Rom

See also: ROM, Rom., Róm, rom, ròm, róm, røm, rơm, rởm, rớm, and řom

English

A Rom (Romani) musician in the Czech Republic.

Etymology 1

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

  • (UK), enPR: rōm, IPA(key): /ɹəʊm/
  • (US), enPR: rōm, IPA(key): /ɹoʊm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊm
  • Homophones: roam, Rome

Proper noun

Rom

  1. The ethnic designation used by the Romani people from Eastern Europe.
  2. (rare) The Romani language.
Translations

Noun

Rom (plural Roms or Roma)

  1. A member of the Romani people.
  2. (in particular) A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.
Synonyms

(member):

Hyponyms

(member): Sinto, Romanichal

Translations

Adjective

Rom (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people.
Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from Romford.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: rom, IPA(key): /ɹɒm/
  • Rhymes: -ɒm

Proper noun

Rom

  1. A short river in Greater London which flows into the River Thames.

See also

Anagrams

Cebuano

Proper noun

Rom

  1. a surname

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrom]

Noun

Rom m anim (feminine Romka)

  1. a Roma
    Synonym: Cikán

Usage notes

  • 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

Derived terms

Danish

Proper noun

Rom

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

Rom m (plural Roms or Roma)

  1. (often in the plural) Rom (member of the Roma people), Romani
    Synonym: (sometimes offensive) zigeuner

French

Noun

Rom m (plural Roms)

  1. a Roma

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German Rōme, from Old High German Rōma, a relatinisation of Rūma, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁoːm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oːm

Proper noun

Rom n (proper noun, genitive Roms or (optionally with an article) Rom, plural (rare) Rom or Roms)

  1. Rome
    1. The capital city of Italy
    2. A former province of Italy
    3. The Italian government
    4. The Holy See, Vatican
    5. (historical) The Roman empire
    6. (historical, usually specified as Ostrom etc.) Constantinople, Byzantium
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Romani rrom (Romani man); see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔm/, /ʁoːm/

Noun

Rom m (strong, genitive Roms, plural Roma, feminine Romni)

  1. (often in the plural) Rom (member of the Roma people), Romani
    Synonym: (sometimes offensive) Zigeuner
    Hyponym: Sinto
Declension

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Rom

  1. Alternative form of Roma: Rome (the capital city of Italy)

Derived terms

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /roːm/

Proper noun

Rōm f

  1. Rome

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: Rome
    • English: Rome
    • Scots: Roum, Rome

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani rrom, probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɔm/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔm
  • Syllabification: Rom

Noun

Rom m pers (female equivalent Romka)

  1. Romani
    Synonym: Cygan

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • Rom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Rom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Saterland Frisian

n Rom.

Etymology

From Old Frisian *ram, from Proto-Germanic *rammaz. Cognates include West Frisian raam and German Ramme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔm/
  • Hyphenation: Rom

Noun

Rom m

  1. ram (male sheep)

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Rom”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rôːm/

Proper noun

Rȏm m (Cyrillic spelling Ро̑м)

  1. Rom (male Romani person)

Declension

Derived terms

Swedish

Proper noun

Rom n (genitive Roms)

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)

See also

  • Romarriket
  • romanskt språk

Anagrams

Volapük

Proper noun

Rom

  1. Rome (the capital city of Italy)
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