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rom — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • roe noun The mass of eggs inside a female fish, often eaten as food.
  • Rom noun A man of the Romani people, especially a married one considered a respected member of the community.
  • Roma name The Romani people, an ethnic group with historical roots in India, now found across the world, especially Europe.
  • Rome name The capital city of Italy, historically the capital of the ancient Roman Empire, and by extension a name for that empire or the Catholic Church.
  • rum noun A strong alcoholic spirit distilled from sugarcane juice or molasses.
  • spawn verb Of fish, frogs, or other aquatic creatures, to lay eggs in water.

Senses

rom is used for these senses in English:

  • Roma A variety of the Romani language (or occasionally) the Romani macrolanguage.
  • roe Eggs of fish.
  • rum (uncountable) A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane sugar and molasses.
  • spawn The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.

roe — full definition

  1. noun The mass of eggs inside a female fish, often eaten as food.
  2. noun The soft, sperm-filled reproductive gland of a male fish, sometimes called "soft roe".

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