Romance languages
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Romance languages
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Facing a $160 million deficit, the University of Chicago paused admissions this year into more than a dozen Ph.D. programs, including anthropology, social work, social thought, Middle Eastern studies, Romance languages and visual arts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Like other Romance languages, Spanish divides most endings of nouns into masculine o’s or feminine a’s.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 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
In 1966 he was a student of Romance languages at Fordham University when he saw a position at the Met advertised on a school bulletin board.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2018
“What? Now you say, no, actually I’m studying Romance languages and ornithology.”
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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