Rom

¹

[ rohm ]

noun

, plural Roms, (especially collectively) Rom.

1. an individual member of the Romani people, or Roma, especially a man or boy.

ROM

²

[ rom ]

noun

1. computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user.

rom.

³

abbreviation for

1. roman (printing type).

Rom.

⁴

abbreviation for

1. Roman.
2. Romance. Also Rom
3. Romania.
4. Romanian. Also Rom
5. Romanic. Also Rom
6. Bible. Romans (New Testament).

rom.

¹

abbreviation for

1. roman (type)

Rom.

²

abbreviation for

1. Roman
2. Romance (languages)
3. Bible Romans
4. Romania(n)

Rom

³

/ rɒm /

noun

1. a male Gypsy

ROM

⁴

/ rɒm /

acronym for

1. read only memory: a storage device that holds data permanently and cannot in normal circumstances be altered by the programmer

ROM

/ rŏm /

1. Short for read-only memory. Computer hardware that stores programs or data that cannot be added to, modified, or deleted. ROM does not require power to maintain its contents, and is often used to save instructions that enable the computer's operating system to communicate with other hardware.

ROM

1. Acronym for r ead o nly m emory, which refers to a memory system, such as a commercial CD, which can be read but which cannot be altered. ( Compare RAM .)

Sensitive Note

See gypsy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rom¹

First recorded in 1835–45; from Romani: “man, married man”; compare Sanskrit ḍomba, ḍoma “a low-caste minstrel,” probably from a Dravidian language; compare Kannada ḍomba, ḍoma, Tamil dommara “caste of jugglers”

Origin of Rom²

r(ead)-o(nly) m(emory)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rom¹

Romany

Example Sentences

We are left with stalwart genres (action, rom com) and classic roles (prude, seductress, jock, backstory-less best friend).

From The Daily Beast

The last decent rom-coms came out in 2012: Silver Linings Playbook and The Five-Year Engagement.

From The Daily Beast

“Girls plays on ideas that have been staples in rom-coms all the time,” says Rosenberg.

From The Daily Beast

The film is a hard-to-find creature, a smart rom-com that captures the exuberance of falling in love, and the inevitable letdown.

From The Daily Beast

William will be back flying helicopters on his regular shifts in Wales rom today.

From The Daily Beast

Compare the whole description of the maiden in the E. version of the Rom.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet I embrace the little animal, as well as Mylady, and the spes altera Rom.

From Project Gutenberg

"Imaginations" is probably a fair enough rendering of , though the margin has "reasonings," and the same word in Rom.

From Project Gutenberg

Possibly it only separates the person expressly from his works, just recited, and has the same sort of value as in Rom.

From Project Gutenberg

As soon as we were alone she began to laugh and caper like a lunatic, singing out, 'You are my rom, I'm your romi.'

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• Romanichal
• tzigane
• zingara
• zingaro