Romaan

• IPA^(key): /roːˈmaːn/
• Hyphenation: Ro‧maan
• Rhymes: -aːn

From Latin Romanus (“Roman, associated with Rome”), cognate with Romaan, Romaans, Romein, etc.

• The given can stem from the saint's name Romanus or, still via Latin, from Germanic Rodman.

Romaan m (plural Romanen, diminutive Romaantje n)

1. a native speaker of a Romance language
2. a member or descendant of one of those peoples, or of the Latin sub()race
3. a male given name, equivalent to German Roman, Polish Roman, Italian Romano or Romeo, or French Romain, cognate with Dutch Manus and Romein

• Romaans n & adjective

Shortening of Rhetoromaan (cognate with etymology 1, French Rhéto-Roman).

Romaan m (plural Romanen, diminutive Romaantje n)

1. Rhaetian, a speaker of Rhaeto-Romance

• Rhetoromaans n & adjective