rom

Clipping of English Romani or abbreviation of Romani rromani ćhib.

rom

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Romani.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Romani terms

rom (not comparable)

1. (proofreading) Abbreviation of roman.

• romcom, rom-com, rom com

• MOR, MRO, Mor, Mor., O/RM, OMR, ORM, RMO

rom

1. belly

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

• rommi, rowm, rum

Inherited from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba).

rom

1. Romani man
2. husband
3. bridegroom

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *zaʀum. Cognate with Paiwan djaum, Puyuma daum, Thao lhalhum.

rom

1. needle

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈrom]

Inherited from Latin rhombus (“flatfish”).

rom m (plural roms)

1. brill (Scophthalmus rhombus)

   Synonym: rèmol

Borrowed from English rum.

rom m (plural roms)

1. rum

• “rom”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• (Revived Middle Cornish) roum

rom m (plural romys)

1. (Revived Late Cornish) room (in a house)

   Synonym: stevel

• IPA^(key): /rɔm/, [ʁʌmˀ]

rom c (singular definite rommen, not used in plural form)

1. rum

rom c (singular definite rommen or rom'en, plural indefinite rommer or rom'er)

1. ROM, read-only memory

Borrowed from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba).

rom (plural roms)

1. Roma

Back-formation from romlik, created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrom]
• Hyphenation: rom
• Rhymes: -om

rom (plural romok)

1. ruin

• rom in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

rom

1. belly

• Barry Alpher, Connecting Thaypanic, in Land and Language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete, Diane Hafner

rom

1. alternative form of ram

From English rum.

rom m (definite singular rommen)

1. rum (alcoholic beverage)

From Old Norse rúm.

rom n (definite singular rommet, indefinite plural rom, definite plural romma or rommene)

1. room (space, part of a building)
2. space (room)
3. space or outer space (void outside the earth's atmosphere)

rom

1. imperative of romme

• “rom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /rʊmː/

From English rum.

rom m (definite singular rommen)

1. rum (alcoholic beverage)

From Old Norse rúm. Akin to English room.

rom n (definite singular rommet, indefinite plural rom, definite plural romma)

1. room (space, part of a building)
2. space (room)
3. space or outer space (void outside the earth's atmosphere)

• “rom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba).

• Hyphenation: rom

rom (invariable)

1. Romani (of or relating to the Roma people)

   Synonyms: cigano, roma

rom m (plural rons or roms)

1. a member of the Romani people

rom m anim (plural roma)

1. alternative form of rrom (“Romani man; husband”)

• IPA^(key): [rom]

Borrowed from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba).

rom m (plural romi, feminine equivalent romă)

1. a Romani person, a Rom

   Synonym: (offensive) țigan

Borrowed from French rhum or German Rum.

rom n (plural romuri)

1. rum

From Latin rāmus.

• ram (Puter)

rom m (plural roms)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) branch (of tree, river, etc.)

   Synonym: (Puter) manzina

2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader, education) subject

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• ram (Puter)
• rama (Sursilvan)

rom m (plural roms)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) frame, framework

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• ram (Puter)

rom f (plural roms)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) knot, gnarl

From Old Swedish rughn, romn, from Old Norse hrogn, from Proto-Germanic *hrugnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krek- (“frogspawn”); cognate with Danish and Norwegian rogn, Icelandic hrogn, German Rogen, and English roe.

• IPA^(key): /rɔm/
• IPA^(key): /rʊm/
  • Homophone: Rom
• Rhymes: -ɔm, -ʊm

rom c

1. roe (egg of fish)

   Antonym: mjölke

From English rum. Cognate with Danish rom, Dutch and German rum.

• IPA^(key): /rɔm/
• IPA^(key): /rʊm/
  • Homophone: Rom
• Rhymes: -ɔm, -ʊm

rom c

1. rum (beverage)

   Synonym: sockerrörsbrännvin

Borrowed from Romani rrom, from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”) or डोम्ब (ḍomba), ultimately of Dravidian origin.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /roːm/
• Rhymes: -oːm

rom c

1. a Romani person

   Synonyms: resande, tattare, zigenare

• rom in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• mor, orm

rom

1. rum

rom

1. rum

rom m

1. husband

   Antonym: romni

• “rom” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

rom n (plural [please provide])

1. pride

   Synonym: grutskens

• “rom (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011