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romance

ro·mance

UK/rə(ʊ)ˈman(t)s/ US/ˈrəʊman(t)s/ common
noun (5) adjective (1) verb (4)

noun

1.

a relationship between two lovers

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2.
3.

the group of languages derived from Latin

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4.

a story dealing with love

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5.

a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

adjective

1.

relating to languages derived from Latin

  • “Romance languages”
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verb

1.

make amorous advances towards

  • “John is courting Mary”
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2.

have a love affair with

3.

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

  • “The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries”
  • “My husband never flirts with other women”
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4.

tell romantic or exaggerated lies

  • “This author romanced his trip to an exotic country”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • autumn romance
  • dark romance
  • family romance
  • gaslight romance
  • May-December romance
  • May-September romance
  • metahistorical romance
  • paranormal romance
  • romancing the bone

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