romance

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a relationship between two lovers
  2. noun an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)
  3. noun the group of languages derived from Latin

Etymology

From Middle English romauns, roumance, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French romanz, romans (the vernacular language of France, as opposed to Latin), from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman language”, adverb), from Latin rōmānicus (“roman”, adjective) from rōmānus (“a Roman”). Doublet of Romansch.

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Synonyms

love affair

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