romance

noun

1) (the relationship, actions etc of people who are in love: It was a beautiful romance, but it didn't last.) romanse, kjærlighetsforhold

2) (a story about such a relationship etc, especially one in which the people, events etc are more exciting etc than in normal life: She writes romances.) kjærlighetshistorie/-roman

3) (this kind of excitement: She felt her life was lacking in romance.) romantikk

•

- romantic

- romantically

I

subst. \/rə(ʊ)ˈmæns\/

1) romantikk (romantisk stemning), idyll, forskjønnet tilstand

• there was an air of romance

det var en romantisk stemning

2) romanse, kjærlighetsaffære, kjærlighetseventyr, svermeri, forelskelse

3) (litterært) romantisk fortelling, kjærlighetsroman

4) (litterært) ridderroman, eventyrroman

5) (litterært) romanse, forklaring: lite, stemningsfylt dikt

6) (poetisk, om musikk) romanse

the Arthurian Romances Arthursagnet

romance in the air romantikk i luften

II

verb \/rə(ʊ)ˈmæns\/

1) fantasere, la fantasien løpe løpsk

2) sverme, ha et kjærlighetsforhold til

• they never started romancing

de hadde aldri noe kjærlighetsforhold (til hverandre)

3) (gammeldags) kurtisere

• her boss romanced her

sjefen kurtiserte henne

romance about fantasere om

romance with ha et kjærlighetsforhold til