romance

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

adj verb noun 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.

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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

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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# romance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj, verb, noun
**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.

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