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Rom

//ɹɒm// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Romani: of or pertaining to the Roma people. not-comparable, rare
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of roman. abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Romania. abbreviation, alt-of
  2. 2
    The ethnic designation used by the Romani people from Eastern Europe.
  3. 3
    A short river in Greater London which flows into the River Thames.
  4. 4
    The Romani language. rare
Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of read-only memory. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A member of the Romani people.
  3. 3
    (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed wordnet
  4. 4
    A software image of read-only memory (as of a game cartridge) used in emulation. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A male member of the Romani people who is married and considered respectable amongst the family.
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  1. 6
    The nonvolatile internal storage, often a solid-state drive, on a mobile device or computer. broadly, countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Initialism of range of motion. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Acronym of rupture of membranes. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of return on margin. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 10
    Initialism of rough order of magnitude: An informal cost or price estimate provided for planning and budgeting purposes only, typically expected to be only 75% accurate. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  6. 11
    Initialism of run of month. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

In all senses (except Romania in sports), by acronymy.

Etymology 2

In all senses (except Romania in sports), by acronymy.

Etymology 3

From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information. Not related to Romanian or Roman.

Etymology 4

From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information. Not related to Romanian or Roman.

Etymology 5

From Romani rrom (“Romani man”), probably ultimately from Sanskrit डोम (ḍoma, “member of a low caste of travelling musicians and dancers”). See some more information at Roma. Doublet of Dom. The other major categories of words for the Roma are cognates of Gypsy (words related to Egypt) and cognates of tzigane (words derived from Greek); see those entries for more information. Not related to Romanian or Roman.

Etymology 6

Back-formation from Romford.

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