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Romance

Pronunciation: /rə(ʊ)ˈmans, ˈrəʊmans/

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Definition of Romance

adjective

  • relating to or denoting the group of Indo-European languages descended from Latin, principally French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Occitan, and Romanian:the Romance languages

noun

[mass noun]
  • the Romance languages considered as a group.

Origin:

Middle English (originally denoting the vernacular language of France as opposed to Latin): from Old French romanz, based on Latin Romanicus 'Roman'

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