American English pronunciation

How to pronounce romance

IPA transcription: [ɹoʊ'mæns]

Pronunciation variants: [ɹoʊ'mæns]['ɹoʊmæns]

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Noun

  • a relationship between two lovers

  • an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure)

  • the group of languages derived from Latin

  • a story dealing with love

  • a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life

Verb

  • make amorous advances towards

    “John is courting Mary”

  • talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

    “The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries”

    “My husband never flirts with other women”

  • have a love affair with

  • tell romantic or exaggerated lies

    “This author romanced his trip to an exotic country”

Adjective

  • relating to languages derived from Latin

    “Romance languages”