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Romanian

UK/ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən//ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/

Romanian adjective: of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language. Also the ellipsis of Romanian deadlift.

Adjective

Romanian (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.
    • The oldest Romanian period (also known as Common Romanian, Proto-Romanian, Primitive Romanian) is the period prior to the separation of the four Romanian dialects: a north-Danubian dialect (Daco-Romanian) and three south-Danubian dialects (Aromanian / Macedo-Romanian, Megleno-Romanian, and...2013, Gabriela Pană Dindelegan (ed.), Martin Maiden (consultant ed.), The Grammar of Romanian, Oxford University Press, page 4
    • The leader of far-right opposition party AUR, George Simion, who has been backing Georgescu in his presidential bid, was among the first to react to CCR's decision. In a post on X, he said, "What a disgrace! Once again, the Constitutional Court is mocking the Romanian people, is attacking our...2025 March 11, Irina Marica, “Călin Georgescu barred from presidential race as Romanian Constitutional Court rejects appeal”, in Romania Insider

Noun

Romanian (plural Romanians)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Romania.
    • USR leader Elena Lasconi, who was supposed to face Georgescu in the second round of the 2024 presidential elections and is expected to run again this year, also reacted to the news, saying, “I hope the CCR's decision is just a first step. […] Romanians need to regain their trust in institutions!”2025 March 11, Irina Marica, “Călin Georgescu barred from presidential race as Romanian Constitutional Court rejects appeal”, in Romania Insider

Proper noun

Romanian

  1. The official language of Romania and Moldova.
  2. An age from 3.6 to 1.8 million years ago, a subdivision of the Plio-Pleistocene.

Also used as

Romanian is also the ellipsis of Romanian deadlift.

Romanian meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

Romanian in Hindi

of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
रोमेनियन romeniyan, रोमानियाई romāniyāī
native of Romania
रोमेनियन romeniyan, रोमानियाई romāniyāī
official language of Romania
रोमानियाई romāniyāī, रोमेनियन romeniyan

Romanian in Marathi

of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
रोमेनियन romeniyan
native of Romania
रोमेनियन romeniyan
official language of Romania
रोमेनियन romeniyan

Romanian in Urdu

official language of Romania
رومانیائی romāniyāī

Romanian in Bengali

of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
রোমানীয় rōmaniẏo
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Romanian in Pashto
رومانیایي
Romanian in Arabic
رُومَانِيّ rūmāniyy, رُومَانِيَّة rūmāniyya
Romanian in Malay
Romania, bahasa Romania
Romanian in Indonesian
bahasa Rumania
Romanian in Persian
رومانیایی româniyâyi
Romanian in Thai
โรมาเนีย roo-maa-niia, ภาษาโรมาเนีย paasăa rohmaania
Romanian in Vietnamese
Ru-ma-ni, tiếng Romania
Romanian in Myanmar
ရူမေးနီးယား rume:ni:ya:

Synonyms of Romanian

Forms of Romanian

Adjective
alternative formRumanian
alternative formRoumanian
Noun
pluralRomanians

Origin of Romanian

From Romania + -an.

Words formed from Romanian

Phrases with Romanian

Words that rhyme with Romanian

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about Romanian

What does Romanian mean?
Romanian means of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.
What is Romanian in Hindi?
Romanian in Hindi is रोमेनियन (romeniyan), रोमानियाई (romāniyāī). See Romanian meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Romanian?
Romanian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Romanian?
Romanian is pronounced /ɹəʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/ (UK).

Words near Romanian in the dictionary

  1. romanettes
  2. Romanhood
  3. Romani
  4. Romani studies
  5. Romania
  6. Romanian
  7. Romanian Carpathian Shepherd
  8. Romanian Carpathian Shepherds
  9. Romanian deadlift
  10. Romanian deadlifts
  11. Romanian Moldavia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Romanian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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