Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - romance
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Romance
romance
~1 n 1 an exciting and often short relationship between two people who love each other (a whirlwind romance (=one that happens very suddenly and quickly)) 2 love, or a feeling of being in love (The romance had gone out of their relationship.) 3 the feeling of excitement and adventure that is connected with a particular place, activity etc (the romance of life in the Wild West) 4 a story about the love between two people 5 a story that has brave characters and exciting events (a Medieval romance) ~2 v to describe things that have happened in a way that makes them seem better or more important than they really were + abou (an old man romancing about the past)
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(romances) 1. A romance is a relationship between two people who are in love with each other but who are not married to each other. After a whirlwind romance the couple announced their engagement in July. N-COUNT 2. Romance refers to the actions and feelings of people who are in love, especially behaviour which is very caring or affectionate. He still finds time for romance by cooking candlelit dinners for his girlfriend... N-UNCOUNT 3. You can refer to the pleasure and excitement of doing something new or exciting as romance. We want to recreate the romance and excitement that used to be part of rail journeys. N-UNCOUNT 4. A romance is a novel or film about a love affair. Her taste in fiction was for chunky historical romances. N-COUNT 5. Romance is used to refer to novels about love affairs. Since taking up writing romance in 1967 she has brought out over fifty books. N-UNCOUNT 6. Romance languages are languages such as French, Spanish, and Italian, which come from Latin. (TECHNICAL) ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Date: 1690 of, relating to, or being any of the languages developed from Latin (as Italian, French, and Spanish) ROMANCE I. noun Etymology: Middle English romauns, from Anglo-French romanz French, narrative in French, from Medieval Latin Romanice in a vernacular (as opposed to Latin), from Late Latin Romanus Gallo-Romance speaker (as opposed to a Frank), from Latin, Roman Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric love and adventure, or the supernatural (2) a prose narrative treating imaginary characters involved in events remote in time or place and usually heroic, adventurous, or mysterious (3) a love story especially in the form of a novel b. a class of such literature 2. something (as an extravagant story or account) that lacks basis in fact 3. an emotional attraction or aura belonging to an especially heroic era, adventure, or activity 4. love affair 5. capitalized the Romance languages II. verb (~d; romancing) Date: 1655 intransitive verb 1. to exaggerate or invent detail or incident 2. to entertain romantic thoughts or ideas transitive verb 1. to try to influence or curry favor with especially by lavishing personal attention, gifts, or flattery 2. to carry on a love affair with III. noun Etymology: German Romanze & French ~, both ultimately from Spanish ~ ~, ballad, from Old Occitan & Old French romanz Date: circa 1854 a short instrumental piece in ballad style ROMANCER noun Date: 1654 1. a writer of romance 2. one that romances ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n., adj., & v. --n. also disp. 1 an atmosphere or tendency characterized by a sense of remoteness from or idealization of everyday life. 2 a a prevailing sense of wonder or mystery surrounding the mutual attraction in a love affair. b sentimental or idealized love. c a love affair. 3 a a literary genre with romantic love or highly imaginative unrealistic episodes forming the central theme. b a work of this genre. 4 a medieval tale, usu. in verse, of some hero of chivalry, of the kind common in the Romance languages. 5 a exaggeration or picturesque falsehood. b an instance of this. 6 (Romance) the languages descended from Latin regarded collectively. 7 Mus. a short informal piece. --adj. (Romance) of any of the languages descended from Latin (French, Italian, Spanish, etc.). --v. 1 intr. exaggerate or distort the truth, esp. fantastically. 2 tr. court, woo. Etymology: ME f. OF romanz, -ans, -ance, ult. f. L Romanicus ROMANIC ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. группа романских языков (также Romance languages) 2. романский Romance nations —- романские народы Romance culture —- романская культура Spanish is a Romance language —- испанский язык принадлежит к группе романских языков romance 1. (R.) рыцарский роман (обыкн. в стихах; также romance metrical romance) Arthurian romance —- лит. роман Артурова цикла 2. роман (героического, приключенческого, любовного и т. п. жанра) historical romance —- исторический приключенческий роман a romance of the desert —- романтическая повесть о пустыне to be deeply read in romances —- зачитываться романтическими произведениями 3. романтическая литература 4. романтический эпизод; ряд необыкновенных приключений our meeting was quite a romance —- наша встреча была весьма романтической (как в романе) her story is a romance in real life —- ее жизнь - настоящий роман 5. роман, любовная связь a teen-age romance —- юношеская любовь 6. романтика the romance of youth —- романтика юности a girl full of romance —- девушка с романтической душой to travel east in search of romance —- поехать на восток в поисках романтических приключений there was an air of romance about the old castle —- старый замок выглядел романтично 7. выдумка; небылица this is romance, I don't believe a word of it —- это выдумка, которой я нисколько не верю 8. лит. испанская баллада 9. муз. романс 10....Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I Romance 1. noun; collect. романские языки 2. adj. романский II 1. noun 1) рыцарский роман (обыкн. в стихах) 2) роман (героического жанра; противоп. novel роман бытовой) 3) романический эпизод, любовная история 4) mus. романс 5) романтика 6) выдумка, небылица Syn: see novel 2. v. 1) преувеличивать; приукрашивать действительность 2) выдумывать, фантазировать, сочинять 3) coll. ухаживать (за кем-л.) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 13c., "story of a hero's adventures," later, "vernacular language of France" (as opposed to Latin). The connecting notion is that medieval vernacular tales were usually about chivalric adventure. Both meanings evolved from O.Fr. romanz "verse narrative," originally an adverb, "in the vernacular language," from V.L. *romanice scribere "to write in a Romance language" (one developed from Latin instead of Frankish), from L. Romanicus "of or in the Roman style," from Romanus "Roman." Extended 1612 to other modern languages derived from Latin (Spanish, Italian, etc.). Meaning "adventurous quality" first recorded 1801; that of "love affair, idealistic quality" is from 1916. The verb meaning "court as a lover" is from 1942. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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