romance (noun)
1romance — ► NOUN 1) a pleasurable feeling of excitement and wonder associated with love. 2) a love affair. 3) a book or film dealing with love in a sentimental or idealized way. 4) a quality or feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness from everyday… …
2Romance — ► NOUN ▪ the group of languages descended from Latin, principally French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian. ORIGIN originally denoting the ordinary language of France as opposed to Latin: from Latin Romanicus Roman …
3Romance languages — Romance Geographic distribution: Originally Southern Europe and parts of Africa; now also Latin America, Canada, parts of Lebanon and much of Western Africa Linguistic classification: Indo European Italic …
4romance — noun 1 love affair ADJECTIVE ▪ brief ▪ broken ▪ whirlwind ▪ They married after a whirlwind romance. ▪ budding …
5Romance language — noun the group of languages derived from Latin • Syn: ↑Romance, ↑Latinian language • Hypernyms: ↑Latin • Hyponyms: ↑Haitian Creole, ↑Italian, ↑French, ↑ …
6romance — noun 1) he s had many romances Syn: love affair, relationship, liaison, courtship, attachment, amour 2) an author of romances Syn: story, tale, legend, fairy tale 3) …
7Romance language — noun a European language descended from Latin …
8Romance language — noun (C) a language that comes from Latin, for example French or Spanish …
9romance stanza — noun : a six line verse stanza common in metrical romances in which lines 1, 2, 4, and 5 of 4 accents each are rhymed and lines 3 and 6 of 3 accents each are rhymed …
10Romance languages — romance1 (def. 8). [1770 80] * * * Group of related languages derived from Latin, with nearly 920 million native speakers. The major Romance languages French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are national languages. French is probably… …
