Romance
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- noun
- /roʊˈmæns/
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lenguas romances
- Hrolfs saga, like the aforementioned romances, does not conform to the Aristotelian concept of unity.
- Romance languages
- courtly romance
- chivalric romance
If gift giving is a love language, then pig Latin is a Romance language.
- If gift giving is a love language, then pig Latin is a Romance language.
Examples
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What are the Romance languages that interest you?
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Well, with Portuguese like other Romance languages.
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Camilla would see her words in Thai and Serbian, along with all the Romance languages.
Fiction book (1996) -
A short medieval English romance, The Green Knight, depicts a hero's encounter with a green knight.
Academic text (1993) -
In the nineteenth century, a language of passion and romance characterized middle-class discourse.
Academic text (1990) -
Like translated Arthurian romances, Hrolfs saga is a reworking of historical legend in the style of romances.
Academic text (1999) -
Eusebio Chacon's El hijo de la tempestad (1892) is a short romance interspersed with folklore.
Academic text (1990) -
Many people are learning Romance languages like Spanish and Italian because they are derived from Latin.
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Students studying Romance languages often find connections between French, Spanish, and Italian.
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The professor specializes in Romance languages, focusing on the evolution of French and Portuguese.
Synonyms
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3.9
Relating to countries that speak languages like Spanish or French
Compounds
- Literature
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9.3
Stories or novels with dark, mysterious settings and frightening events
A group of languages from Latin spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland, northern Italy and the Tyrol
Surface Forms
Etymology
Romance comes from Roman, meaning 'of Rome' or 'Roman', and was first used for the everyday speech people used instead of Latin. So Romance languages are the modern languages that grew out of Latin, the language of the Romans.