romance | | |
n. (state) | 1. love affair, romance | a relationship between two lovers. |
| ~ relationship | a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection).; "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship" |
| ~ intrigue | a clandestine love affair. |
n. (attribute) | 2. romance, romanticism | an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure). |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| ~ stardust | a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality. |
n. (communication) | 3. latinian language, romance, romance language | the group of languages derived from Latin. |
| ~ haitian creole | a creole language spoken by most Haitians; based on French and various African languages. |
| ~ latin | any dialect of the language of ancient Rome. |
| ~ italian | the Romance language spoken in Italy. |
| ~ french | the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France. |
| ~ portuguese | the Romance language spoken in Portugal and Brazil. |
| ~ galician | a language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese; sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect. |
| ~ spanish | the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain. |
| ~ catalan | the Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan). |
| ~ rhaeto-romance, rhaeto-romanic | Romance dialects spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland and northern Italy and the Tyrol. |
| ~ rumanian, romanian | an eastern Romance language spoken in Romania. |
n. (communication) | 4. love story, romance | a story dealing with love. |
| ~ story | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events.; "he writes stories for the magazines" |
n. (communication) | 5. romance | a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life. |
| ~ novel | an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story. |
| ~ gothic romance | a romance that deals with desolate and mysterious and grotesque events. |
| ~ bodice ripper | a romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated. |
v. (social) | 6. court, romance, solicit, woo | make amorous advances towards.; "John is courting Mary" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ chase after, chase | pursue someone sexually or romantically. |
| ~ display | attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals. |
v. (emotion) | 7. romance | have a love affair with. |
| ~ love | be enamored or in love with.; "She loves her husband deeply" |
v. (communication) | 8. butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance | talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions.; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" |
| ~ talk, speak | exchange thoughts; talk with.; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words" |
| ~ wanton | engage in amorous play. |
| ~ vamp | act seductively with (someone). |
v. (communication) | 9. romance | tell romantic or exaggerated lies.; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country" |
| ~ lie | tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive.; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" |
adj. (pertain) | 10. latin, romance | relating to languages derived from Latin.; "Romance languages" |
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