roman

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Upright, as opposed to italic.
2. (not-comparable) Of or related to the Latin alphabet or roman numerals.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of roman numeral.
3. (archaic, countable) A novel.

Opposite of

italic, italicised, italicized, oblique, slanted, sloped

Synonyms

roman letters

roman print

roman type

Roman seabream

Translations

romain

romanesco

romà

romana

romana

romano

Römer

romano

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police romaine

Antiqua

romaine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹəʊmən/

Etymology

From Roman.