romance

  • 51romance —    copulation with one person outside marriage or a stable relationship    In standard usage, a courtship, from the romance, or tale of chivalry, which was set down in vernacular French rather than in Latin:     I am distressed to see the old… …

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  • 52romance — [rə(ʊ) mans, rəʊmans] noun 1》 a pleasurable feeling of excitement and wonder associated with love.     ↘a love affair, especially a relatively brief and light hearted one.     ↘a book or film dealing with love in a sentimental or idealized way.… …

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  • 53romance — 1. noun 1) their romance blossomed Syn: love, passion, ardor, adoration, devotion; affection, fondness, attachment 2) he s had many romances Syn: love affair, relationship, liaison …

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  • 54romance — [rəʊˈmæns] noun 1) [C] a short exciting romantic relationship 2) [U] the behaviour that is typical of two people who love each other She wasn t in a mood for romance.[/ex] 3) [C] a book or film about a romantic relationship 4) [U] a feeling of… …

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  • 55ROMANCE — adj. f. Il n est usité que dans cette locution, La langue romance, qui signifie la même chose que La langue romane …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 56romance — Así pues, si en el texto de la noticia en inglés se habla de literatura contemporánea, lo más probable es que romance deba traducirse por novela, y si de lo que se trata es de la vida sentimental de los famosos es mejor traducirlo por amorío,… …

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  • 57romance — enamoramiento; aventura amorosa; relación amorosa ilícita; cf. pololeo, rollo, desliz, canita al aire, gorreo; no sabís nada, amigui: estoy en pleno romance con mi jefe ¿Y? La raja. Todo pasando; nunca había gozado tanto en mi vida… …

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  • 58romance — n 1. fiction, novel, story, tale, narrative; love story, torrid romance; fairy tale, heroic epic, legend, science fiction, fantasy, Western, spy thriller, Inf. thriller; Gothic novel, horror story, ghost story, Inf. spine tingler. 2. invention,… …

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  • 59romance — noun 1) he s had many romances Syn: love affair, relationship, liaison, courtship, attachment, amour 2) an author of romances Syn: story, tale, legend, fairy tale 3) …

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  • 60Romance — /roʊˈmæns/ (say roh mans) adjective of or relating to the group of languages which have developed out of Latin, in their historical or modern forms, principally, Sardinian, Dalmatian (extinct), Romanian, Italian, Rhaeto Romanic, French, Provençal …