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"romantic" in seven languages

Meaningromantic

Spanish

romántico

/roˈmantiko/

borrowed · French romantique / English romantic

French

romantique

/ʁɔmɑ̃tik/

borrowed · English romantic

Italian

romantico

/roˈmantiko/

borrowed · French romantique / English romantic

Portuguese

romântico

/hoˈmɐ̃tʃiku/

borrowed · French romantique

Romanian

romantic

/roˈmantik/

borrowed · French romantique

Catalan

romàntic

/ruˈmantik/

borrowed · French romantique

English

romantic

/ɹoʊˈmæntɪk/

from Latin/French · Old French romant 'romance' + -ic

English → ItalianromanticromanticoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The ancestor

Old French romanz‘a tale in the vernacular (from Latin RŌMĀNICĒ 'in the Roman way')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

'Romantic' first meant 'like the romances', the adventure tales told in the Romance vernacular rather than in Latin. English coined the adjective and lent it to French.

English relatives: romance, Romance (languages), Roman

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In a sentence

  • esFue una cena muy romántica.
  • frC'était un dîner très romantique.
  • itÈ stata una cena molto romantica.
  • ptFoi um jantar muito romântico.
  • roA fost o cină foarte romantică.
  • caVa ser un sopar molt romàntic.
  • enIt was a very romantic dinner.

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