Romantic in Different Languages
Discover 'Romantic' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Romantic
Afrikaans romanties | ||
Albanian romantike | ||
Amharic የፍቅር ስሜት ቀስቃሽ | ||
Arabic رومانسي | ||
Armenian ռոմանտիկ | ||
Assamese মনোহৰ | ||
Aymara romantico ukat juk’ampinaka | ||
Azerbaijani romantik | ||
Bambara kanuya siratigɛ la | ||
Basque erromantikoa | ||
Belarusian рамантычны | ||
Bengali রোমান্টিক | ||
Bhojpuri रोमांटिक के बा | ||
Bosnian romantično | ||
Bulgarian романтичен | ||
Catalan romàntic | ||
Cebuano romantiko | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 浪漫 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 浪漫 | ||
Corsican romantica | ||
Croatian romantična | ||
Czech romantický | ||
Danish romantisk | ||
Dhivehi ރޮމޭންޓިކް އެވެ | ||
Dogri रोमांटिक | ||
Dutch romantisch | ||
English romantic | ||
Esperanto romantika | ||
Estonian romantiline | ||
Ewe lɔlɔ̃nyawo gbɔgblɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) romantiko | ||
Finnish romanttinen | ||
French romantique | ||
Frisian romantysk | ||
Galician romántico | ||
Georgian რომანტიკული | ||
German romantisch | ||
Greek ρομαντικός | ||
Guarani romántico rehegua | ||
Gujarati રોમેન્ટિક | ||
Haitian Creole amoure | ||
Hausa na soyayya | ||
Hawaiian pilialoha | ||
Hebrew רוֹמַנטִי | ||
Hindi प्रेम प्रसंगयुक्त | ||
Hmong kev hlub | ||
Hungarian romantikus | ||
Icelandic rómantísk | ||
Igbo nke ihunanya | ||
Ilocano romantiko nga | ||
Indonesian romantis | ||
Irish rómánsúil | ||
Italian romantico | ||
Japanese ロマンチック | ||
Javanese romantis | ||
Kannada ರೋಮ್ಯಾಂಟಿಕ್ | ||
Kazakh романтикалық | ||
Khmer មនោសញ្ចេតនា | ||
Kinyarwanda urukundo | ||
Konkani रोमँटीक | ||
Korean 로맨틱 | ||
Krio we gɛt lɔv | ||
Kurdish evînî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕۆمانسی | ||
Kyrgyz романтикалуу | ||
Lao ໂລແມນຕິກ | ||
Latin venereum | ||
Latvian romantisks | ||
Lingala ya bolingo | ||
Lithuanian romantiškas | ||
Luganda omukwano | ||
Luxembourgish romantesch | ||
Macedonian романтичен | ||
Maithili रोमांटिक | ||
Malagasy tantaram-pitiavana | ||
Malay romantik | ||
Malayalam റൊമാന്റിക് | ||
Maltese romantic | ||
Maori whaiāipo | ||
Marathi रोमँटिक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯔꯣꯃꯥꯟꯇꯤꯛ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo romantic tak a ni | ||
Mongolian романтик | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အချစ်ဇာတ်လမ်း | ||
Nepali रोमान्टिक | ||
Norwegian romantisk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zachikondi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ରୋମାଣ୍ଟିକ୍ | ||
Oromo jaalalaa | ||
Pashto رومانتيک | ||
Persian رومانتیک | ||
Polish romantyk | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) romântico | ||
Punjabi ਰੋਮਾਂਟਿਕ | ||
Quechua romantico nisqa | ||
Romanian romantic | ||
Russian романтичный | ||
Samoan alofa | ||
Sanskrit रोमान्टिक | ||
Scots Gaelic romansach | ||
Sepedi ya lerato | ||
Serbian романтичан | ||
Sesotho lerato | ||
Shona kudanana | ||
Sindhi رومانوي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ආදර | ||
Slovak romantický | ||
Slovenian romantično | ||
Somali jacayl | ||
Spanish romántico | ||
Sundanese romantis | ||
Swahili kimapenzi | ||
Swedish romantisk | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) romantiko | ||
Tajik ошиқона | ||
Tamil காதல் | ||
Tatar романтик | ||
Telugu శృంగార | ||
Thai โรแมนติก | ||
Tigrinya ፍቕራዊ እዩ። | ||
Tsonga ya rirhandzu | ||
Turkish romantik | ||
Turkmen romantik | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔdɔ ho asɛm | ||
Ukrainian романтичний | ||
Urdu رومانوی | ||
Uyghur رومانتىك | ||
Uzbek romantik | ||
Vietnamese lãng mạn | ||
Welsh rhamantus | ||
Xhosa ezothando | ||
Yiddish ראָמאַנטיש | ||
Yoruba alafẹfẹ | ||
Zulu ezothando |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Romanties" is an older form of "romanties" ( |
| Albanian | The word romantike in Albanian ultimately stems from the Latin phrase 'res amandi', which literally translates to 'the thing of loving'. |
| Arabic | "رومانسي" is also applied to someone who acts in an exaggerated manner to attract others or gain attention. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word ռոմանտիկ |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word “romantik” can also mean a “lover of music”. |
| Basque | Basque "erromantikoa" not only means "romantic" but also "pilgrim". |
| Belarusian | The word "рамантычны" is derived from the French word "romantique", meaning "novel-like", and refers to the literary style of the 18th and 19th centuries that emphasized emotion, imagination, and individualism. |
| Bengali | The word "রোমান্টিক" (romantic) comes from the French word "romantique", which in turn comes from the Latin word "romanicus", meaning "of or relating to Rome". This is because the Romantic movement in art and literature was originally inspired by the classical art and literature of ancient Rome. |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word "romantično" also means "fantastic" or "unreal." |
