Meaning

12 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

    Liebesgeschichte, Romanze

    рома́нromán

    рома́нromán

    a relationship between two lovers

  2. (countable, uncountable)A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.

  3. (countable, uncountable)Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.

    große Liebe, romantische Liebe, Minne

    романти́ческая любо́вьromantíčeskaja ljubóvʹ, рома́нromán

  4. (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

  5. (countable, uncountable)A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A tale of high adventure.

  7. (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)

  8. (countable, uncountable)A literary or filmic genre about idealized love.

  9. (countable, uncountable)An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.

  10. (countable, uncountable)An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.

    His life was a romance.

  11. (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.

  12. (countable, uncountable)A sentimental piece of music; a romanza.

    Romanze

    рома́нсrománs

    рома́нсrománs

Examples

165 sentences
  1. I like reading romance novels.

    Я люблю читати романи про кохання.

    deIch lese gerne Liebesromane.

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  2. You've seen too many romance movies.

    deDu hast zu viele Liebesfilme gesehen.

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  3. I don't have time for romance.

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  4. I thought you didn't like romance movies.

    ruЯ думал, ты не любишь романтические фильмы.

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  5. Tom says he's not interested in romance.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
intimate relationship, love affair:
music: sentimental piece of music:
Русский
By meaning 3
intimate relationship, love affair:
idealized love:
story or novel dealing with idealized love:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
intimate relationship, love affair:
idealized love:

Origin

From Middle English romauns, roumance, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French romanz, r

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 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: romances
Singularromance
Pluralromances

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

5 antonyms
intimate relationship:platonicplatonic relationshipplatonic lovenonromanceantiromance

Word family

36 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • romance novels
  • like romance novels
  • like romance
  • like romance movies
  • romance movies

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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