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| dime novel |
a cheap paperback novel with much adventure or romance. |
| italic |
(cap.) a branch of related Indo-European languages that includes Latin and the modern Romance languages. [1/4 definitions] |
| Latin |
the language of ancient Rome. The Romance languages are derived from Latin. [3/4 definitions] |
| Latin America |
all the countries in the Western Hemisphere south of the United States where the main language spoken is a Romance language. |
| Romance language |
one of the modern languages that come from Latin. Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese are Romance languages. |
| Romanian |
the Romance language of Romania. [1/3 definitions] |
| Romanic |
of, pertaining to, or designating Romance languages; Romance. [2/3 definitions] |
| romantic |
having to do with romance. [1/4 definitions] |
| Rumanian |
the Romance language of Rumania; Romanian. [1/3 definitions] |
| Spanish |
the Romance language of Spain and Spanish America. [1/3 definitions] |
| Vulgar Latin |
the common, spoken language of the ancient Romans, from which the Romance languages developed; popular Latin as distinct from literary Latin. |
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