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roman.

Romance

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/ʁɔ.mɑ̃/
  1. Romance

  2. romanesque

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin romanus or derived from the French noun below, itself from Old French romanz (“common language”).

noun/ʁɔ.mɑ̃/
  1. a novel (work of fiction)

    masculine
  2. a very long text. (see pavé)

    colloquial · masculine
    Il nous écrit encore un roman.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French romanz (“common language (as opposed to Latin)”), from Vulgar Latin romanicē (“in the way of the Romans (as opposed to the Franks)”), from Latin rōmānicus, from Latin rōmānus. The meaning “common language” changed into “book in common language” and then into “adventure novel”. See also romance, of the same ultimate origin but borrowed through Spanish.

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