romance

Etymology
From, , borrowed from and ,  (the vernacular language of France, as opposed to Latin), from , , from  from. .

Noun

 * 1) A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
 * 2) A tale of high adventure.
 * 3) An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
 * 4) A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
 * 5) Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
 * 6) A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
 * 7) A story or novel dealing with idealized love.
 * 8) An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
 * 9) An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
 * 10) A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
 * 11)  A romanza, or sentimental ballad.
 * 1) A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
 * 2)  A romanza, or sentimental ballad.
 * 1)  A romanza, or sentimental ballad.
 * 1)  A romanza, or sentimental ballad.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: рама́н
 * Bulgarian: любо́вна исто́рия
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: romanssi
 * French: ,
 * German: ;
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: storia d'amore
 * Japanese:, ロマンス,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Manx: cooish ghraih
 * Maori: mate kanehe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: romanse
 * Nynorsk: romanse
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: romansa
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: рома́н
 * Vietnamese:


 * Finnish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 浪漫的愛情,
 * Finnish: romanttinen rakkaus
 * French:, amour romantique,
 * German: große Liebe; romantische Liebe;
 * Italian: romanticheria,
 * Japanese: ロマンチックラブ, ロマンチックな愛, ロマンス
 * Korean:
 * Russian: романти́ческая любо́вь,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: kiehtova piirre
 * Italian:, atmosfera fantasiosa
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * Arabic: رُومَانْسِيَّة
 * Bulgarian: ри́царски рома́н
 * Catalan: novel·la sentimental
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 戀愛小說, 愛情小說
 * Finnish: romanttinen kertomus; rakkausromaani
 * French:
 * German: ;
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ロマンス, 伝奇小説,
 * Khmer: ប្រលោមលោក
 * Latin:
 * Maori: paki whaiāipo
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: romanse
 * Nynorsk: romanse
 * Polish:
 * Russian:,  , романти́ческая по́весть


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: romanttinen tarina
 * Italian: esagerazione fantasiosa
 * Maori: kōrero takuahi


 * Bulgarian: ри́царски рома́н
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ritaritarina, ritariballadi
 * Irish: scéal ridireachta


 * Catalan:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Arabic: رُومَانْسِيَّة
 * Belarusian: рама́нс
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ;, 浪漫史
 * Finnish: romanssi
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ロマンス
 * Korean: 로망스
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: romanse
 * Nynorsk: romanse
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Tibetan: འཆར་ཡན་རོལ་དབྱངས
 * Tuvan: романс
 * Ukrainian: рома́нс
 * Yakut: романс

Verb

 * 1)  To woo; to court.
 * 2)  To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
 * 3)  To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.
 * 1)  To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
 * 2)  To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:woo

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  An emotional popular-historical epic ballad.
 * 2)  A sentimental love song or love story.

Etymology
, itself probably a borrowing from either or, meaning a narrative work in the vernacular speech, from , compare , ultimately from. See also.

Noun

 * 1) a ballad; a love song

Noun

 * 1) novel

Adjective

 * 1) Romance

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  novel work of prose fiction
 * 2) ; love affair

Adjective

 * 1)  Romance of the languages derived from Latin

Etymology 1
, or, from , compare , ultimately from <. Cognates include 🇨🇬, whence the modern 🇨🇬 noun.

Adjective

 * 1) Romance

Noun

 * , love affair
 * 1) novel
 * 1) novel

Noun

 * 1) Spanish