romantique

French

Etymology

Formed as an adjective from Old French romanz +‎ -ique. The noun sense is from English romantic, in turn from the French adjective.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁo.mɑ̃.tik/
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Rhymes: -ɑ̃tik

Adjective

romantique (plural romantiques)

romantic

Derived terms

romantiquement

Descendants

→ Romanian: romantic
→ Turkish: romantik

Noun

romantique m or f by sense (plural romantiques)

romantic

References

Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) “Annexe IV, roman”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert

Further reading

“romantique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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