влах (bg) m (vlah), влахи́ня f (vlahínja)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Руму́н m (Rumún), Руму́нка f (Rumúnka)
• Catalan: romanès (ca) m, romanesa (ca) f

  Valencian: romanés (ca) m, romanesa (ca) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞人 / 罗马尼亚人 (Luōmǎníyà rén)

• Crimean Tatar: rumın
• Czech: Rumun (cs) m, Rumunka (cs) f
• Danish: rumæner (da) c
• Dutch: Roemeen (nl) m, Roemeense (nl) f
• Esperanto: rumano (man or woman), rumanino (woman)
• Estonian: rumeenlane
• Finnish: romanialainen (fi)
• French: Roumain (fr) m, Roumaine (fr) f
• Gagauz: romın, ромын m (romın)
• Galician: romanés (gl) m, romanesa f
• Georgian: რუმინელი (rumineli)
• German: Rumäne (de) m, Rumänin (de) f
• Greek: Ρουμάνος (el) m (Roumános), Ρουμάνα (el) f (Roumána)
• Hawaiian: Romānia
• Hebrew: רומני (he) m (romani), רומנית (he) f (romanít)
• Hindi: रोमेनियन (hi) (romeniyan), रोमानियाई (romāniyāī)
• Hungarian: román (hu)
• Icelandic: Rúmeni m
• Italian: romeno (it) m, romena (it) f, rumeno (it) m, rumena f
• Japanese: ルーマニア人 (ja) (Rūmania-jin)
• Kazakh: румыниялық (rumyniälyq), румын (rumyn)
• Korean: 루마니아인 (ko) (rumaniain), 루마니아 사람 (rumania saram)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی (romanî)

• Kyrgyz: румын (rumın)
• Latvian: rumānis m, rumāniete f
• Lithuanian: rumunas (lt) m, rumunė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Романец m (Romanec), Романка f (Romanka)
• Maltese: Rumen m
• Marathi: रोमेनियन (romeniyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rumener (no) m

  Nynorsk: rumen (nn) m, rumenar (nn) m

• Occitan: romanés (oc) m
• Persian: رومانیایی (fa) (româniyâyi)
• Polish: Rumun (pl) m, Rumunka (pl) f
• Portuguese: romeno (pt) m, romena f
• Romani: rumuno m, rumunojka f
• Romanian: român (ro) m, româncă (ro) f, română (ro) f
• Russian: румы́н (ru) m (rumýn), румы́нка (ru) f (rumýnka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Rumunj (sh) m, Rumunjka f

• Slovak: Rumun m, Rumunka (sk) f
• Slovene: Romún (sl) m, Romúnka f
• Spanish: rumano (es) m, rumana (es) f
• Swedish: rumän (sv) m, rumänska (sv) f
• Tajik: румын (rumyn)
• Tatar: румын (tt) (rumın)
• Turkish: Rumen (tr), Romanyalı (tr)
• Turkmen: rumyn
• Ukrainian: руму́н (uk) m (rumún), руму́нка f (rumúnka)
• Uyghur: رومان (roman)
• Uzbek: rumin (uz)
• Yiddish: רומענער m (rumener)

official language of Romania

• Afrikaans: Roemeens (af)
• Albanian: rumanisht (sq) (adverb), rumanishte (sq), rumunisht (adverb), rumunishte, gjuha rumune f
• Arabic: رُومَانِيَّة (ar) f (rūmāniyya)
• Armenian: ռումիներեն (hy) (ṙumineren)
• Aromanian: limba rumãneascã f, rumãnã f, limba rumãnã f, rumãneashti (adverb), limba vlãhuteascã f, limba vluhuteascã f, vlãhuteashti, vluhuteashti (adverbs)
• Basque: errumaniera (eu)
• Belarusian: румы́нская мо́ва f (rumýnskaja móva), румы́нская f (rumýnskaja)
• Bulgarian: румънски m (rumǎnski)
• Catalan: romanès (ca) m

  Valencian: romanés (ca) m

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞語 / 罗马尼亚语 (zh) (Luōmǎníyà-yǔ)

• Crimean Tatar: romenşe, kazakşa
• Czech: rumunština (cs) f
• Danish: rumænsk
• Dutch: Roemeens (nl) n
• Estonian: rumeenia
• Faroese: rumenskt (fo) n
• Finnish: romania (fi)
• French: roumain (fr) m
• Gagauz: romınca, ромынӂа, ромынӂа (romınca)
• Galician: romanés (gl) m
• Georgian: რუმინული (ruminuli), რუმინული ენა (ruminuli ena)
• German: Rumänisch (de) n
• Greek: ρουμάνικα (el) n pl (roumánika), ρουμανικά (el) n pl (roumaniká)
• Hebrew: רומנית (he) f (romanít)
• Hindi: रोमानियाई f (romāniyāī), रोमेनियन (hi) f (romeniyan)
• Hungarian: román (hu)
• Icelandic: rúmenska (is) f
• Indonesian: bahasa Rumania
• Italian: romeno (it) m, rumeno (it) m
• Japanese: ルーマニア語 (ja) (Rūmania-go)
• Korean: 루마니아어 (ko) (Rumania'eo)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی (romanî)

• Latvian: rumāņu, rumāņu valoda f
• Limburgish: Remieënsj n
• Lithuanian: rumunų (lt)
• Macedonian: рома́нски m (románski)
• Malay: bahasa Romania
• Marathi: रोमेनियन f (romeniyan)
• Navajo: Wooméin bizaad
• Norman: roumain m, rouoman m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rumensk (no) m

  Nynorsk: rumensk (nn) m

• Persian: رومانیایی (fa) (româniyâyi)
• Polish: rumuński (pl) m
• Portuguese: romeno (pt) m
• Romani: rumunicko
• Romanian: română (ro) f, limba română f, limba românească f, românește (ro) (adverb)
• Russian: румы́нский (ru) m (rumýnskij)
• Scots: Romanian
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: румунски m, румуњски m

  Roman: rumunski (sh) m, rumunjski (sh) m

• Slovak: rumunčina (sk) f
• Slovene: romúnščina (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: rumunšćina (hsb) f

• Spanish: rumano (es) m
• Swedish: rumänska (sv) c
• Tajik: руминӣ (tg) (rumini)
• Thai: ภาษาโรมาเนีย (th) (paasăa rohmaania)
• Tigrinya: ሮማኒያን (romaniyan)
• Turkish: Rumence (tr)
• Ukrainian: руму́нська (uk) f (rumúnsʹka)
• Urdu: رومانیائی f (romāniyāī)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Romania
• Volapük: Rumänapük (vo)
• Yiddish: רומעניש (yi) n (rumenish)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Romanian terms
• Appendix:Romanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Romanian
• Aromanian = Macedo-Romanian
• Daco-Romanian
• Istro-Romanian
• Megleno-Romanian
• Moldavian
• Vlach

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Romanian, ron ⁠
• ISO 639-1 code ro, ISO 639-3 code ron (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Aromanian, rup ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Megleno-Romanian, ruq ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Istro-Romanian, ruo ⁠

Finnish

Proper noun

Romanian

1. genitive singular of Romania