Roman /rōˈmən/

1. Relating to Rome, esp ancient Rome, its people, or the empire founded by them
2. Relating to the Roman Catholic religion, papal
3. (without cap) (of type) of the ordinary upright kind, opp to italic
4. (of numerals) written in letters, eg IV, iv, etc (cf Arabic)
5. (of handwriting) round and bold
6. (of a nose) high-bridged

1. A native or citizen of Rome
2. A Roman Catholic
3. (without cap) roman letter or type

Romanic /rō-manˈik/ adjective

1. Of Roman or Latin origin
2. Romance

The Romance language or languages collectively

Roˈmanish adjective (usu derogatory)

1. Roman Catholic
2. Reminiscent of, or having elements of, Roman Catholicism

Roˈmanism noun

Roman Catholicism or a slavish adherence to its doctrine

Roˈmanist noun

1. A Roman Catholic
2. A specialist in Romance philology or Roman law or antiquities

Roman Catholic

Romanistˈic adjective

Romanization or Romanisation /rō-mə-nī-zāˈshən/ noun

Roˈmanize or Roˈmanise transitive verb

1. To make Roman or Roman Catholic
2. To bring under Roman or Roman Catholic influence
3. To represent by the Roman alphabet

1. To accept Roman or Roman Catholic ways, laws, doctrines, etc
2. To become Roman Catholic

Roˈmanizer or Roˈmaniser noun

Romano- /rō-mä-nō-/ combining form

1. Signifying: Roman
2. Romanized
3. Roman and (as in Romano-British)

Roman alphabet noun

The alphabet developed by the ancient Romans for writing Latin, used for most writing in W European languages

Roman candle noun

1. A firework discharging a succession of white or coloured stars
2. A bad landing by aeroplane (slang)
3. A landing by parachute when the parachute fails to open (slang)

intransitive verb

To make such a landing

Roman Catholic adjective

Recognizing the spiritual supremacy of the Pope or Bishop of Rome

noun

A member of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholicism noun

The doctrines and polity of the Roman Catholic Church collectively

Roman cement noun

A hydraulic cement made from calcareous nodules from the London Clay

Roman Empire noun

The ancient empire of Rome, divided in the 4c into the Eastern and Western Empires (see also Holy Roman Empire under holy)

Roman holiday noun

Entertainment or profit derived from the suffering of others (from Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 4.141)

Roman law noun

The system of law developed by the ancient Romans, civil law

Roman nettle noun

A nettle, rare in Britain, with female flowers in heads, traditionally introduced by the Romans

Roman numerals see Roman (adj) above.

Roman snail noun

The edible snail (Helix pomatia) much valued by the Romans

roman /ro-mãˈ/

1. A medieval romance, tale of chivalry
2. A novel

roman à clef , roman à clefs, roman à clé or roman à clés /ro-mã-nä klā/ noun

(literally, novel with a key) a novel with characters based on real people under disguised names

roman à thèse /ro-mã-nä tez/ noun

A novel that sets out to demonstrate a thesis or proposition

roman à tiroirs /ro-mã-nä tērˈwär/ noun

(literally, novel with drawers) a novel with an episodic structure, a picaresque

roman fleuve /flœv/ noun

(literally, river novel) a novel written as a series of self-contained narratives telling the story of a family or other social group over successive generations (also called saga novel)

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