Romanian is a Romance language spoken by the approxi-mately 25 million inhabitants of Romania. This new dictionary is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of different users, particularly travellers, businesspeople, translators, and students. It is equally useful to English speakers and Romanian speakers. Readers will find all the words they really need, including modern, up-to-date business, technical, and political terms, in this detailed and accessible volume. Entries include hundreds of examples drawn from real speech and written sources, sam-ple sentences using words in context for greater richness of meaning, and extensive usage notes that define shades of meaning. Features: over 20,000 entries; one of the only Romanian dictionaries available in the U.S.; modern, up-to-date, relevant vocabulary; clearly indicated parts of speech and grammatical, usage, and style labels.

Mihai Miroiu was born and raised in Romania. He holds a doctorate degree in English from the University of Bucharest and a Master's degree from the University of London (UK). He now teaches English literature at Elmira College. He lives in Ithaca, New York.