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Rumanian

Rumanian

4.0
Relating to Romania, its people, or its language
  • adjective
  • /ruˈmeɪniən/
  • Archaic
translation icon : rumano
  • A SOCIAL ROOM—DAY NUMBERS TATTOOED ON AN ARM... a thumb steadily smooths the skin as: RUMANIAN WOMAN (O.S.) (Rumanian accent, uninflected)...
  • a Rumanian woman

Examples

  • What did you do? # RUMANIAN WOMAN #

    Fiction book (2001)
  • What's that, Rumanian Foreplay?

  • "He was coming out of Joe Stein's Rumanian Steak House as I was going in, and was, I think, a bit drunk.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Ambassador Gannon is approaching the Rumanian Police lines.

  • Rumanian woman and others...

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The ethos of the earliest Russian, Polish, Rumanian, or Hungarian congregations could be sensed immediately upon entry into the storefront or tenement loft.

    Academic text (1990)
  • A SOCIAL ROOM—DAY NUMBERS TATTOOED ON AN ARM... a thumb steadily smooths the skin as: RUMANIAN WOMAN (O.S.) (Rumanian accent, uninflected)...

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The Rumanian language is rich in history and has influenced many surrounding cultures.

  • During our trip to Romania, we learned about the Rumanian customs and traditions.

  • She enjoyed reading Rumanian literature, especially the works of Mihai Eminescu.

Synonyms

Romanian
vsRumanian
38 2.8

About Romania, its people, or its language

is an alternative spelling rather than the variant form
Roumanian
vsRumanian
  • Archaic
5.9

From Romania or connected to its people and language

is the current standard spelling used for the same adjective

Compounds

4.3

A language spoken in Romania and Moldova that comes from Latin

Surface Forms

Rumanian positive
Romanian positive

Morphology

Rumanian = Romania (transparent) = Romania + an

Adjective formed by adding the productive suffix '-an' to the country name; meaning 'of or relating to Romania' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Rumanian comes from the Latin Romanus, meaning 'Roman', because the name of the country looks back to Rome. So Rumanian as an adjective means 'of or from Romania'.