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Romanesque en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌɹəʊməˈnɛsk/ (UK)
• /ˌɹoʊməˈnɛsk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Roman + -esque. Doublet of Romanesco.

Meanings

1. Somewhat resembling the Romans; applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman Empire, but especially to the more developed art and architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.
   • In The Farm, Miró uses some aspects of Romanesque style. For example, the size of various details does not accord with nature and perspective, but rather with Miró's feeling about their importance. 2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, →ISBN, pages 30–31:

Forms

Deriveds

pre-Romanesque

Translations (11)

el ρομανικός (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire) · hu román (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire) · pl romański (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire) · it romanico (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire) · fr roman (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire) · ca romànic (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire) · es románico (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire) · bg романски (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire) · ro romanesc (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire) · ru рома́нский (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire) · de romanisch (Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire)