romance

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /roʊˈmæn(t)s/ UK /rə(ʊ)ˈman(t)s/ See IPA manual

Freq #3637

Meanings

1

noun
A romantic relationship or love affair between two people.

Their summer romance turned into a lifelong marriage.
2

noun
A story about love.

She loves reading historical romances on holiday.
3

noun
A feeling of excitement, mystery, and adventure.

There is a certain romance about travelling by train across Europe.
4

verb
To try to win someone's love; to court.

He romanced her with flowers and long letters.
5

adj
Relating to the languages that developed from Latin, such as French and Spanish.

Italian and Portuguese are both Romance languages.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

4 verb · to try to win someone's... make love

5 adj · relating to the languages... latin

More solicit woo

Opposites

antiromancenonromanceplatonic

Word family

Forms romancedromancesromancing

Derived forms bromancecrimancecyberromanceeromfauxmanceoutromancephoto-romanceromactionromanceableromancefulromancelandiaromanceless

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Phrases (1)

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poetic romance
a romantic narrative written in poetry

Adjective + noun

Simplified etymology

Romance came via Old French from Latin Romanicus “Roman.” It first referred to a medieval narrative in the local language describing the adventures of a chivalric hero. Because such adventures tended to be wild and improbable, the word became associated with fiction remote from everyday life; because love was often a subject, it also became associated with works dealing with love. The senses “idealized or sentimental love” and “a love affair” are Victorian.

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”, adjective) from rōmānus (“a Roman”). Doublet of Romansch.

romauns Middle English romanz Old French rōmānicē la-med rōmānicus Latin

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Topics

People & Society Literature & Storytelling Register & Style

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# romance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb, adj
**IPA (US):** /roʊˈmæn(t)s/
**IPA (UK):** /rə(ʊ)ˈman(t)s/
**Frequency rank:** 3637

## Meanings
1. A romantic relationship or love affair between two people.
2. A story about love.
3. A feeling of excitement, mystery, and adventure.
4. To try to win someone's love; to court.
5. Relating to the languages that developed from Latin, such as French and Spanish.

## Examples
- Their summer romance turned into a lifelong marriage.
- She loves reading historical romances on holiday.
- There is a certain romance about travelling by train across Europe.
- He romanced her with flowers and long letters.
- Italian and Portuguese are both Romance languages.

## Synonyms
- solicit
- woo

## Antonyms
- antiromance
- nonromance
- platonic

## Derived Forms
- bromance
- crimance
- cyberromance
- erom
- fauxmance
- outromance
- photo-romance
- romaction
- romanceable
- romanceful
- romancelandia
- romanceless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: romauns
- Root: romanz
- Root: rōmānicē
- Root: rōmānicus

## 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”, adjective) from rōmānus (“a Roman”). Doublet of Romansch.

## AI Etymology
Romance comes 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”, adjective) from rōmānus (“a Roman”). Doublet of Romansch. Modern senses include a romantic relationship or love affair between two people. and a story about love.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as bromance, crimance, cyberromance, erom, fauxmance, and outromance.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Literature & Storytelling
- Register & Style

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