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Webster 1913 Edition
Romancer
Ro-man′cer
,Noun.
One who romances.
Webster 1828 Edition
Romancer
ROMAN'CER
,Definition 2024
romancer
romancer
English
Noun
romancer (plural romancers)
- One who romances.
- 1977, Billy Joel (music), “The Stranger”, in The Stranger:
- Once I used to believe I was such a great romancer / then I came home to a woman that I did not recognize.
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- (entertainment industry) A romantic film or television show.
French
Etymology
From Old French romancier (“to narrate in the vernacular”), from romanz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.se/
Verb
romancer
- (transitive) to romanticize, fictionalize
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which ‘c’ is softened to a ‘ç’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’.
Conjugation of romancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | romancer | avoir romancé | |||||
| gerund | en romançant | en ayant romancé | |||||
| present participle | romançant /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | romancé /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | romance /ʁɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
romances /ʁɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
romance /ʁɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
romançons /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
romancez /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.se/ |
romancent /ʁɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | romançais /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/ |
romançais /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/ |
romançait /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/ |
romancions /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
romanciez /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sje/ |
romançaient /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | romançai /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.se/ |
romanças /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sa/ |
romança /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sa/ |
romançâmes /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sam/ |
romançâtes /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sat/ |
romancèrent /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | romancerai /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sʁe/ |
romanceras /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sʁa/ |
romancera /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sʁa/ |
romancerons /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
romancerez /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sʁe/ |
romanceront /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | romancerais /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
romancerais /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
romancerait /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
romancerions /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
romanceriez /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
romanceraient /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | romance /ʁɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
romances /ʁɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
romance /ʁɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
romancions /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
romanciez /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sje/ |
romancent /ʁɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect1 |
romançasse /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sas/ |
romançasses /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sas/ |
romançât /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sa/ |
romançassions /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
romançassiez /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
romançassent /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | romance /ʁɔ.mɑ̃s/ |
— | romançons /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
romancez /ʁɔ.mɑ̃.se/ |
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