romance

liaison amoureuse, idylle

Relation entre deux personnes qui s’aiment.

En anglais simple : A loving relationship between two people.

• Their romance began at school.
• She had a brief romance with a musician.
• Did their summer romance last?

Comment l'utiliser : romance with someone (His romance with Anna lasted two years.)

Synonymes : love affair, relationship

Expressions courantes : summer romance, romance with someone, brief romance

romantisme, amour romantique

Sentiments amoureux entre personnes, vécus comme beaux et pleins d’émotion.

En anglais simple : Beautiful, exciting feelings of love between people.

• The evening was full of romance.
• They wanted to bring romance back into their marriage.
• Flowers added a touch of romance to the dinner.

Synonymes : romantic love

Expressions courantes : full of romance, bring back romance, romance in something

roman d’amour, histoire d’amour

Livre, film ou autre récit qui raconte principalement comment des personnes tombent amoureuses.

En anglais simple : A book, film, or other story mainly about people falling in love.

• She enjoys reading romances.
• We watched a gentle romance last night.
• His latest book is a historical romance.

Synonymes : love story

Expressions courantes : read a romance, romance novel, historical romance

charme, romantisme

Qualité qui donne à quelque chose un aspect passionnant, beau ou mystérieux.

En anglais simple : A quality that makes something seem exciting, beautiful, or full of mystery.

• He loved the romance of sea travel.
• The old castle has a certain romance.
• Flying lost its romance when it became routine.

Comment l'utiliser : the romance of something (She was drawn to the romance of distant islands.)

Synonymes : charm, allure

Expressions courantes : romance of something, sense of romance

roman de chevalerie

Ancien genre de récit d’aventures mettant en scène des chevaliers, des héros courageux et leurs voyages.

En anglais simple : An old kind of adventure story about knights, brave heroes, and their journeys.

• The romance tells of a brave knight.
• She studies medieval romances at university.
• A dragon guards the castle in this old romance.

Synonymes : chivalric tale

Expressions courantes : medieval romance, chivalric romance