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romance
English
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 r?m?nic?, Vulgar Latin r?m?nic? (“in the Roman language”, adverb), from Latin r?m?nicus (“roman”, adj) from r?m?nus (“a Roman”). Doublet of Romansch.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?o??mæns/, /??o??mæns/, enPR: r?-m?ns'
- (UK) IPA(key): /???mæns/, /?????mæns/
- Rhymes: -æns, -??mæns
Noun
romance (countable and uncountable, plural romances)
- A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
- An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
- A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
- Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
- A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
- A story or novel dealing with idealized love.
- An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
- An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
- His life was a romance.
- A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
- She was so full of romance she would forget what she was supposed to be doing.
- (music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:romance.
Antonyms
- (intimate relationship): platonic, platonic relationship, platonic love, nonromance, antiromance (with respect to intimacy)
Derived terms
- romantic
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????
- ? Korean: ??? (romaenseu)
Related terms
Translations
Verb
romance (third-person singular simple present romances, present participle romancing, simple past and past participle romanced)
- (transitive) To woo; to court.
- (intransitive) To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
- (intransitive) To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.
Synonyms
- (to woo, court): make love, put the moves on, solicit; see also Thesaurus:woo
Anagrams
- Cameron, Canmore, Cremona, Marenco, Menorca
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from German Romanze, from French romance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ro??m?n.s?/
- Hyphenation: ro?man?ce
- Rhymes: -?ns?
Noun
romance f (plural romances or romancen)
- (literature, music, historical) An emotional popular-historical epic ballad. [from late 18th c.]
- (literature, music) A sentimental love song or love story.
Derived terms
- romancedichter
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: roman
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish romance, itself probably a borrowing from either Old French romanz or Old Occitan romans, meaning a narrative work in the vernacular speech, from Vulgar Latin *roman?ce (“in a Roman manner”), compare Medieval Latin r?m?nice, ultimately from Latin r?m?nicus. See also roman (“novel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.m??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
romance f (plural romances)
- a ballad; a love song
Descendants
All are borrowed.
Verb
romance
- first-person singular present indicative of romancer
- third-person singular present indicative of romancer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of romancer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of romancer
- second-person singular imperative of romancer
Interlingua
Noun
romance (plural romances)
- novel
Adjective
romance (comparative plus romance, superlative le plus romance)
- Romance
Italian
Adjective
romance
- feminine plural of romancio
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan romans, from Medieval Latin, Vulgar Latin r?m?nic? (“in a Roman manner”), from Latin r?m?nicus (“Roman”, adjective), from r?m?nus (“Roman”, noun), from R?ma (“Rome”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?o.?m??.si/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ho.?m??.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?u.?m??.s?/
- Hyphenation: ro?man?ce
Noun
romance m (plural romances)
- (literature) novel (work of prose fiction)
- romance; love affair
- Synonym: caso
Derived terms
- romance de folhetim
- romance de cavalaria
Related terms
Adjective
romance m or f (plural romances, not comparable)
- (linguistics) Romance (of the languages derived from Latin)
- Synonyms: neolatim, romanço, românico
Derived terms
- reto-romance
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan romans, or Old French romanz, from Vulgar Latin *roman?ce, compare Medieval Latin r?m?nice, ultimately from Latin r?m?nicus < r?m?nus. Cognates include Old French romanz, whence the modern French noun roman (“novel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ro?man?e/, [ro?mãn?.?e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ro?manse/, [ro?mãn.se]
Adjective
romance (plural romances)
- Romance
- Synonym: románico
Derived terms
- lengua romance
Noun
romance m (plural romances)
- romance, love affair
- romance (genre)
- novel
- Synonym: novela
- Spanish (language)
- Synonyms: castellano, español
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- en buen romance
Descendants
- ? French: romance (see there for further descendants)
Verb
romance
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of romanzar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of romanzar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of romanzar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of romanzar.
References
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allegory
English
Etymology
From Middle English allegorie, from Old French allegorie, from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ????????? (all?goría), from ????? (állos, “other”) + ??????? (agoreú?, “I speak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æl.???o??.i/, /?æl.?????.i/
Noun
allegory (countable and uncountable, plural allegories)
- (rhetoric) A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
- A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
- A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
- (mathematics, category theory) A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.
Derived terms
- allegoric
- allegorical
- allegorically
- allegorist
- allegorize
Related terms
- agora
- agoraphobia
- category
Translations
See also
- metaphor
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