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Romanian

Romanian

38 2.8
About Romania, its people, or its language
  • adjective
  • /roʊˈmeɪniən/
translation icon : rumano
  • The Romanian language has many similarities to other Romance languages.
  • Romanian society
  • Romanian government
  • Romanian public

But yeah, it like single leg, like Romanian deadlift.

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Examples

  • I knew Silviu as a modern man, a scientist, and a member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • What would happen to a Romanian citizen in such a case.

  • But besides, we are Romanian people alone with God.

  • I'll start off with what the outside world are saying about this Romanian justice system.

  • But if we wait for Romanian police, it's all gonna disappear.

  • The Romanian Prime Minister and his ambassador.

  • This Romanian caviar is too good to go to waste.

  • My uncle hired the best Romanian caterers in the state.

  • The theory of reception became popular among Romanian critics and theorists in the late eighties.

    Academic text (1995)
  • I met him for the second time in a Romanian restaurant in the Rue Sainte-Anne in Paris in 1964.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

Roumanian
vsRomanian
  • Archaic
5.9

From Romania or connected to its people and language

is the standard modern spelling rather than the variant
Rumanian
vsRomanian
  • Archaic
4.0

Relating to Romania, its people, or its language

is the usual modern spelling instead of this alternate form

Compounds

A language spoken mainly in Romania and Moldova

Surface Forms

Romanian positive

Morphology

Romanian = Romania (transparent) = Romania + ian

Adjectival use is the regular result of adding '-ian' to the country's name; the relation to Romania and its people/language is clear.

Etymology

Romanian as an adjective comes from the Latin Romanus, 'of Rome', so it describes things that come from Romania or that are connected to its people or language.