Definitions for romance
roʊˈmæns, ˈroʊ mænsro·mance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. love affair, romancenoun

   a relationship between two lovers

2. romanticism, romancenoun

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

3. Romance, Romance language, Latinian languagenoun

   the group of languages derived from Latin

4. love story, romancenoun

   a story dealing with love

5. romanceadjective

   a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

6. Romance, Latinverb

   relating to languages derived from Latin

   "Romance languages"

7. woo, court, romance, solicitverb

   make amorous advances towards

   "John is courting Mary"

8. romanceverb

   have a love affair with

9. chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mashverb

   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. romanceverb

    tell romantic or exaggerated lies

    "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Romancenoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. romancenoun

   An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

2. romancenoun

   A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.

3. romancenoun

   Love which is pure or beautiful.

4. romancenoun

   A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.

5. romancenoun

   A story or novel dealing with idealised love.

6. romancenoun

   An embellished account of something; an idealised lie.

7. romanceverb

   Woo; court.

8. romanceverb

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

9. Romancenoun

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

10. Romanceadjective

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

11. Etymology: See romance

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Romancenoun

   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

2. Romancenoun

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

3. Romancenoun

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

4. Romancenoun

   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)

5. Romancenoun

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

6. Romanceadjective

   of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance

7. Romanceverb

   to write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories

8. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. romance

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

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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  

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   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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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ROMANCE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Romance is ranked #78040 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Romance surname appeared 245 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Romance.
   
   87.3% or 214 total occurrences were White.
   8.1% or 20 total occurrences were Black.
   3.2% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Latin
   • Lie
   • Love

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

Anagrams for romance »

1. Cameron

2. Cremona

3. nom race

How to pronounce romance?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say romance in sign language?

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. Roni Loren:

   Growing up, we had that image of cheesy novels you pick up at the grocery store, and people have held on to that idea seeing the popularity of' Bridgerton' legitimizes the genre to some people. It gives people permission to start checking out things in the romance novel section.

2. Bonnie Bedelia:

   Demi Moore was there, you know when romance is new and everything.

3. Shania Twain:

   Whenever it goes too far in one direction, it just gets boring. It's very dominated by men right now … We don't have enough women, maybe it's more romance that country is missing right now. Women have a lot to say but it takes a lot of courage to say it. Women are the greater risk-takers. When they step out of what's expected in this genre, they are really stepping in the line of fire.

4. Julius Henry Marx:

   Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.

5. Oscar Wilde:

   Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.

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