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- [noun, adjective roh-mans, roh-mans; verb roh-mans]
- /noun, adjective roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mæns; verb roʊˈmæns/
- /rəʊˈmæns/
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- [noun, adjective roh-mans, roh-mans; verb roh-mans]
- /noun, adjective roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mæns; verb roʊˈmæns/
Definitions of romance word
- noun romance Music. a short, simple melody, vocal or instrumental, of tender character. 1
- noun romance Spanish Literature. a short epic poem, especially a historical ballad. 1
- verb without object romance to invent or relate romances; indulge in fanciful or extravagant stories or daydreams. 1
- verb without object romance to think or talk romantically. 1
- verb with object romance Informal. to court or woo romantically; treat with ardor or chivalrousness: He's currently romancing a very attractive widow. to court the favor of or make overtures to; play up to: They need to romance the local business community if they expect to do business here. 1
- adjective romance (initial capital letter). Also, Romanic. of, relating to, or noting Romance: a Romance language. 1
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Origin of romance
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English romaunce Romanic language, composition in such a language < Old French, derivative of romanz, romans (adj.) Romanic < Vulgar Latin *Rōmānicē (adv.) in a Romance language, derivative of Latin Rōmānicus Romanic
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Parts of speech for Romance
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
romance popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
romance usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for romance
noun romance
- affaire — a love affair
- affaire de coeur — an affair of the heart; love affair
- affair — If an event or a series of events has been mentioned and you want to talk about it again, you can refer to it as the affair.
- amorousness — inclined or disposed to love, especially sexual love: an amorous disposition.
- bestiary — a moralizing medieval collection of descriptions (and often illustrations) of real and mythical animals
verb romance
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- fantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- misquote — a quotation that is incorrect.
- misreport — to report incorrectly or falsely.
adjective romance
- french — of, relating to, or characteristic of France, its inhabitants, or their language, culture, etc.: French cooking.
- italic — designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.: These words are in italic type.
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