romance
Portuguese, noun/ʁoˈmɐ̃.si/
romance is spelled R-O-M-A-N-C-E (7 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,566th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Romance is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “novel (work of prose fiction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “narrativa em prosa onde são relatados fatos imaginários embora possam ter sido inspirados em histórias reais”.
What does romance mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenovel (work of prose fiction)
- 2
masculineromance; love affair
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineRomance (of the languages derived from Latin)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. o mesmo que românico 2. relativo à poesia trovadoresca provençal
noun: 1. narrativa em prosa onde são relatados fatos imaginários embora possam ter sido inspirados em histórias reais 2. amor, relacionamento
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of romance
- romances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce romance?
- Brazil /ʁoˈmɐ̃.si/
- Brazil [hoˈmɐ̃.si]
- /ʁoˈmɐ̃.si/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to romance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is romance in Portuguese?
romance appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).