| Bulgarian | The word "романтичен" can also mean "picturesque" or "sentimental" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | Catalan word 'romàntic' has an alternate meaning of pilgrimage. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, the term "romantiko" is also used to describe a person who is overly sentimental or impractical. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 浪漫 (làngmàn) in Chinese is a loanword from English that means "romantic" in both sense of "of or relating to love" and "quaint and picturesque", which is different from its original meaning in English, i.e. "of or relating to ancient Rome." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 浪漫 (traditional Chinese) is formed by the combination of the characters for "love" and "literature," and can also mean "extravagant" or "unrealistic." |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "romantica" also means "beautiful" or "charming." |
| Croatian | In Croatian, the word “romantična” also means “picturesque” and is used to describe landscapes or sunsets. |
| Czech | In Czech, the word "romantický" can also mean "picturesque" or "idyllic", rather than just "romantic" in the English sense. |
| Danish | In Danish, “romantisk” can also mean “nostalgic or old-fashioned.” |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "romantisch" can also mean "exaggerated" or "sentimental". |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "romantika" also means "fantasy" or "utopia" |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "romantiline" derives from "romaan" and originally meant a book in prose that wasn't a religious or scientific treatise. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "romanttinen" comes from the French word "romantique" which in turn was derived from the medieval Latin word "romanticus" meaning "pertaining to Rome or the Romance languages." |
| French | The French word "romantique" has an additional meaning of "Gothic", originating from the popularity of Gothic novels in 19th-century France. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "romantysk" is derived from the French word "romantique", which in turn comes from the Medieval Latin "romanicus", meaning "pertaining to the vernacular language or culture of medieval France". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "რომანტიკული" ("romantic") originates from the French "romantique", both ultimately deriving from the medieval Latin term "romanicus" meaning "of the vernacular". |
| German | In the 19th century, "romantisch" was used by the Romantics to describe their interest in the Middle Ages and the Orient. |
| Greek | It originally meant "related to the medieval romances of love or chivalry" in Greek |
| Hausa | The word "na soyayya" can also mean "love-related" or "affectionate". |
| Hawaiian | Pilialoha is also a name for the Hawaiian moon that symbolizes romance. |
| Hebrew | רוֹמַנטִי is derived from the Greek "ῥωμαντικός" (rōmantikós) and originally referred to the vernacular of the Eastern Roman Empire, later adopting its current meaning in the 18th century. |
| Hindi | The word “pramam prasangayukta” can also refer to “love” when used as a noun. |
| Hmong | This is a reduplicative word, from the root -ev 'to love'. The root -ev is also used in the word ev 'to like' and ev le 'to love' (in the sense of 'to have affection for'). |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "romantikus" is also used to describe places, things, or situations that evoke a sense of longing or nostalgia, or that are reminiscent of past times. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "rómantísk" not only means romantic, but also "full of adventure or excitement." |
| Igbo | The word 'nke ihunanya' also refers to feelings of affection and care towards others. |
| Indonesian | The word "romantis" is derived from the French word "romantique", which in turn comes from the Latin word "romanicus", meaning "of or relating to Rome". |
| Irish | The word "rómánsúil" in Irish has a dual etymology, meaning both "romantic" and "related to Rome or Romance languages." |
| Italian | The term 'romantico' can also refer to the era when Romantic artists, writers and musicians flourished in the late 18th and 19th centuries. |
| Japanese | Japanese ロマンチック derives from English 'romance,' itself ultimately from Medieval Latin romanicus, from Latin Romanus 'Roman,' after the Roman province of the Roman Empire, originally Celtic |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "romantis" ( romántica ) derives from the Dutch "romantisch" and was originally used to denote a certain way of playing gamelan music that was introduced into Central Java in the 18th century under the reign of the Surakarta court. |
| Kannada | The word " romantic" derives from the Latin word " Romanus," meaning "Roman," referring to the romantic or sentimental style of the medieval romances. |
| Kazakh | The word "романтикалық" comes from the Russian word "романтический" and ultimately from the French word "romantique" meaning "pertaining to romance". |
| Korean | The Korean word "로맨틱" can also mean "melodramatic" or "sentimental". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "evînî" can also refer to "love" and "lover." |
| Kyrgyz | The word романтикалуу is also used in Kyrgyz to refer to fictional stories that involve romance or adventure. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "romantisks" can also refer to a particular style of literature or music. |
| Lithuanian | "Romantiškas" is derived from the Greek "eromenos," meaning "beloved," and "romanos," meaning "love song". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "романтичен" not only means "romantic", but also "sentimental" or "idealistic". |
| Malagasy | The first part of the word is onomatopoeic, mimicking the sound of a musical instrument. |
