Romance

Definitions

1. An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
   countable, uncountable
2. The group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin.
   uncountable
3. The group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
4. A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
   countable, uncountable
5. Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc
6. Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
   countable, uncountable
7. A story, novel, film, etc., centred around an idealized love relationship.
   countable, uncountable
8. A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
   countable, uncountable
9. A tale of high adventure.
   countable, uncountable
10. A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
    countable, uncountable
11. A literary or filmic genre about idealized love.
    countable, uncountable
12. An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
    countable, uncountable
13. An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
    countable, uncountable
14. A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
    countable, uncountable
15. A sentimental piece of music; a romanza.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

36 more languages

العربيةالرومانسيةرومانسيرُومَانْسِيَّةسيرة+ 1 more

БеларускаяРаман

Bosanskiromanromanskiроман

Catalànovel·la sentimentalromançromançoromànic+ 1 more

ČeštinaRomanskýromantika

Danskromansk

Ελληνικάειδύλλιορομανικές γλώσσεςρομανικόςρομάντζο+ 1 more

Suomihaaveellisuusintohimorakkausromaaniritariballadiromaaninenromanssiromantiikkaromanttisuus+ 5 more

Gaeilgescéal ridireachta

Gàidhligsgeulachd

עבריתרומן

हिन्दीआशिक़ीशृंगार

Hrvatskiromanromanskiроман

Magyarrománc

Հայերենսիրավեպ

Bahasa Indonesiapercintaanromansa

Íslenskarómanskur

Italianoatmosfera fantasiosaesagerazione fantasiosaidillioneolatinopoesiaromanicoromanticheriaromanzaromanzostoria d'amore+ 7 more

日本語ラテンローマンロマンロマンスロマンチックな愛ロマンチックラブ伝奇伝奇小説恋恋愛艶+ 8 more

ភាសាខ្មែរប្រលោមលោក

한국어련애로망스로맨스연애정사+ 2 more

Kurdîromanromansromantîk

Latinafābularomanciusromanicus

NederlandsRomaans

Polskiromansromańskiromantyka

Portuguêsromanceromânico

Românăromanic

РусскийлатинскийроманромансроманскийРомантикароманти́ческая любо́вьроманти́ческая по́весть+ 4 more

Shqipromák

Српскиromanromanskiроман

Svenskakärleksromanromantik

ไทยชู้สาว

Tagalogromansa

Türkçeromans

Українськароман

Tiếng Việtlãng mạnluyến ái

Examples

“Everybody's working for the weekend Everybody wants a new romance.”

“`Will you undertake⟳ the task? We give⟳ you complete⟳ freedom, and as a reward⟳ you will, we believe⟳, have⟳ the credit of presenting to the world the most wonderful history, as distinguished from romance, that its records can show⟳.'”

“Could one have⟳ known the past histories of some of the oddly-selected couples who shared everything in common, many a romance might have⟳ been written during what, to all outward appearances, was a dull and prosaic time to most lookers-on!”

“His life was a romance.”

“She was so full of romance she would forget⟳ what she was supposed to be doing.”

“The Romance languages are normally grouped along broad geographical lines into Italo-Romance (Italian dialects, with a standard based on Tuscan); Gallo-Romance (French and Provençal); Hispano-Romance (Castilian Spanish, Catalan as less widely recognized standard, and Portuguese); Rhaeto-Romance (Romansh, Ladin, and Friulian); and Balkan Romance (Dalmatian, now extinct, and Romanian). [...] Proto-Romance was a purely spoken language, and we should at least in principle keep⟳ it separate⟳ from Vulgar Latin.”

CEFR level