roman

CEFRB1

/ˈɹəʊmən/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to ancient Rome, its people, or its culture.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Of or related to the Latin alphabet or roman numerals.

Examples

  • I'm looking for books on Roman history.

  • The Roman football game was like the Greek game.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight.

  2. Upright, as opposed to italic.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A novel.

More examples

In context

  • These invasions almost led to the collapse of the Roman Empire.

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

  • 2014, "Novel and Romance: Etymologies". Heyworth, Gregory; Logan, Peter Melville (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Novel, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, p. 942. →ISBN Samuel Johnson, writing in his Dictionary of the English Language (1755), [defined] "novel [as] a sm...

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Origin

adjective

From Roman.