romancer

English

Etymology 1

From Old French romanceour. Surface etymology is romance +‎ -er.

Noun

romancer (plural romancers)

  1. One who romances.

Etymology 2

romance +‎ -er (“Variety -er”)

Noun

romancer (plural romancers)

  1. (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

  1. (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
infinitive romancer avoir romancé
gerund en romançant en ayant romancé
present participle romançant
/ʁɔ.mɑ̃.sɑ̃/
past participle romancé
/ʁɔ.mɑ̃.se/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
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/		 —
1literary tenses

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