Romance
The group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar LatinThe group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin.
» I like reading romance novels.
Ich lese gerne Liebesromane.
Я люблю читати романи про кохання.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin.
Romanisch
the group of languages derived from Latin
Examples
165 sentencesI like reading romance novels.
Я люблю читати романи про кохання. — deniko
deIch lese gerne Liebesromane. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
You've seen too many romance movies.
deDu hast zu viele Liebesfilme gesehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I don't have time for romance.
I thought you didn't like romance movies.
ruЯ думал, ты не любишь романтические фильмы. — marafon
Tom says he's not interested in romance.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Old French romanz (“vernacular language (of France)”), from Late Latin rōmānicē, fromFrom Old French romanz (“vernacular language (of France)”), from Late Latin rōmānicē, from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus + -icus. Extended in the 17th century to all languages derived from Latin.
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- the group of languages derived from Latin:Romance languageLatinian language
- an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure):romanticism
- a story dealing with love:love story
- a relationship between two lovers:love affair
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
5 patterns- romance novels
- like romance novels
- like romance
- like romance movies
- romance movies