romantic

English Online Dictionary. What means romantic‎? What does romantic mean?

English

Alternative forms

• romantick (obsolete)

Etymology

From romant +‎ -ic, or borrowed from Late Latin romanticus (“(of a poem) having qualities of a romance”). Compare French romantique, which is borrowed from English. Also compare Spanish romántico, Portuguese romântico, Italian romantico, Dutch romantisch, and German romantisch and Romantiker (“a composer of Romantic music”), all of which are borrowed from English or French.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈmæntɪk/, /ɹə-/
• (General American) enPR: rō-mănʹ(t)ĭk, IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/, [ɹoʊˈmæntɪk], [ɹə-], [-mæɾ̃ɪk], [-meə̯ntɪk], [-meə̯ɾ̃ɪk]
• Rhymes: -æntɪk
• Hyphenation: ro‧man‧tic

Adjective

romantic (comparative more romantic, superlative most romantic)

1. (chiefly historical) Of a work of literature, a writer etc.: being like or having the characteristics of a romance, or poetic tale of a mythic or quasi-historical time; fantastic. [from 17th c.]
2. (obsolete) Fictitious, imaginary. [17th–20th c.]
3. Fantastic, unrealistic (of an idea etc.); fanciful, sentimental, impractical (of a person). [from 17th c.]
4. Having the qualities of romance (in the sense of something appealing deeply to the imagination); invoking on a powerfully sentimental idea of life; evocative, atmospheric. [from 17th c.]
5. Pertaining to an idealised form of love (originally, as might be felt by the heroes of a romance); conducive to romance; loving, affectionate. [from 18th c.]

   Antonyms: platonic, nonsexual

6. Alternative form of Romantic [from 18th c.]
7. Experiencing romantic attraction. [from 21st c.]

   Synonyms: allo (informal), alloromantic

   Antonym: aromantic

Antonyms

• nonromantic, unromantic, antiromantic, aromantic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

romantic (plural romantics)

1. A person with romantic character (a character like those of the knights in a mythic romance).
2. A person who is behaving romantically (in a manner befitting someone who feels an idealized form of love).

Derived terms

Descendants

• → French: romantique
• → Italian: romantico

Translations

References

Further reading

• "romantic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 274.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French romantique.

Adjective

romantic m or n (feminine singular romantică, masculine plural romantici, feminine and neuter plural romantice)

1. romantic

Declension