Definitions of roman [ˈroʊ mən]

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Definition of 'roman'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) Roman
of or pertaining to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants.

2.  Roman
of or pertaining to the ancient kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of Rome.

3.  Roman
of a kind or character regarded as typical of the ancient Romans:
Roman virtues.

4.  Roman
(usu. l.c.) designating or pertaining to the upright style of printing types most commonly used in modern books, periodicals, etc.

5.  Roman
of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.

6.  Roman
of or pertaining to the architecture of ancient Rome, characterized by semicircular arches, domes, groin and barrel vaults, and the use of elaborated forms of the Greek orders.

7.  Roman
written in or pertaining to Roman numerals.

8. (n.) Roman
a native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.

9.  Roman
(usu. l.c.) roman type or lettering.

Etymology: (bef. 900; directly < L Rōmānus (see Rome , -an¹), or continuing ME Romain < OF < L, OE Roman(e) < L)

Definition of 'roman'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Roman
a resident of modern Rome

2. (noun) Roman
an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire

3. (adj) roman, roman type, roman letters, roman print
a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions

4. (adj) Roman
relating to or characteristic of people of Rome
"Roman virtues"; "his Roman bearing in adversity"; "a Roman nose"

5. (adj) Roman, Romanic
of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome)
"Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall"

6. (adj) Roman
characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions

7. (adj) Roman, R.C., Romanist, romish, Roman Catholic, popish, papist, papistic, papistical
of or relating to or supporting Romanism
"the Roman Catholic Church"

Definition of 'roman'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) roman
of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art

2. (adj) roman
of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion

3. (adj) roman
upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters

4. (adj) roman
expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc

5. (noun) roman
a native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred

6. (noun) roman
roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics

Translation of 'roman'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: connected with Rome, especially ancient Rome Roman coins.
Afrikaans: Romeins	Arabic: روماني	Bulgarian: римски
Brazilian: romano	Czech: římský	German: römisch
Danish: romersk	Greek: ρωμαϊκός	Spanish: romano
Estonian: rooma	Farsi: رومی	Finnish: roomalainen
French: romain	Hebrew: רוֹמָאִי	Hindi: रोमवासी
Croatian: rimski	Hungarian: római	Indonesian: Romawi
Icelandic: rómverskur	Italian: romano	Japanese: 古代ローマの
Korean: 로마의	Lithuanian: romėniškas, romėnų, Romos	Latvian: Romas-; romiešu-
Malay: berkaitan zaman Rom	Dutch: Romeins	Norwegian: romersk
Polish: rzymski	Persian: رومی	Pashto: رومی
Portuguese: romano	Romanian: roman	Russian: римский
Slovak: rímsky	Slovenian: rimski	Serbian: rimski
Swedish: romersk, romar-	Thai: เกี่ยวกับโรมัน	Turkish: Roma; eski Romaya ait
Taiwanese: 古羅馬的	Ukrainian: римський; латинський	Urdu: رومی
Vietnamese: thuộc La Mã	Chinese: 古罗马的
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