Definitions for romance
roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mænsro·mance

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. love affair, romance(noun)

   a relationship between two lovers

2. romanticism, romance(noun)

   an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

3. Romance, Romance language, Latinian language(noun)

   the group of languages derived from Latin

4. love story, romance(noun)

   a story dealing with love

5. romance(adj)

   a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

6. Romance, Latin(verb)

   relating to languages derived from Latin

   "Romance languages"

7. woo, court, romance, solicit(verb)

   make amorous advances towards

   "John is courting Mary"

8. romance(verb)

   have a love affair with

9. chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash(verb)

   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. romance(verb)

    tell romantic or exaggerated lies

    "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"

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1. Romance(n.)

   a love affair, esp. one in which the lovers display their deep affection openly, by romantic gestures.

   Etymology: [OE. romance, romant, romaunt, OF. romanz, romans, romant, roman, F. roman, romance, fr. LL. Romanice in the Roman language, in the vulgar tongue, i. e., in the vulgar language which sprang from Latin, the language of the Romans, and hence applied to fictitious compositions written in this vulgar tongue; fr. L. Romanicus Roman, fr. Romanus. See Roman, and cf. Romanic, Romaunt, Romansch, Romanza.]

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1. romance(Noun)

   An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

   Etymology: See romance

2. romance(Noun)

   A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.

   Etymology: See romance

3. romance(Noun)

   Love which is pure or beautiful.

   Etymology: See romance

4. romance(Noun)

   A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.

   Etymology: See romance

5. romance(Noun)

   A story or novel dealing with idealised love.

   Etymology: See romance

6. romance(Noun)

   An embellished account of something; an idealised lie.

   Etymology: See romance

7. romance(Verb)

   Woo; court.

   Etymology: See romance

8. romance(Verb)

   To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.

   Etymology: See romance

9. Romance(Noun)

   The group of languages and cultures which are derived from Latin.

   Etymology: See romance

10. Romance(Adjective)

    Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: as in Portuguese, Italian, French, and Spanish.

    Etymology: See romance

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Romance(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. romance, romant, romaunt, OF. romanz, romans, romant, roman, F. roman, romance, fr. LL. Romanice in the Roman language, in the vulgar tongue, i. e., in the vulgar language which sprang from Latin, the language of the Romans, and hence applied to fictitious compositions written in this vulgar tongue; fr. L. Romanicus Roman, fr. Romanus. See Roman, and cf. Romanic, Romaunt, Romansch, Romanza.]

2. Romance(noun)

   an adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance

   Etymology: [OE. romance, romant, romaunt, OF. romanz, romans, romant, roman, F. roman, romance, fr. LL. Romanice in the Roman language, in the vulgar tongue, i. e., in the vulgar language which sprang from Latin, the language of the Romans, and hence applied to fictitious compositions written in this vulgar tongue; fr. L. Romanicus Roman, fr. Romanus. See Roman, and cf. Romanic, Romaunt, Romansch, Romanza.]

3. Romance(noun)

   a dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance

   Etymology: [OE. romance, romant, romaunt, OF. romanz, romans, romant, roman, F. roman, romance, fr. LL. Romanice in the Roman language, in the vulgar tongue, i. e., in the vulgar language which sprang from Latin, the language of the Romans, and hence applied to fictitious compositions written in this vulgar tongue; fr. L. Romanicus Roman, fr. Romanus. See Roman, and cf. Romanic, Romaunt, Romansch, Romanza.]

4. Romance(noun)

   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)

   Etymology: [OE. romance, romant, romaunt, OF. romanz, romans, romant, roman, F. roman, romance, fr. LL. Romanice in the Roman language, in the vulgar tongue, i. e., in the vulgar language which sprang from Latin, the language of the Romans, and hence applied to fictitious compositions written in this vulgar tongue; fr. L. Romanicus Roman, fr. Romanus. See Roman, and cf. Romanic, Romaunt, Romansch, Romanza.]

