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Romance language

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any language descended from Latin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the group of languages derived from Latin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Romance, Latinian language

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Latin

Narrower terms: Haitian Creole, Italian, French, Portuguese, Galician, Spanish, Catalan, Rhaeto-Romance, Rhaeto-Romanic, Romanian, Rumanian

History

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لُغَة رُومَانْسِيَّة (luḡa rōmansiyya) — language descended from Latin
  • Catalan: llengua romànica — language descended from Latin
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羅曼語 /罗曼语 (Luómànyǔ) — language descended from Latin
  • Esperanto: latinida lingvo — language descended from Latin
  • Estonian: romaani keel — language descended from Latin
  • Finnish: romaaninen kieli — language descended from Latin
  • French: langue romane — language descended from Latin
  • Galician: romance — language descended from Latin
  • German: romanische Sprache — language descended from Latin
  • Greek: ρομανική γλώσσα (romanikí glóssa) — language descended from Latin
  • Italian: lingua romanza — language descended from Latin
  • Japanese: ロマンス語 (Romansu-go) — language descended from Latin
  • Japanese: ロマンス諸語 (Romansu-shogo) — language descended from Latin
  • Norwegian: romansk språk — language descended from Latin
  • Polish: język romański — language descended from Latin
  • Portuguese: língua românica/romance — language descended from Latin
  • Romanian: limbă romanică — language descended from Latin
  • Russian: рома́нский язы́к (románskij jazýk) — language descended from Latin
  • Spanish: lengua romance — language descended from Latin
  • Spanish: lengua románica — language descended from Latin
  • Swedish: romanskt språk — language descended from Latin
  • Turkish: Roman dili — language descended from Latin
  • Turkish: Latin kökenli dil — language descended from Latin