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From Romania + -an .
Romanian (not comparable )
Of or relating to Romania , the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.
2013 , Gabriela Pană Dindelegan (ed.), Martin Maiden (consultant ed.), The Grammar of Romanian , Oxford University Press, page 4:
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 Istro-Romanian).
2025 March 11, Irina Marica, “Călin Georgescu barred from presidential race as Romanian Constitutional Court rejects appeal”, in Romania Insider [1] :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 democracy and our essential rights & freedoms. We stand with Călin Georgescu!”
of or relating to Romania, its people, or language
Afrikaans: Roemeens (af)
Albanian: rumun (sq)
Old Albanian: gogë , gogeshë
Arabic: رُومَانِيّ ( rūmāniyy )
Armenian: ռումինական (hy) ( ṙuminakan )
Aromanian: rumãnescu , rumãn , vlãhutescu , vluhutescu
Asturian: rumanu (ast)
Azerbaijani: rumın
Basque: errumaniar
Belarusian: румы́нскі ( rumýnski )
Bengali: রোমানীয় (bn) ( rōmaniẏo )
Bulgarian: румъ́нски ( rumǎ́nski ) , вла́шки ( vláški )
Burmese: ရူမေးနီးယား ( rume:ni:ya: )
Catalan: romanès (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞的 / 罗马尼亚的 (zh) ( Luōmǎníyà de )
Czech: rumunský (cs)
Danish: rumænsk
Dutch: Roemeens (nl)
Esperanto: rumano
Estonian: rumeenia
French: roumain (fr)
Gagauz: romın , român (obsolete)
Galician: romanés (gl)
Georgian: რუმინული ( ruminuli ) , რუმინეთის (ka) ( ruminetis )
German: rumänisch (de)
Hawaiian: Romānia
Hebrew: רומני (he) ( romani )
Hindi: रोमेनियन (hi) ( romeniyan ) , रोमानियाई ( romāniyāī )
Hungarian: román (hu)
Icelandic: rúmenskur (is)
Italian: romeno (it) , rumeno (it)
Japanese: ルーマニアの (ja) ( Rūmania no )
Kazakh: румыниялық ( rumyniälyq ) , румын ( rumyn )
Khmer: រូម៉ានី ( ruumaanii )
Korean: 루마니아의 (ko) ( rumaniaui )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی ( romanî )
Northern Kurdish: rûmenî , romanî (ku) , romanyayî (ku)
Lao: ລູມານີ (lo) ( lū mā nī )
Latvian: rumāņu , rumānisks
Lithuanian: rumuniškas
Macedonian: романски ( romanski )
Malay: Romania (ms)
Marathi: रोमेनियन ( romeniyan )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: румын ( rumyn )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rumensk (no)
Nynorsk: rumensk (nn)
Occitan: romanés (oc)
Pashto: رومانیایي
Persian: رومانیایی (fa) ( româniyâyi )
Polish: rumuński (pl)
Portuguese: romeno (pt)
Romani: rumunicko
Romanian: român (ro) , românesc (ro)
Russian: румы́нский (ru) ( rumýnskij )
Scots: Romanian , Roumanian , Roumains
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: румунски
Roman: rumunski (sh)
Slovak: rumunský (sk)
Slovene: romúnski (sl)
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: rumunski (hsb)
Spanish: rumano (es)
Swedish: rumänsk (sv)
Tajik: румынӣ ( rumyni ) , румын ( rumyn )
Tatar: румын (tt) ( rumın )
Thai: โรมาเนีย (th) ( roo-maa-niia )
Turkish: Rumen (tr)
Turkmen: rumyn
Udmurt: румын ( rumyn ) , румынской ( rumynskoj )
Ukrainian: руму́нський (uk) ( rumúnsʹkyj )
Uyghur: رومان ( roman )
Uzbek: rumin (uz)
Vietnamese: Ru-ma-ni
Yiddish: רומעניש (yi) ( rumenish )
Romanian (countable and uncountable , plural Romanians )
( countable ) A native of Romania .
( uncountable ) The official language of Romania and Moldova .