5. Romance(noun)

   a short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza

   Etymology: [OE. romance, romant, romaunt, OF. romanz, romans, romant, roman, F. roman, romance, fr. LL. Romanice in the Roman language, in the vulgar tongue, i. e., in the vulgar language which sprang from Latin, the language of the Romans, and hence applied to fictitious compositions written in this vulgar tongue; fr. L. Romanicus Roman, fr. Romanus. See Roman, and cf. Romanic, Romaunt, Romansch, Romanza.]

6. Romance(adj)

   of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance

   Etymology: [OE. romance, romant, romaunt, OF. romanz, romans, romant, roman, F. roman, romance, fr. LL. Romanice in the Roman language, in the vulgar tongue, i. e., in the vulgar language which sprang from Latin, the language of the Romans, and hence applied to fictitious compositions written in this vulgar tongue; fr. L. Romanicus Roman, fr. Romanus. See Roman, and cf. Romanic, Romaunt, Romansch, Romanza.]

7. Romance(verb)

   to write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories

   Etymology: [OE. romance, romant, romaunt, OF. romanz, romans, romant, roman, F. roman, romance, fr. LL. Romanice in the Roman language, in the vulgar tongue, i. e., in the vulgar language which sprang from Latin, the language of the Romans, and hence applied to fictitious compositions written in this vulgar tongue; fr. L. Romanicus Roman, fr. Romanus. See Roman, and cf. Romanic, Romaunt, Romansch, Romanza.]

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1. Romance

   Romance is the expressive and pleasurable feeling from an emotional attraction towards another person associated with sexual attraction. It is eros rather than agape, philia, or storge. In the context of romantic love relationships, romance usually implies an expression of one's strong romantic love, or one's deep and strong emotional desires to connect with another person intimately or romantically. Historically, the term "romance" originates with the medieval ideal of chivalry as set out in its chivalric romance literature. Humans have a natural inclination to form bonds with one another through social interactions, be it through verbal communication or nonverbal gestures.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Romance

   rō-mans′, n. a general name for those modern languages in southern Europe which sprang from a corruption of the Roman or Latin language—Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Provençal, French, Roumanian, Romansch, &c.: a tale written in one of these dialects: any fictitious and wonderful tale: a fictitious narrative in prose or verse which passes beyond the limits of real life: a ballad.—adj. belonging to the dialects called Romance.—v.i. to write or tell romances: to talk extravagantly: to build castles in the air.—ns. Roman′cer, Roman′cist.—adjs. Roman′cical (Lamb), dealing with romance; Roman′ic, Romance: derived from the Roman alphabet. [O. Fr. romans—Low L. adv. (loqui) romanice, (to speak) in the Roman or Latin tongue—L. Romanicus, Roman.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. romance

   Where the hero begins by deceiving himself and ends by deceiving others.

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1. romance

   A couple who have an intimate relationship and who exist as a united partnership together.

   Romance is experienced by some who love to share their life with another human being in partnership together.

   Submitted by MaryC on September 17, 2016  

2. romance

   To create an experience for a couple to share time together or share an activity that creates a sense or feeling that we choose to exist with kind, thoughtful, loving and understanding action and behavior.

   Romance is desired by some people who are in a relationship to create a sense of kindness, thoughtfulness or loving feelings.

   Submitted by MaryC on September 17, 2016  

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1. romance

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'romance' in Nouns Frequency: #2852

Anagrams for romance »

1. Cameron, Cremona, nom race

How to pronounce romance?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of romance in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of romance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of romance in a Sentence

1. Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde:

   To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance.

2. Clare Boothe Luce:

   Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, lessens the friction of social contacts. It is only in lies, wholeheartedly and bravely told, that human nature attains through words and speech the forbearance, the nobility, the romance, the idealism, that -- being what it is -- it falls so short of in fact and in deed.

3. Joe Heron:

   We’re immigrants, and the romance of America still burns quite brightly inside us, nobody had defined themselves as an American brandy.

4. Musin Almat Zhumabekovich:

   We are in a ghostly matrix, we are in the past and this is our eternity. In the time loop of karmic nostalgia, reincarnation and the wheel of samsara, where the philosophical romance of the soul and heart intensifies. We do not understand that we have been dead for a long time.

5. Oscar Wilde:

   To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

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