Romanian

• Rumanian, Roumanian

From Romania +‎ -an.

• IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈmeɪ.ni.ən/, /ɹəˈmeɪ.ni.ən/

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• (Michigan, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹoˈmɪ.ni.ən/
• Rhymes: -eɪniən

Romanian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Romania, the Romanian people, or the Romanian language.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Romanian.

Romanian (countable and uncountable, plural Romanians)

1. (countable) A native of Romania.
2. (uncountable) The official language of Romania and Moldova.
3. (countable, weightlifting slang) Romanian deadlift
   • 2010 March 24, Built, “With the big boyz...”, in IronMag Forums‎:

     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:

     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.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:Romanian.

• (language) Wallachian; Daco-Romanian

• (language) Moldovan, Moldovian

• (language) Proto-Romanian/proto-Romanian, Old Romanian

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Romanian terms
• Appendix:Romanian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Romanian
• Aromanian
• Istro-Romanian
• Megleno-Romanian
• Moldavian
• Vlach

Romanian

1. genitive singular of Romania