romance

noun12

1. •
   a time when two people are in love and together as a couple

   • Everybody's working for the weekend Everybody wants a new romance. — 1981
2. •
   A story, novel, film, etc., centred around an idealized love relationship.
3. •
   A literary or filmic genre about idealized love.
4. •
   A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.

   • the romance of cruising down the Nile.
5. •
   Idealized love which is pure or beautiful.
6. •
   A story relating to chivalry; a story involving knights, heroes, adventures, quests, etc.
7. •
   A tale of high adventure.
8. •
   An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.

   • His life was a romance.
9. •
   A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
10. •
    A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.

    • She was so full of romance she would forget what she was supposed to be doing.
11. •
    An embellished account of something; an idealized lie.
12. •
    A sentimental piece of music; a romanza.

verb3

1. •
   To woo; to court.

   • In the ghetto, the gentle Barber romances a defiant washerwoman, Hannah, who is played by Chaplin's wife at the time, Paulette Goddard. — 2021
2. •
   To talk extravagantly and imaginatively; to build castles in the air.
3. •
   To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.

adjective1

1. •
   Of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, etc.

   • In this paper we will concentrate on the problem posed by Iberian Romance languages (i.e. Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish), … — 1997

noun1

1. •
   The group of languages and cultures which are derived from Vulgar Latin.