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romance

/roˈmanθe/

adjective/roˈmanθe/

Romance

Synonyms: románico

Related: lengua romance

Borrowed from Old Occitan romans, or Old French romanz, from Vulgar Latin *romanĭce, compare Medieval Latin rōmānice, ultimately from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus. Cognates include Old French romanz, whence the modern French noun roman (“novel”).

noun, masculine/roˈmanθe/plural: romances

romance, love affair; romance (genre); novel

Synonyms: novela

Borrowed from Old Occitan romans, or Old French romanz, from Vulgar Latin *romanĭce, compare Medieval Latin rōmānice, ultimately from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus. Cognates include Old French romanz, whence the modern French noun roman (“novel”).

noun, masculine/roˈmanθe/

Spanish (language)

Synonyms: castellano, español

Related: en buen romance

Borrowed from Old Occitan romans, or Old French romanz, from Vulgar Latin *romanĭce, compare Medieval Latin rōmānice, ultimately from Latin rōmānicus < rōmānus. Cognates include Old French romanz, whence the modern French noun roman (“novel”).