Romance languages
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Romance languages
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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In Romance languages, including Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese, the debate over gender-neutral terminology can be particularly fierce because all grammar is gendered.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022
Like other Romance languages, Spanish divides endings of nouns into masculine “o’s” or feminine “a’s”.
From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2021
She went on to the University of the West Indies, where students could attend for free, and studied Romance languages.
From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2020
Although his paper was peer reviewed — ordinarily the gold standard of scholarly rigor — the reviewers were most likely specialists in Romance languages, since the paper was published in a journal of Romance Studies.
From Salon • Feb. 16, 2020
“What? Now you say, no, actually I’m studying Romance languages and ornithology.”
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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