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roman à tiroirs

roman à tiroirs noun: a piece of fiction, especially a novel, in which the principal or main narrative (or "frame story") is interrupted by secondary narratives.

Noun

roman à tiroirs (plural romans à tiroirs)

  1. A piece of fiction, especially a novel, in which the principal or main narrative (or "frame story") is interrupted by secondary narratives.

Forms of roman à tiroirs

pluralromans à tiroirs

Origin of roman à tiroirs

Borrowed from French roman à tiroirs (literally “novel with/made of drawers”).

Questions about roman à tiroirs

What does roman à tiroirs mean?
Roman à tiroirs means a piece of fiction, especially a novel, in which the principal or main narrative (or "frame story") is interrupted by secondary narratives.
What part of speech is roman à tiroirs?
Roman à tiroirs is a noun.
What is the plural of roman à tiroirs?
The plural of roman à tiroirs is romans à tiroirs.

Words near roman à tiroirs in the dictionary

  1. Roman surface
  2. Roman vitriol
  3. Roman wormwood
  4. roman à clef
  5. roman à thèse
  6. roman à tiroirs
  7. roman-candle
  8. roman-candled
  9. roman-candles
  10. roman-candling
  11. Roman-Dutch law

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