(n) a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America), Syn. Rommany, Bohemian, Roma, Gipsy, Romani, Romany

necrophilia

(n) an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies, Syn. necromania, necrophilism

rhaeto-romance

(n) Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol, Syn. Rhaeto-Romanic

roman

(adj) of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome), Syn. Romanic, Example:Roman architecture; the old Roman wall

roman

(adj) of or relating to or supporting Romanism, Syn. Romanist, romish, papistical, papistic, Roman Catholic, R.C., papist, popish, Example:the Roman Catholic Church

romany

(adj) of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture, Syn. Romani, Example:Romani nomads; Romany folk songs; a Gypsy fortune-teller

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bromanil

n. [ Bromine + aniline. ] (Chem.) A substance analogous to chloranil but containing bromine in place of chlorine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Chiromantist

{ n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A chiromancer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eleutheromania

‖n. [ Gr. 'eleu`qeros free + E. mania. ] A mania or frantic zeal for freedom. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eleutheromaniac

a. Mad for freedom. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Metromania

n. [ Gr. &unr_; measure + E. mania. ] A mania for writing verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Metromaniac

n. One who has metromania. [ 1913 Webster ]

necromania

n. An abnormal attraction to dead bodies.
Syn. -- necrophilia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Pyromania

n. [ Pyro- + mania. ] An insane disposition to incendiarism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romanic

a. [ L. Romanicus. See Romance, n. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Rome or its people. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to any or all of the various languages which, during the Middle Ages, sprung out of the old Roman, or popular form of Latin, as the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Provencal, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Related to the Roman people by descent; -- said especially of races and nations speaking any of the Romanic tongues. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romanic spelling, spelling by means of the letters of the Roman alphabet, as in English; -- contrasted with phonetic spelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romanish

a. Pertaining to Romanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romanism

n. The tenets of the Church of Rome; the Roman Catholic religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romanist

n. One who adheres to Romanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romanize

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Romanized p. pr. & vb. n. Romanizing ] 1. To Latinize; to fill with Latin words or idioms. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To convert to the Roman Catholic religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romanize

v. i. 1. To use Latin words and idioms. “Apishly Romanizing.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To conform to Roman Catholic opinions, customs, or modes of speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

Romanizer

n. One who Romanizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Un-Romanized

a. 1. Not subjected to Roman arms or customs. J. Whitaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) Not subjected to the principles or usages of the Roman Catholic Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

罗马尼亚

[罗马尼亚 / 羅馬尼亞, Luó mǎ ní yà] Romania #11777

拼音

[拼音, pīn yīn] phonetic writing; pinyin (Chinese romanization) #20313

布加勒斯特

[布加勒斯特, bù jiā lè sī tè] Bucharest (capital of Romania) #40300

摩尔多瓦

[摩尔多瓦 / 摩爾多瓦, Mó ěr duō wǎ] Moldova; Republic of Moldova, former Soviet republic on the border with Romania #50014

赵元任

[赵元任 / 趙元任, Zhào Yuán rèn] Chao Yuenren, a Chinese American linguist who devised the Gwoyeu romatzyh or Guoyu romazi 國語羅馬字|国语罗马字 romanization system, See Also: 國語羅馬字, 国语罗马字 #88052

拉丁化

[拉丁化, Lā dīng huà] romanization #146092

康斯坦察

[康斯坦察, Kāng sī tǎn chá] Constanta (city in Romania) #193119

罗马化

[罗马化 / 羅馬化, luó mǎ huà] romanization #269582

国语罗马字

[国语罗马字 / 國語羅馬字, guó yǔ luó mǎ zì] "Gwoyeu romatzyh" romanization system for Chinese devised by Zhao Yuanren in 1926

威妥玛

[威妥玛 / 威妥瑪, Wēi Tuǒ mǎ] Herbert Allen Giles (1845-1935), British missionary and linguist, originator of Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese

威妥玛拼法

[威妥玛拼法 / 威妥瑪拼法, Wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn fǎ] Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

威妥玛拼音

[威妥玛拼音 / 威妥瑪拼音, Wēi tuǒ mǎ pīn yīn] Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

威玛拼法

[威玛拼法 / 威瑪拼法, Wēi mǎ pīn fǎ] Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

威玛拼音

[威玛拼音 / 威瑪拼音, Wēi mǎ pīn yīn] Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

罗语

[罗语 / 羅語, Luó yǔ] Romanian language

通用拼音

[通用拼音, tōng yòng pīn yīn] the common use romanization system introduced in Taiwan in 2003

韦氏拼法

[韦氏拼法 / 韋氏拼法, Wéi shì pīn fǎ] Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

ローマ字(P);羅馬字

[ローマじ(ローマ字)(P);ろーまじ(羅馬字), ro-ma ji ( ro-ma ji )(P); ro-maji ( roma ji )] (n) Latin alphabet; transliteration of Japanese in "Roman" or Latin letters; romanization; romanisation; romaji; (P) #5625

栟音;併音(iK)

[ぴんいん;ピンイン, pin'in ; pin'in] (n) PinYin (Chinese romanization system) (romanisation) (chi

ヘボン

[hebon] (n) Hepburn (James Curtis), after whom Hepburn romanization is named

ラディン語

[ラディンご, radein go] (n) Ladin (Rhaeto-Romanic dialect)

ルーマニア語

[ルーマニアご, ru-mania go] (n) Romanian (language); Rumanian; Roumanian

ローマナイズ

[ro-manaizu] (n, vs) romanization (from romanize)

ローマ字化

[ローマじか, ro-ma jika] (n) { comp } romanisation