Romance language

noun

Any language descended from Latin.

Similar
RomanceLatinian language

Meanings

nounRomance language (plural Romance languages)

plural Romance languages

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe group of languages derived from Latin

Similar
RomanceLatinian language
Broader
Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic لُغَة رُومَانْسِيَّة
  • لُغَة رُومَانْسِيَّة (luḡa rōmansiyya)language descended from Latin
Catalan llengua romànica
  • llengua romànicalanguage descended from Latin
Chinese Mandarin 羅曼語 /罗曼语
  • 羅曼語 /罗曼语 (Luómànyǔ)language descended from Latin
Esperanto latinida lingvo
  • latinida lingvolanguage descended from Latin
Estonian romaani keel
  • romaani keellanguage descended from Latin
Finnish romaaninen kieli
  • romaaninen kielilanguage descended from Latin
French langue romane
  • langue romanelanguage descended from Latin
German romanische Sprache
  • romanische Sprachelanguage descended from Latin
Greek ρομανική γλώσσα
  • ρομανική γλώσσα (romanikí glóssa)language descended from Latin
Italian lingua romanza
  • lingua romanzalanguage descended from Latin
Japanese ロマンス語, ロマンス諸語
  • ロマンス語 (Romansu-go)language descended from Latin
  • ロマンス諸語 (Romansu-shogo)language descended from Latin
Norwegian romansk språk
  • romansk språklanguage descended from Latin
Polish język romański
  • język romańskilanguage descended from Latin
Portuguese língua românica/romance
  • língua românica/romancelanguage descended from Latin
Romanian limbă romanică
  • limbă romanicălanguage descended from Latin
Russian рома́нский язы́к
  • рома́нский язы́к (románskij jazýk)language descended from Latin
Spanish lengua romance, lengua románica
  • lengua romancelanguage descended from Latin
  • lengua románicalanguage descended from Latin
Swedish romanskt språk
  • romanskt språklanguage descended from Latin
Turkish Roman dili, Latin kökenli dil
  • Roman dililanguage descended from Latin
  • Latin kökenli dillanguage descended from Latin
Cite this entry
APA

Romance language. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romance%20language

MLA

“Romance language.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romance%20language. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Romance language,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romance%20language.

Source: Romance language on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.