romance

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 Spanish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Synonyms 2.4 Verb 2.5 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: rō-măns'
• IPA: /ɹəʊˈmæns/
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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English romans, roumance < Old French romanz, romant < Vulgar Latin *romanice. Cognate to Italian romanzo (“‘novel, romance’”) and romanzo (“‘Romance (language)’”).

[edit] Noun

romance (plural romances)

1. An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
2. A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
3. Love which is pure or beautiful.
4. A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
5. A story or novel dealing with idealised love.
6. An embellished account of something; an idealised lie.

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to romance (third-person singular simple present romances, present participle romancing, simple past and past participle romanced)

1. Woo; court.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: acemnor
• Cameron
• Cremona

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

From Provençal (Occitan) romans < Vulgar Latin *romanĭce. Cognates include Old French romanz, whence the modern French noun roman (“‘novel’”).^[1]

[edit] Adjective

romance m. and f. (plural romances)

1. Romance

[edit] Noun

romance m. (plural romances)

1. romance, love affair
2. novel

[edit] Synonyms

• (novel): novela

[edit] Verb

romance (infinitive: romanzar)

1. formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of romanzar.
2. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of romanzar.
3. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of romanzar.
4. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of romanzar.

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964). “romance”, Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French). Paris: Librairie Larousse.