român
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Romanian
Alternative forms
- rumân, rumîn — obsolete
- ромын (romîn) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Latin rōmānus. The variant rumân also meant peasant, or a serf who worked the land (in feudal medieval Wallachia). In popular speech, it also had the meaning of a husband or man in general, but this is now archaic. Doublet of roman, a later borrowing.
Pronunciation
Adjective
român m or n (feminine singular română, masculine plural români, feminine and neuter plural române)
Declension
Declension of român
Derived terms
Noun
român m (plural români, feminine equivalent româncă)
Declension
Declension of român