romani

1. 1.

   of or relating to the Gypsies or their language or culture

   “Romani nomads”

   “Romany folk songs”

   “a Gypsy fortune-teller”

   SynonymsRomany

Other forms of romani

plural

romanis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about romani

What does romani mean?

romani means "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)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in romani?

romani has 3 syllables: ro-ma-ni. The stress falls on "ma". In IPA it is /ɹoʊˈmɑni/.

What is another word for romani?

Close synonyms include Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Roma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is romani a common word?

romani is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with romani?

2 words rhyme with romani. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.