Sinhala Dictionary definitions for romance
romance 🔊 /ɹowmæˈns or ɹowˈmæns/
romance : ආඛ්යානය
romance : ප්රේමවෘත්තාන්තය
romance : මිථ්යා ප්රබන්ධ කියනවා
romance : අතිශයෝක්තියෙන් දක්වනවා
romance : විවත්රාද්භූතය
romance : අද්භූත කථා කියනවා
romance : ප්රේම වෘත්තාන්තය
romance : ප්රබන්ධ කථාව
romance : අද්භූත වෘත්තාන්තය
romance definition
Noun.
- A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like.
- An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances; as, his courtship, or his life, was a romance.
- A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real; as, a girl full of romance.
- The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into ItaliaNoun. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages).
- A short lyric tale set to music; a song or short instrumental piece in ballad style; a romanza.
Adjective. Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.
Intransitive verb. To write or tell romances; to indulge in extravagant stories.