romantique

French

Etymology

Formed as an adjective from Old French romanz +‎ -ique. The noun sense is from English romantic, in turn from the French adjective.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁo.mɑ̃.tik/
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Adjective

romantique (plural romantiques)

romantic

Derived terms

romantiquement

Noun

romantique m or f (plural romantiques)

romantic

References

Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009), “Annexe IV, roman”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

Further reading

“romantique” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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