1. (n.)romance a novel or other prosenarrative depicting heroic or marvelous deeds, pageantry, exploits, etc., usu. in a historical or imaginary setting.
2. romance a medieval narrative, orig. one in verse and in a Romance language, treating of heroic, fantastic, or supernatural events, often in the form of allegory.
3. romance a made-up story, usu. full of fanciful invention.
4. romance a romantic spirit, sentiment, or the like.
5. romance romantic aura, setting, character, or quality.
12. (adj.)romance (cap.) of, pertaining to, or denoting the group of languages descended from the spoken Latin of the Roman Empire, including French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian.
Etymology: (1895–1900)
Definition of 'Romance'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)love affair, romance a relationship between two lovers
2. (noun)romanticism, romance an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
3. (noun)Romance, Romance language, Latinian language the group of languages derived from Latin
9. (verb)chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
10. (verb)romance tellromantic or exaggerated lies "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"
3. romance romanticlove and the actions that express it the romance of falling in love for the first time
4. romance a book, movie, etc. about love The movie is a good summer romance.
Definition of 'Romance'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)Romance of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance
2. (noun)Romance a species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like
3. (noun)Romance an adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance
4. (noun)Romance a dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance
5. (noun)Romance the languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages)
6. (noun)Romance a short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza
7. (verb)Romance to write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories
Definitions of 'Romance'
The Roycroft Dictionary
Romance Where the hero begins by deceiving himself and ends by deceiving others.
Definitions of Romance 
Afrikaans: verhouding
Arabic: العُلاقات الغَراميَّه بين
Bulgarian: любовна история
Brazilian: romance
Czech: milostné dobrodružství
German: die Romanze
Danish: romance; kærlighedsaffære
Greek: ειδύλλιο
Spanish: amorío, idilio
Estonian: armusuhe
Farsi: رابطه عاشقانه
Finnish: romanssi
French: amour, idylle
Hebrew: פַּרשִׁייַת אֲהבִים
Hindi: प्रेम कहानी
Croatian: romanca, romantičan događ
Hungarian: szerelem
Indonesian: percintaan
Icelandic: ástarævintÿri
Italian: (storia d'amore)
Japanese: 恋愛
Korean: 연애, 로맨스
Lithuanian: romanas
Latvian: romāns, mīlas dēka
Malay: romantik
Dutch: romance, liefdesgeschiede
Norwegian: romanse, kjærlighetsforho
Polish: romans
Persian: رابطه عاشقانه
Pashto: عاشقانه اړیکه
Portuguese: romance
Romanian: idilă, poveste de dragost
Russian: роман
Slovak: milostné dobrodružstvo
Slovenian: romanca
Serbian: romansa
Swedish: romans, kärlekshistoria
Thai: เรื่องรักใคร่
Turkish: aşk macerası
Taiwanese: 戀愛，交往
Ukrainian: роман, любовна історія
Urdu: رومان
Vietnamese: không khí lãng mạn
Chinese: 恋爱
