"womance" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-womance.ogg [Australia] Forms: womances [plural]
Etymology: Blend of woman + romance. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|woman|romance}} Blend of woman + romance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} womance (countable and uncountable, plural womances)
  1. (informal) A close but non-sexual relationship between women. Wikipedia link: womance Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Female Synonyms: girl crush, sismance Derived forms: womantic Related terms: queerplatonic Coordinate_terms: bromance, man crush

Inflected forms

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