romanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɹəʊ.mən/
• (米国発音) enPR: rōmən, IPA: /ˈɹoʊ.mən/
• ハイフネーション: Ro‧man
• Homophone: roamin' (some accents)
• 韻: -əʊmən

形容詞

Roman (comparative more Roman, superlative most Roman)

1. Of or from Rome.
2. (historical) Of or from the Roman Empire.
3. (historical, historiography) Of or from the Byzantine Empire.
4. Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Influence of an Invitation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 16:

     "Yes, I feel that I ought; and with me, to feel that I ought to do a thing, is to do it!" added he, looking quite Roman with excess of virtue.

5. (of type or text) Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.
6. (law, colloquial) Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.

   You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one.

7. (typography) A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.)
8. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
9. (architecture) Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.

同意語

• (Byzantine Roman): Rhomaian, Romaic, Romaean

派生語

関連する語

• Romaean

名詞

Roman (plural Romans)

1. A native or resident of Rome.
2. (historical) A native or resident of the Roman Empire.
3. (historical, historiography) A native or resident of the Byzantine Empire.
   • 2010, John Wortley trans. John Skylitzes as A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057, p. 442, n. 192:

     Kars was the capital of the small Armenian kingdom of Vanand, ruled by Gagik (the same name as the sovereign of Ani) from 1029 to 1064, when he surrendered his kingdom to the Romans. In 1053 it was taken by the Seljoukids, probably under the command of Qutlumus...

4. (uncountable) The Roman script.
   • 2016 June 13, Hilary Bird, “Baby named Sahaiʔa prompts changes to Vital Statistics Act”, in CBC News‎, archived from the original on 13 June 2016:

     Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents.

5. (printing, countable) A single letter or character in Roman type.
6. (dated) A Roman Catholic.
   • 2006, Sarah Waters, The Night Watch, Virago Press, page 151:

     ‘Is it like―I don’t know―Catholicism? One only spots the other Romans when one’s practised it oneself?’

同意語

• (Byzantine Roman): Rhomaian, Romaean

派生語

固有名詞

Roman (plural Romans)

1. A male given name from Latin recently borrowed from continental Europe.
2. A surname.
3. A city in Neamț County, Romania.

アナグラム

• Armon, Manor, Maron, Moran, Narom, Nor Am, Nor-Am, NorAm, Norma, manor, moran, morna, norma