romance
An intimate relationship between two peopleAn intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
» I like reading romance novels.
Ich lese gerne Liebesromane.
Я люблю читати романи про кохання.
Meaning
12 senses(countable, uncountable)An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
Liebesgeschichte, Romanze
рома́нromán
рома́нromán
a relationship between two lovers
(countable, uncountable)A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
(countable, uncountable)Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
große Liebe, romantische Liebe, Minne
романти́ческая любо́вьromantíčeskaja ljubóvʹ, рома́нromán
(countable, uncountable)A story, novel, film, etc., centred around an idealized love relationship.
Liebesgeschichte, Romanze
рома́нсrománs, рома́нтикаromántika, романти́ческая по́вестьromantíčeskaja póvestʹ
a story dealing with love
(countable, uncountable)A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
(countable, uncountable)A tale of high adventure.
(countable, uncountable)A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
the romance of cruising down the Nile.
рома́нтикаromántika
an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
(countable, uncountable)A literary or filmic genre about idealized love.
(countable, uncountable)An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
(countable, uncountable)An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
His life was a romance.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)A sentimental piece of music; a romanza.
Romanze
рома́нсrománs
рома́нсrománs
Examples
165 sentencesI like reading romance novels.
Я люблю читати романи про кохання.
deIch lese gerne Liebesromane.
You've seen too many romance movies.
deDu hast zu viele Liebesfilme gesehen.
I don't have time for romance.
I thought you didn't like romance movies.
ruЯ думал, ты не любишь романтические фильмы.
Tom says he's not interested in romance.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English romauns, roumance, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French romanz, rFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: romancesSynonyms
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
Antonyms
5 antonymsWord family
36 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