(Literatur) Urspr. volksliedhafte Verserzählung in der romant. Lit., entspr. der germ. Ballade; entstand im 14./15. Jh. in Spanien; in Dtld. bes. in der Romantik gepflegt.
ETYM Old Eng. romance, romant, romaunt, Old Fren. romanz, romans, romant, roman, French roman, romance, from Late Lat. Romanice in the Roman language, in the vulgar tongue, i.e., in the vulgar language which sprang from Latin.
A novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life.
(Musik) Musikstück lyr. Charakters.