romans
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ruˈmans]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [roˈmans]
Audio (Valencia): (file) - Rhymes: -ans
Verb
romans
- second-person singular present indicative of romandre
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
romans
- plural of roman
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔ.mɑ̃/
- Homophone: roman
Noun
romans m
- plural of roman
Adjective
romans
- masculine plural of roman
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French romance, from Spanish romance, itself probably a borrowing from either Old French romanz or Old Occitan romans, from Vulgar Latin rōmānicē, from Latin rōmānicus. Doublet of romansz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.mans/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔmans
- Syllabification: ro‧mans
Noun
romans m inan (diminutive romansik, related adjective romansowy)
- amour, love affair, romance, liaison
- (literature) romance novel (story or novel dealing with idealized love, usually with little artistic value)
- Synonyms: romansidło, harlekin
- (literature, historical) Ancient Greek novel, romaunt
- (music) romance (sentimental ballad)
Declension
Declension of romans
Derived terms
nouns
- romans grozy
- romans rycerski
- romansidło
- romansista
- romansopisarz
verbs
- romansować impf, poromansować pf
verbs
- mieć romans impf
Related terms
adjectives
- romansopisarski
adverbs
- romansowo
nouns
- romansopisarstwo
- romansowość
verbs
- romansikować impf
Further reading
- romans in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- romans in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Noun
romans c
- a romance
Usage notes
For romance in an uncountable sense ("There was romance in the air," etc.), see romantik.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | romans | romans |
| definite | romansen | romansens | |
| plural | indefinite | romanser | romansers |
| definite | romanserna | romansernas |
Related terms
Noun
romans
- indefinite genitive singular of roman
References
- romans in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- romans in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- romans in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)