rom

See also: Rom, ROM, Róm, rơm, and Rom.

Translingual

Symbol

rom

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

English

Adjective

rom (not comparable)

(proofreading) Abbreviation of roman.

Anagrams

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

Aghu Tharrnggala

Noun

rom

belly

Angloromani

Alternative forms

rommi, rowm, rum

Etymology

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

Noun

rom

Romani man
husband
bridegroom

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈrom/

Etymology 1

From Latin rhombus (“flatfish”).

Noun

rom m (plural roms)

brill (Scophthalmus rhombus).
Synonym: rèmol

Etymology 2

From English rum.

Noun

rom m (plural roms)

rum

Cornish

Noun

rom m (plural romys)

room (in a house)
Synonym: stevel

Derived terms

rom gortos

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rɔm/, [ʁʌmˀ]

Noun

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

rum

Noun

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

ROM, read-only memory

Inflection

Declension of rom

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rom	rommen rom'en	rommer rom'er	rommerne rom'erne
genitive	roms	rommens rom'ens	rommers rom'ers	rommernes rom'ernes

French

Etymology

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

Adjective

rom (plural roms)

Roma

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rom (plural romok)

ruin

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	rom	romok
accusative	romot	romokat
dative	romnak	romoknak
instrumental	rommal	romokkal
causal-final	romért	romokért
translative	rommá	romokká
terminative	romig	romokig
essive-formal	romként	romokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	romban	romokban
superessive	romon	romokon
adessive	romnál	romoknál
illative	romba	romokba
sublative	romra	romokra
allative	romhoz	romokhoz
elative	romból	romokból
delative	romról	romokról
ablative	romtól	romoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	romé	romoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	roméi	romokéi

Possessive forms of rom
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	romom	romjaim
2nd person sing.	romod	romjaid
3rd person sing.	romja	romjai
1st person plural	romunk	romjaink
2nd person plural	romotok	romjaitok
3rd person plural	romjuk	romjaik

Derived terms

romos

Compound words

romkocsma

Kuku-Thaypan

Noun

rom

belly

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English rum.

Noun

rom m (definite singular rommen)

rum (alcoholic beverage)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rúm.

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from rom

albuerom
baderom
bagasjerom
hotellrom
hulrom
klasserom
klokkerom
lagerrom
lasterom
luftrom
maskinrom
mellomrom

motorrom
mørkerom
møterom
oppholdsrom
pusterom
romfart
romfartøy
romferge
romferje
romjul
romlig
romme

romprogram
romskip
romsonde
romstasjon
romtemperatur
romtid
soverom
styrerom
tidsrom
venterom
verdensrom

Verb

rom

imperative of romme

References

“rom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rʊmː/

Etymology 1

From English rum.

Noun

rom m (definite singular rommen)

rum (alcoholic beverage)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse rúm. Akin to English room.

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from rom

baderom
bagasjerom
hotellrom
klasserom
klokkerom
lagerrom
lasterom
luftrom
maskinrom
mellomrom

motorrom
mørkerom
møterom
oppholdsrom
pusterom
romfart
romfartøy
romjul
romme
romprogram

romskip
romsonde
romstasjon
romtemperatur
romtid
soverom
styrerom
tidsrom
venterom

References

“rom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Adjective

rom (invariable)

Romani (of or relating to the Roma people)
Synonyms: cigano, roma

Noun

rom m (plural rons or roms)

a member of the Romani people

Romani

Noun

rom m anim (plural roma)

Alternative form of rrom (“Romani man; husband”)

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [rom]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rom m (plural romi, feminine equivalent romă)

a Romani person, a Rom
Synonym: (offensive) țigan

Declension

Declension of rom

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rom	romul	(niște) romi	romii
genitive/dative	(unui) rom	romului	(unor) romi	romilor
vocative	romule		romilor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French rhum or German Rum.

Noun

rom n (plural romuri)

rum

Declension

Declension of rom

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) rom	romul	(niște) romuri	romurile
genitive/dative	(unui) rom	romului	(unor) romuri	romurilor
vocative	romule		romurilor

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin rāmus.

Alternative forms

ram (Puter)

Noun

rom m (plural roms)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) branch (of tree, river, etc.)
Synonym: (Puter) manzina
(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader, education) subject

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

ram (Puter)
rama (Sursilvan)

Noun

rom m (plural roms)

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

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

ram (Puter)

Noun

rom f (plural roms)

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

Swedish

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rom c

roe (egg of fish)
Antonym: mjölke

Declension

Declension of rom
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rom	rommen	—	—
Genitive	roms	rommens	—	—

Related terms

fiskrom
laxrom
romkorn
romläggning
rommig
romstinn
romsäck

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

rom c

rum (beverage)
Synonym: sockerrörsbrännvin

Declension

Declension of rom
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rom	rommen	—	—
Genitive	roms	rommens	—	—

Related terms

romdrink
rommästare
romsmak
romsort
romvariant

Etymology 3

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]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /roːm/
Rhymes: -oːm

Noun

rom c

a Romani person
Synonyms: resande, tattare, zigenare

Declension

Declension of rom
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rom	romen	romer	romerna
Genitive	roms	romens	romers	romernas

Related terms

romani
romsk

References

“Romani”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

rom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
rom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

mor, orm

Turkish

Noun

rom

rum

Volapük

Noun

rom

rum

Welsh Romani

Etymology

Inherited 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]

Noun

rom m

husband
Antonym: romni

Derived terms

romavel
romaviben
romedo
romengo
romerdo
romerel
romeriben
romerimasko
romesko

References

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

“Romani”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

West Frisian

Noun

rom n (plural [please provide])

pride
Synonym: grutskens

References

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

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse *rumm = rúm. Akin to English room.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [rœ́mː], [rómː], [rʊ́mː]
Rhymes: -ʊ́mː

Noun

rom n (definite singular rommä, dative rommän, indefinite plural rom, definite plural romma, dative rommom)

room, space, place

Derived terms

askråmm
lokromm
mågrómm
måkaromm
romdrug
romlitn
romskrup
römli
röömm
römmäs

[1] “Romani”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

[2] “Romani”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

rom

Translingual

Symbol

English

Adjective

Anagrams

Aghu Tharrnggala

Noun

Further reading

Angloromani

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

Cornish

Noun

Derived terms

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

Noun

Inflection

French

Etymology

Adjective

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Kuku-Thaypan

Noun

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

Verb

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

References

Portuguese

Etymology

Adjective

Noun

Romani

Noun

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Romansch

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

Etymology 3

Alternative forms