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Romance vs Romansch - What's the difference?

romance | romansch |

As a noun romance

is an intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.

As a verb romance

is woo; court.

As an adjective Romance

is of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, Corsican, etc.

As a proper noun Romansch is

a Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum) spoken in the Graubünden/Grisons canton of Switzerland; it is one of the four official languages of Switzerland.

romance

Noun

(en noun)
  • An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
  • A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
  • Love which is pure or beautiful.
  • A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
  • A story or novel dealing with idealised love.
  • An embellished account of something; an idealised lie.
  • An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
  • His life was a romance .
  • A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
  • a girl full of romance
  • (music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.
  • Antonyms

    * platonic, platonic relationship, platonic love

    Derived terms

    * bromance * womance

    Verb

  • Woo; court.
  • To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    romansch

    Alternative forms

    * Romanche * Romansh * Rumantsch

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum) spoken in the /Grisons canton of Switzerland; it is one of the four official languages of Switzerland.
  • Usage notes

    * Some writers have restricted the term "Romansch" to western dialects (as opposed to Ladin in the east), while others have used it more broadly to indicate all Rhaeto-Romance languages.

    See also

    * Friulian * Ladin * Rhaeto-Romance

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