Romance languages
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Romance languages
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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It had been planning for a few years to offer Yiddish, which has several dialects composed mostly of Hebrew and German, along with some words from Polish, Russian, and other Slavic and Romance languages.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 2022
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 most endings of nouns into masculine o’s or feminine a’s.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
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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