ROMAN À CLEF


Meaning of ROMAN À CLEF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rō-ˌmä(ⁿ)n-(ˌ)ä-ˈklā ]

noun

( plural romans à clef -ˌmäⁿ-(ˌ)zä-)

Etymology: French, literally, novel with a key

Date: 1893

: a novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise

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