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Romanian

Romanian

3 4.8
A language spoken mainly in Romania and Moldova
  • noun
  • /roʊˈmeɪniən/
translation icon : rumano
  • The ones in Romanian were to his family, an assortment of aunts, uncles, and cousins.
  • speak Romanian
  • translated into Romanian

Examples

  • "Romanian?" He took the stack of letters from me and began to leaf through them.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • "I need you to translate these letters for me, from Romanian."

    Fiction book (1992)
  • French, Spanish, and Romanian are derived from Latin too.

    Blog text (23)
  • All translations from Romanian are mine.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Haven't you ever spoken Romanian before?

  • We are speaking Romanian.

  • My companions at our round table are two Latvians, a Romanian, a Belgian, a Filipino, an Israeli, a Turk, and another American.

    Academic text (1998)
  • On stage, the announcer, a young Magyar woman, gave minimal introductions, adding them briefly in Romanian as well, albeit to some laughter at her stumbles.

    Academic text (2016)
  • I didn't understand a word of it, since it was in Romanian, but in my half-sleep, I could hear him mutter the word rila again and again, sometimes insistently.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • She asked me to help her learn Romanian before her trip to Romania.

Synonyms

Romanian language
vsRomanian
4.0

A language spoken mainly in Romania and Moldova

is the standard term for this language with identical meaning
Rumanian
vsRomanian
  • Archaic
5.5

The language spoken in Romania and Moldova

is the modern preferred form rather than the older spelling variant
Rumanian language
vsRomanian
  • Archaic
4.3

A language spoken in Romania and Moldova that comes from Latin

focuses on the language rather than on official status

Compounds

A language spoken mainly in Romania and Moldova

Surface Forms

Romanian singular
Romanians plural

Morphology

Romanian = Romania (transparent) = Romania + ian

Formed by adding the productive demonym/language suffix '-ian' to the country's name 'Romania', producing a directly predictable nationality or language term.

Etymology

Romanian as a language comes from the Latin word Romanus, which means 'of Rome'. So Romanian is a language that comes from Latin, the language of ancient Rome.