2025 March 11, Irina Marica, “Călin Georgescu barred from presidential race as Romanian Constitutional Court rejects appeal”, in Romania Insider [2] :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!”
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Romanian .
( countable , weightlifting , slang ) Ellipsis of Romanian deadlift .
2010 March 24, Built, “With the big boyz...”, in IronMag Forums [3] :I think there was this one Black guy in there who was practically crying. I swear I could hear Sir Mixalot in my head whenever I did Romanians .
2015 April 15, OZ-USF-UFGator, “diract Back work: Are Deadlifts and chin ups enough”, in Starting Strength Forum [4] :I did Romanians for a year and worked up to 250 for sets of 5. I couldn't take the DOMS anymore and dropped them.
native of Romania
Afrikaans: Roemeen , Roemeniër
Albanian: rumun (sq) m , rumune f
Arabic: رُومَانِيّ m ( rūmāniyy ) , رُومَانِيَّة (ar) f ( rūmāniyya )
Armenian: ռումինացի ( ṙuminacʻi )
Aromanian: rumãn m , vlãhut m , vluhut m , mucan m , rumãnã f , vlãhutã f , vluhutã , mucanã f
Azerbaijani: rumın
Basque: errumaniar
Belarusian: румы́н m ( rumýn ) , румы́нка f ( rumýnka )
Bulgarian: румъ́нец (bg) m ( rumǎ́nec ) , румъ́нка f ( rumǎ́nka ) , влах (bg) m ( vlah ) , влахи́ня f ( vlahínja )
Carpathian Rusyn: Руму́н m ( Rumún ) , Руму́нка f ( Rumúnka )
Catalan: romanès (ca) m , romanesa (ca) f
Valencian: romanés (ca) m , romanesa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞人 / 罗马尼亚人 ( Luōmǎníyà rén )
Crimean Tatar: rumın
Czech: Rumun (cs) m , Rumunka (cs) f
Danish: rumæner (da) c
Dutch: Roemeen (nl) m , Roemeense (nl) f
Esperanto: rumano ( man or woman ) , rumanino ( woman )
Estonian: rumeenlane
Finnish: romanialainen (fi)
French: Roumain (fr) m , Roumaine (fr) f
Gagauz: romın , ромын ( romın ) , român (obsolete)
Galician: romanés (gl) m , romanesa f
Georgian: რუმინელი ( rumineli )
German: Rumäne (de) m , Rumänin (de) f
Greek: Ρουμάνος (el) m ( Roumános ) , Ρουμάνα (el) f ( Roumána )
Hawaiian: Romānia
Hebrew: רומני (he) m ( romani ) , רומנית (he) f ( romanít )
Hindi: रोमेनियन (hi) ( romeniyan ) , रोमानियाई ( romāniyāī )
Hungarian: román (hu)
Icelandic: Rúmeni m
Italian: romeno (it) m , romena (it) f , rumeno (it) m , rumena f
Japanese: ルーマニア人 (ja) ( Rūmania-jin )
Kazakh: румыниялық ( rumyniälyq ) , румын ( rumyn )
Korean: 루마니아인 (ko) ( rumaniain ) , 루마니아 사람 ( rumania saram )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی ( romanî )
Kyrgyz: румын ( rumın )
Latvian: rumānis m , rumāniete f
Lithuanian: rumunas (lt) m , rumunė (lt) f
Macedonian: Романец m ( Romanec ) , Романка f ( Romanka )
Maltese: Rumen m
Marathi: रोमेनियन ( romeniyan )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rumener (no) m
Nynorsk: rumen (nn) m , rumenar (nn) m
Occitan: romanés (oc) m
Persian: رومانیایی (fa) ( româniyâyi )
Polish: Rumun (pl) m , Rumunka (pl) f
Portuguese: romeno (pt) m , romena f
Romani: rumuno m , rumunojka f
Romanian: român (ro) m , româncă (ro) f , română (ro) f
Russian: румы́н (ru) m ( rumýn ) , румы́нка (ru) f ( rumýnka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: Rumunj (sh) m , Rumunjka f
