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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespassione fulminea
Pronunciation / Transliteration: pasˈsjoːne fulˈmiːnea
"La loro passione fulminea è iniziata durante le vacanze estive."
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A love affair or courtship that progresses with intense passion and extreme rapidity, often leading to a sudden commitment like marriage.
"Their whirlwind romance began with a chance meeting in Paris and ended with an engagement three weeks later."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'whirlwind', derived from Old Norse and Middle English roots referring to a spinning storm, used metaphorically since the 19th century for sudden and rapid events, with 'romance', originating from Old French and Late Latin terms for a narrative in a vernacular tongue and later affairs of the heart. Together, the compound idiom emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe deeply passionate courtships that develop with tempestuous speed.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Whirlwind romance" is said worldwide
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idylle fulgurante
Transliteration: idil fyl.ɡy.ʁɑ̃t
"Leur idylle fulgurante a surpris toute la famille."
Blitzromanze
Transliteration: blɪts.ʁoˌmant͡sə
"Ihre Blitzromanze führte nach nur zwei Monaten zur Heirat."
passione fulminea
Transliteration: pasˈsjoːne fulˈmiːnea
"La loro passione fulminea è iniziata durante le vacanze estive."
romance fugaz
Transliteration: roˈmạn.se fuˈɣas
"Su romance fugaz sorprendió a todos sus amigos."
romance relâmpago
Transliteration: ʁoˈmɐ̃.si ʁeˈlɐ̃.pa.ɡu
"Eles viveram um romance relâmpago antes de se casarem."
त्वरित प्रेम संबंध
Transliteration: tvarit prem sambandh
"उनका त्वरित प्रेम संबंध बहुत चर्चा में रहा।"
闪电恋爱
Transliteration: shǎndiàn liàn'ài
"他们的闪电恋爱几个星期后就订婚了。"
번개불 로맨스
Transliteration: beon-gae-bul ro-maen-seu
"그들의 번개불 로맨스는 주변을 놀라게 했다."
スピード恋愛
Transliteration: supīdo ren'ai
"彼らのスピード恋愛はあっという間に結婚へと進んだ。"
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