romance

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”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈmæns/, /ˈɹoʊˌmæns/, enPR: rō-măns'
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmæns/, /ˈɹəʊˌmæns/

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• Rhymes: -æns, -əʊmæns

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.

   a girl full of romance

10. (music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:romance.

• (intimate relationship): platonic, platonic relationship, platonic love (with respect to intimacy)

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

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.

• Cameron, Canmore, Cremona, Marenco, Menorca

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ.mɑ̃s/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

romance f (plural romances)

1. a ballad; a love song
   • 1972, Pierre Delanoë (lyrics), Michel Fugain (music), “Une belle histoire [A Beautiful Story]”, performed by Michel Fugain and the Big Bazar:

     C’est un beau roman, c’est une belle histoire. C’est une romance d’aujourd’hui.

     It's beautiful tale, it's a beautiful story. It's a love song of today.

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. first-person singular present subjunctive of romancer
5. second-person singular imperative of romancer

romance (plural romances)

1. novel

romance (comparative plus romance, superlative le plus romance)

1. Romance

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”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.ˈmɐ̃.si/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ho.ˈmɐ̃.se/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁu.ˈmɐ̃.sɨ/
• Hyphenation: ro‧man‧ce

romance m (plural romances)

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

   Synonym: caso

• romance de folhetim

romance m or f (plural romances, not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Romance (of the languages derived from Latin)

   Synonyms: neolatim, romanço, românico

• reto-romance

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]

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /roˈmanθe/, [roˈmãn̟θe]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /roˈmanse/, [roˈmãnse]

romance (plural romances)

1. Romance

   Synonym: románico

• lengua romance

romance m (plural romances)

1. romance, love affair
2. novel

   Synonym: novela

3. Spanish (language)

   Synonyms: castellano, español

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.