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romaine¹

  • /ɹoʊˈmeɪn/

Rhymes with -eɪn

Where it comes from

Ellipsis of romaine lettuce, from French laitue romaine, and direct borrowing of French romaine, from its supposed association with Rome.

noun romaines · Romaine

  1. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of romaine lettuce (“a type of lettuce having long crisp leaves forming a slender head”).
  2. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of crepe romaine (“a type of semi-sheer fabric”).

Romaine²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Romaine.

proper noun Romaines

  1. A surname from French.
  2. A female given name from French.
  3. A suburb of Burnie City Council, north western Tasmania, Australia.

Romaine³

Where it comes from

Ellipsis of Romaine lettuce, from French laitue romaine, and direct borrowing of French romaine, from its supposed association with Rome.

noun Romaines

  1. countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of romaine In February, I’d made and frozen a pork ragout. With penne pasta and a Romaine salad with vinaigrette, it would be perfect. […] Finally, I located the penne, washed and dried the Romaine leaves, and whisked together a Dijon vinaigrette.

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@misc{romaine_2026,
  title = {romaine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/romaine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}