| Malay | Romantik (Malay for romantic) is also used to denote 'mysterious', 'strange', 'unusual', and 'spooky' or 'ghostly'. |
| Malayalam | The word "റൊമാന്റിക്" (romantic) in Malayalam is a loanword from English, as evidenced by its spelling. |
| Maltese | Maltese word "romaniku" derives from "romance", and has the additional meaning of "nobility". |
| Maori | The word "whaiāipo" can also refer to a person who is flirtatious or promiscuous. |
| Marathi | रोमँटिक is a Marathi word that can also mean 'beautiful, charming, enchanting' or 'of or relating to a romance.' |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, |
| Nepali | The Nepali word 'रोमान्टिक' can also mean 'interesting', 'exciting' or 'adventurous' in English, apart from the usual meaning of 'romantic'. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "romantisk" has the additional connotation of "idealized" or "unrealistic." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'zachikondi' is derived from the words 'chikondi' (love) and 'za' (of, for, about), and can also refer to something that is affectionate, loving, or amorous. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "رومانتيک" can also refer to a person who is dreamy or idealistic. |
| Polish | In Polish, "romantyk" can also refer to a "romantic poet". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "romântico" can also refer to a style of art and literature that emerged in Europe in the late 18th century, characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism. |
| Punjabi | In the 1700s, 'romantic' was frequently used to describe places or scenery. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "romantic" can also refer to an idyllic, serene place, such as a park or garden. |
| Russian | The word "романтичный" can also mean "idealistic" or "sentimental" in Russian. |
| Samoan | Alofa is derived from the Proto-Polynesian word *alofa, meaning 'love' , 'compassion' and 'pity'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word 'romansach' comes from the French word 'romanesque', meaning 'pertaining to romance'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "романтичан" derives from the Greek word "ῥωμαντικός" meaning "of the Eastern Roman Empire" |
| Shona | The term "kudanana" derives from the verb stem "-dana," meaning to love or like, thus implying a fondness or connection in a romantic context. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "رومانوي" can also mean "charming" or "alluring". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ආදර" can also refer to love, affection, or attachment. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "romantický" comes from the German word "romantisch", which originally meant "strange" or "bizarre". |
| Slovenian | The word "romantično" comes from the Romance languages, where it originally meant "in the manner of the Romans". |
| Somali | The term "jacayl" in Somali comes from the Proto-Somali for "to love" and is cognate with "jaceyl" in Oromo and "jacelle" in Boni. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "romántico" also means "relating to ancient Rome" or "done in a florid style" |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "romantis" is also used as a noun meaning "romantic relationship". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word 'kimapenzi' comes from the Arabic word 'mahabba', meaning 'love'. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "romantiker" derives from the German word "Romantiker" which in turn derives from the French word "romantique". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Filipino, the term 'romantiko' can also refer to a person who has a kind or compassionate nature |
| Tajik | The word “ошиқона” in Tajik is derived from the Persian word “عاشقانه” which means “in a romantic manner”. |
| Telugu | The word "శృంగార" in Telugu can also refer to a type of classical Indian music or a form of Sanskrit poetry. |
| Thai | The word "โรแมนติก" (romantic) in Thai can also mean "nostalgic". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "romantik" means "romantic" and also "nostalgic". |
| Ukrainian | The word «романтичний» in Ukrainian, derived from the French «romantique», can also mean «sentimental» or «idealistic». |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "رومانوی" (romantic) derives from the Persian word "رومان" (romance), and also carries meanings related to "love" and "affection". |
| Uzbek | Слово «романтик» в узбекском языке имеет также значение «путешественник». |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "lãng mạn" derives from the Chinese word "浪漫", meaning "unconstrained, free, and unrestrained", and has connotations of "freedom from worldly cares". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "rhamantus" also means "charm". |
| Xhosa | The word 'ezothando' can also refer to a kind of traditional Xhosa love song. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "romantisch" retains its original German meaning of "novelistic" or "fantastic" in addition to its newer romantic connotation. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'alafẹfẹ' also means 'one who makes the air cool and refreshing'. |
| Zulu | The word "ezothando" also means "love" and "affection" in Zulu. |
| English | The term “romantic” comes from the medieval concept of “romance,” which meant an adventure or a heroic love story. |