Slovak: Rumun m , Rumunka (sk) f
Slovene: Romún (sl) m , Romúnka f
Spanish: rumano (es) m , rumana (es) f
Swahili: Mromania (sw)
Swedish: rumän (sv) m , rumänska (sv) f
Tajik: румын ( rumyn )
Tatar: румын (tt) ( rumın )
Turkish: Rumen (tr) , Romanyalı (tr)
Turkmen: rumyn
Ukrainian: руму́н (uk) m ( rumún ) , руму́нка f ( rumúnka )
Uyghur: رومان ( roman )
Uzbek: rumin (uz)
Yiddish: רומענער m ( rumener )
official language of Romania
Afrikaans: Roemeens (af)
Albanian: rumanisht (sq) (adverb ), rumanishte (sq) , rumunisht (adverb ), rumunishte , gjuha rumune f
Arabic: رُومَانِيَّة (ar) f ( rūmāniyya )
Armenian: ռումիներեն (hy) ( ṙumineren )
Aromanian: limba rumãneascã f , rumãnã f , limba rumãnã f , rumãneashti ( adverb ) , limba vlãhuteascã f , limba vluhuteascã f , vlãhuteashti , vluhuteashti (adverbs )
Basque: errumaniera (eu)
Belarusian: румы́нская мо́ва f ( rumýnskaja móva ) , румы́нская f ( rumýnskaja )
Bulgarian: румънски m ( rumǎnski )
Catalan: romanès (ca) m
Valencian: romanés (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 羅馬尼亞語 / 罗马尼亚语 (zh) ( Luōmǎníyà-yǔ )
Crimean Tatar: romenşe , kazakşa
Czech: rumunština (cs) f
Danish: rumænsk
Dutch: Roemeens (nl) n
Estonian: rumeenia
Faroese: rumenskt (fo) n
Finnish: romania (fi)
French: roumain (fr) m
Gagauz: romınca , romândja , ромынӂа ( romınca )
Galician: romanés (gl) m
Georgian: რუმინული ( ruminuli ) , რუმინული ენა ( ruminuli ena )
German: Rumänisch (de) n
Greek: ρουμάνικα (el) n pl ( roumánika ) , ρουμανικά (el) n pl ( roumaniká )
Hebrew: רומנית (he) f ( romanít )
Hindi: रोमानियाई f ( romāniyāī ) , रोमेनियन (hi) f ( romeniyan )
Hungarian: román (hu)
Icelandic: rúmenska (is) f
Indonesian: bahasa Rumania
Italian: romeno (it) m , rumeno (it) m
Japanese: ルーマニア語 (ja) ( Rūmania-go )
Korean: 루마니아어 (ko) ( Rumania'eo )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕۆمانی ( romanî )
Latvian: rumāņu , rumāņu valoda f
Limburgish: Remieënsj n
Lithuanian: rumunų (lt)
Macedonian: рома́нски m ( románski )
Malay: bahasa Romania
Marathi: रोमेनियन f ( romeniyan )
Navajo: Wooméin bizaad
Norman: roumain m , rouoman m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rumensk (no) m
Nynorsk: rumensk (nn) m
Persian: رومانیایی (fa) ( româniyâyi )
Polish: rumuński (pl) m
Portuguese: romeno (pt) m
Romani: rumunicko
Romanian: română (ro) f , limba română f , limba românească f , românește (ro) ( adverb )
Russian: румы́нский (ru) m ( rumýnskij )
Scots: Romanian
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: румунски m , румуњски m
Roman: rumunski (sh) m , rumunjski (sh) m
Slovak: rumunčina (sk) f
Slovene: romúnščina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: rumunšćina (hsb) f
Spanish: rumano (es) m
Swedish: rumänska (sv) c
Tajik: руминӣ (tg) ( rumini )
Thai: ภาษาโรมาเนีย (th) ( paasăa rohmaania )
Tigrinya: ሮማኒያን ( romaniyan )
Turkish: Rumence (tr)
Ukrainian: руму́нська (uk) f ( rumúnsʹka )
Urdu: رومانیائی f ( romāniyāī )
Vietnamese: tiếng Romania
Volapük: Rumänapük (vo)
Yiddish: רומעניש (yi) n ( rumenish )
Romanian
genitive singular of Romania