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/ʁɔ.mɑ̃.tik/

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Translation

romantic

Word origin

Borrowed in the eighteenth century from English 'romantic', which itself goes back through romance to Old French romanz ('a tale written in the vernacular rather than in Latin'), from Latin romanice ('in the Roman tongue').

Origin
English
Root
romantic
English cognates
romantic, romance

Grammar

Masc pluralromantiques

Examples

' au .

He treated me to a romantic dinner by the sea.

' , c' .

It is not very romantic, but it is practical.

.

She only watches romantic comedies.

Victor Hugo .

Victor Hugo is the great figure of the French Romantic movement.

' romantisme incorrigible, soixante .

My brother has stayed incurably sentimental, still just as romantic at sixty.

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This word is part of lesson 32.