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{
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “intimate relationship”",
"word": "platonic"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “intimate relationship”",
"word": "platonic relationship"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “intimate relationship”",
"word": "platonic love"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “intimate relationship”",
"word": "nonromance"
},
{
"english": "with respect to intimacy",
"sense": "antonym(s) of “intimate relationship”",
"translation": "with respect to intimacy",
"word": "antiromance"
}
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"word": "autumn romance"
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"word": "bromance"
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{
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"word": "crimance"
},
{
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"word": "cyberromance"
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{
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"word": "dark romance"
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{
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"word": "erom"
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{
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"word": "family romance"
},
{
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"word": "fauxmance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gaslight romance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "May-December romance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "May-September romance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "metahistorical romance"
},
{
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"word": "outromance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "paranormal romance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "photo-romance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romaction"
},
{
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"word": "romanceable"
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{
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"word": "romance fraud"
},
{
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"word": "romanceful"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Romancelandia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romanceless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romancelet"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romancelike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romance scam"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romance tourism"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romance tourist"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romancey"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romance zone"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romancical"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romancist"
},
{
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"word": "romancy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romantasy"
},
{
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"word": "romantic"
},
{
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"word": "romantica"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "romantopia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scientific romance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "showmance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sismance"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sweet savage romance"
},
{
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"word": "thrillmance"
},
{
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"word": "womance"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "ロマンス"
},
{
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"roman": "romaenseu",
"word": "로맨스"
}
],
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[
"romauns",
"romauns#Middle_English"
],
[
"roumance",
"roumance#Middle_English"
],
[
"romanz",
"romanz#Old_French"
],
[
"romans",
"romans#Old_French"
],
[
"rōmānicē",
"romanice#Latin"
],
[
"rōmānicē",
"romanice#Latin"
],
[
"rōmānicus",
"romanicus#Latin"
],
[
"rōmānus",
"romanus#Latin"
],
[
"Romansch",
"Romansch#English"
]
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "romauns"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "romanz"
},
"expansion": "Old French romanz",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la-med",
"3": "rōmānicē"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin rōmānicē",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la-vul",
"3": "rōmānicē",
"4": "",
"5": "in the Roman language",
"pos": "adv"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman language”, adverb)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "rōmānicus",
"4": "",
"5": "roman",
"pos": "adj"
},
"expansion": "Latin rōmānicus (“roman”, adjective)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Romansch"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Romansch",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English romauns, roumance, borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French romanz, romans (the vernacular language of France, as opposed to Latin), from Medieval Latin rōmānicē, Vulgar Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman language”, adverb), from Latin rōmānicus (“roman”, adjective) from rōmānus (“a Roman”). Doublet of Romansch.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "romances",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "romance (countable and uncountable, plural romances)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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58,
65
]
],
"ref": "1981, Paul Dean, Matt Frenette, Mike Reno, “Working for the Weekend”, in Get Lucky, performed by Loverboy:",
"text": "Everybody's working for the weekend\nEverybody wants a new romance.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair."
],
"id": "en-romance-en-noun-VAjs2QV2",
"links": [
[
"intimate",
"intimate"
],
[
"love affair",
"love affair"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "siravep",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "սիրավեպ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "ramán",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рама́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "ljubóvna istórija",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "любо́вна исто́рия"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "liàn'ài",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "戀愛 /恋爱"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "làngmàn",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "浪漫"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "romanssi"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romance"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "idylle"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Liebesgeschichte"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"pejorative",
"sometimes"
],
"word": "Romanze"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "romántzo",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ρομάντζο"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "románc"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "szerelem"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "storia d'amore"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"alt": "れんあい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "ren'ai",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "恋愛"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "romansu",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "ロマンス"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"alt": "こい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "koi",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "恋"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"alt": "戀愛",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "yeonae",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "연애"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"alt": "戀愛",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "ryeonae",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"North-Korea"
],
"word": "련애"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "romaenseu",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "로맨스"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"lang_code": "gv",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cooish ghraih"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "mate kanehe"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romanse"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romanse"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romans"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romance"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "román",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рома́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romance"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "romansa"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "romans"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "román",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рома́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 1 3 10 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "lãng mạn"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone."
],
"id": "en-romance-en-noun-tZFLc4ia",
"links": [
[
"obsession",
"obsession"
],
[
"attachment",
"attachment"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 74 0 3 3 4 1 1 0 3 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "strong obsession or attachment",
"word": "intohimo"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "14 3 31 14 2 2 1 21 1 1 2 4 1 1 1",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Love",
"orig": "en:Love",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Idealized love which is pure or beautiful."
