Romance language
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Romance language — n a language that comes from Latin, for example French or Spanish … Dictionary of contemporary English
Romance language — noun the group of languages derived from Latin • Syn: ↑Romance, ↑Latinian language • Hypernyms: ↑Latin • Hyponyms: ↑Haitian Creole, ↑Italian, ↑French, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Romance language — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms Romance language : singular Romance language plural Romance languages linguistics a language such as French, Spanish, or Italian that comes from Latin … English dictionary
romance language — adj. of or pertaining to romance languages n. European language based on the early Italian languages such as Latin (such as Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian) … English contemporary dictionary
Romance language — Ro mance ,language noun count LINGUISTICS a language such as French, Spanish, or Italian that comes from Latin … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Romance language — noun (C) a language that comes from Latin, for example French or Spanish … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Romance languages — Romance Geographic distribution: Originally Southern Europe and parts of Africa; now also Latin America, Canada, parts of Lebanon and much of Western Africa Linguistic classification: Indo European Italic … Wikipedia
Romance studies — is an umbrella academic discipline that covers the study of the languages, literatures, and cultures of areas that speak a Romance language. Romance studies departments usually include the study of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese.… … Wikipedia
Romance — [rō mans′, rō′mans΄] adj. [< obs. Fr (langue) romance, Romance language < OFr romanz: see ROMANCE] designating, of, or constituting any of the languages derived from Vulgar Latin, as Italian, Spanish, French, or Romanian n. these languages… … English World dictionary
Romance languages — romance1 (def. 8). [1770 80] * * * Group of related languages derived from Latin, with nearly 920 million native speakers. The major Romance languages French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are national languages. French is probably… … Universalium
