romance

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See also: Romance, românce, and romancé

English

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Etymology

From Middle English romauns, roumance, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French romanz, romans (the vernacular language of France, as opposed to Latin), from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman language”, adverb), from Latin rōmānicus (“roman”, adj) from rōmānus (“a Roman”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -æns, -əʊmæns

Noun

romance (countable and uncountable, plural romances)

  1. A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
  2. An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
  3. A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
  4. Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
  5. A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
  6. A story or novel dealing with idealized love.
  7. An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
  8. An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
    His life was a romance.
  9. A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
    She was so full of romance she would forget what she was supposed to be doing.
  10. (music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.

Quotations

Antonyms

Derived terms

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Translations

story or novel dealing with idealized love
story relating to chivalry

Verb

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  1. (transitive) To woo; to court.
  2. (intransitive) To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
  3. (intransitive) To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Romanze, from French romance.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌroːˈmɑn.sə/
  • Hyphenation: ro‧man‧ce
  • Rhymes: -ɑnsə

Noun

romance f (plural romances or romancen)

  1. (literature, music, historical) An emotional popular-historical epic ballad. [from late 18th c.]
  2. (literature, music) A sentimental love song or love story.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish romance, itself probably a borrowing from either Old French romanz or Old Occitan romans, meaning a narrative work in the vernacular speech, from Vulgar Latin *romanĭce (“in a Roman manner”), compare Medieval Latin rōmānice, ultimately from Latin rōmānicus. See also roman (“novel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

romance f (plural romances)

  1. a ballad; a love song
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Verb

romance

  1. first-person singular present indicative of romancer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of romancer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of romancer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of romancer
  5. second-person singular imperative of romancer

Interlingua

Noun

romance (plural romances)

  1. novel

Adjective

romance (comparative plus romance, superlative le plus romance)

  1. Romance

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan romans, from Medieval Latin, Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in a Roman manner”), from Latin rōmānicus (“Roman”, adjective), from rōmānus (“Roman”, noun), from Rōma (“Rome”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ro‧man‧ce

Noun

romance m (plural romances)

  1. (literature) novel (work of prose fiction)
  2. romance; love affair
    Synonym: caso

Derived terms

Adjective

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  1. (linguistics) Romance (of the languages derived from Latin)
    Synonyms: neolatim, romanço, românico

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan romans, or Old French romanz, from Vulgar Latin *romanĭce, compare Medieval Latin rōmānice, ultimately from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus. Cognates include Old French romanz, whence the modern French noun roman (“novel”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /roˈmanθe/ [roˈmãn̟.θe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /roˈmanse/ [roˈmãn.se]

Adjective

romance m or f (masculine and feminine plural romances)

  1. Romance
    Synonym: románico

Derived terms

Noun

romance m (plural romances)

  1. romance, love affair
  2. novel
    Synonym: novela
  3. Spanish (language)
    Synonyms: castellano, español

Derived terms

Verb

romance

  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.

References

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