],
"id": "en-romance-en-noun-zBPV24qN",
"links": [
[
"Idealized",
"idealized"
],
[
"love",
"love"
],
[
"pure",
"pure"
],
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "làngmàn de àiqíng",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "浪漫的愛情 /浪漫的爱情"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "làngmàn",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "浪漫"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "romanttinen rakkaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romance"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amour romantique"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "idylle"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "große Liebe"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romantische Liebe"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Minne"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romanticheria"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "idillio"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "romanchikku-rabu",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "ロマンチックラブ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"alt": "ロマンチックなあい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "romanchikku na ai",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "ロマンチックな愛"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "romansu",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "ロマンス"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "romaenseu",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "로맨스"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "romantíčeskaja ljubóvʹ",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "романти́ческая любо́вь"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "román",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рома́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 0 39 16 1 1 1 26 7 3 1 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "lãng mạn"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"ipa": "/ˈɾoː.mæːns/",
"tags": [
"India",
"South"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æns"
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊmæns"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "siravep",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "սիրավեպ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "ramán",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рама́н"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "ljubóvna istórija",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "любо́вна исто́рия"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "liàn'ài",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "戀愛 /恋爱"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "làngmàn",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "浪漫"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "romanssi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romance"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "idylle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Liebesgeschichte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"pejorative",
"sometimes"
],
"word": "Romanze"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "romántzo",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ρομάντζο"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "románc"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "szerelem"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "storia d'amore"
},
{
"alt": "れんあい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "ren'ai",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "恋愛"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "romansu",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "ロマンス"
},
{
"alt": "こい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "koi",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "恋"
},
{
"alt": "戀愛",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "yeonae",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "연애"
},
{
"alt": "戀愛",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "ryeonae",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"North-Korea"
],
"word": "련애"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "romaenseu",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "로맨스"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"lang_code": "gv",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cooish ghraih"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "mate kanehe"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romanse"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romanse"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romans"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romance"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "román",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рома́н"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romance"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "romansa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "romans"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "román",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рома́н"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "intimate relationship, love affair",
"word": "lãng mạn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "strong obsession or attachment",
"word": "intohimo"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "làngmàn de àiqíng",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "浪漫的愛情 /浪漫的爱情"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "làngmàn",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "浪漫"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "romanttinen rakkaus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romance"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amour romantique"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "idylle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "große Liebe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romantische Liebe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Minne"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romanticheria"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "idillio"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "romanchikku-rabu",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "ロマンチックラブ"
},
{
"alt": "ロマンチックなあい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "romanchikku na ai",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "ロマンチックな愛"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "romansu",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "ロマンス"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "romaenseu",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "로맨스"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "romantíčeskaja ljubóvʹ",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "романти́ческая любо́вь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "román",
"sense": "idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рома́н"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "idealized love",
"word": "lãng mạn"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "làngmàn",
"sense": "mysterious, fascinating quality",
"word": "浪漫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "luómàndìkè",
"sense": "mysterious, fascinating quality",
"word": "羅曼蒂克 /罗曼蒂克"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "mysterious, fascinating quality",
"word": "kiehtova piirre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "mysterious, fascinating quality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poesia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "mysterious, fascinating quality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "atmosfera fantasiosa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "mysterious, fascinating quality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romantyka"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "romántika",
"sense": "mysterious, fascinating quality",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "рома́нтика"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "rūmānsiyya",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "رُومَانْسِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "rícarski román",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ри́царски рома́н"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "novel·la sentimental"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "liàn'ài xiǎoshuō",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "戀愛小說 /恋爱小说"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "àiqíng xiǎoshuō",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "愛情小說 /爱情小说"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "yánqíng xiǎoshuō",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "言情小說 /言情小说"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "yánqíng",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "言情"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "romanttinen kertomus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "rakkausromaani"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "song or story",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "song or story",
"word": "romance"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Liebesgeschichte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"pejorative",
"sometimes"
],
"word": "Romanze"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "romansu",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "ロマンス"
},
{
"alt": "でんきしょうせつ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "denki shōsetsu",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "伝奇小説"
},
{
"alt": "でんき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "denki",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "伝奇"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"lang_code": "km",
"roman": "prɑɑlaom look",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "ប្រលោមលោក"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fābula"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"word": "paki whaiāipo"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romanse"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romanse"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romans"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "song or story",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "románs",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "song or story",
"word": "рома́нс"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "romanticism",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "romántika",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "romanticism",
"word": "рома́нтика"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "romantíčeskaja póvestʹ",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "романти́ческая по́весть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "story or novel dealing with idealized love",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kärleksroman"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "nebívalica",
"sense": "embellished account",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "неби́валица"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "embellished account",
"word": "romanttinen tarina"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "embellished account",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esagerazione fantasiosa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "embellished account",
"word": "kōrero takuahi"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "rícarski román",
"sense": "story relating to chivalry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ри́царски рома́н"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "story relating to chivalry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romanç"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "story relating to chivalry",
"word": "ritaritarina"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "story relating to chivalry",
"word": "ritariballadi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "story relating to chivalry",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scéal ridireachta"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "romanço"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "dreamy, imaginative habit of mind",
"word": "romaneco"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "dreamy, imaginative habit of mind",
"word": "haaveellisuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "dreamy, imaginative habit of mind",
"word": "romanttisuus"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "rūmānsiyya",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "رُومَانْسِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "ramáns",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рама́нс"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "románs",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "рома́нс"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romança"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "làngmànqǔ",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"word": "浪漫曲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "luómànsī",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"word": "羅曼司 /罗曼司"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "làngmànshǐ",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"word": "浪漫史"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"word": "romanssi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romance"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Romanze"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "music: sentimental piece of music",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "romanza"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
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"word": "로망스"
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"word": "འཆར་ཡན་རོལ་དབྱངས"
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"ref": "2015 November 15, Meghan Blythe Adams, “Renegade Sex: Compulsory Sexuality and Charmed Magic Circles in the Mass Effect series”, in Loading… The Journal of the Canadian Game Studies Association, volume 9, number 14, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 May 2018, page 47:",
"text": "A female Shepard can romance bisexual Yeoman Kelly Chambers, but doing so does not yield a Paramour achievement or an implied sex scene the way that romancing ‘official’ interests does. Similarly, the player can attempt to romance the Asari Samara or her Ardat-Yakshi daughter Morinth, but the former will refuse and sex with the latter will kill Shepard.",
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"ipa": "/ˈrəʊ.man(t)s/",
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"word": "put the moves on"
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