ROMAN-À-CLEF

Meaning of ROMAN-À-CLEF in English

[ ˌrəʊmɒ~α:'kleɪ \]

■ noun ( plural romans-à-clef pronunciation same) a novel in which real people or events appear with invented names.

Origin

Fr., lit. 'novel with a key'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

ROMAN À CLEF — noun (plural romans à clef) Etymology: French, literally, novel with a key Date: 1893 a novel in which real persons …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROMAN À CLEF — (French; " novel with a key ") Novel that has the extraliterary interest of portraying identifiable people more or less …
Английский словарь Британика
ROMAN À CLEF — rōmäⁿnȧklā noun ( plural romans à clef “) Etymology: French, literally, novel with a key : a novel in which …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROMAN À CLEF — /rddaw mah nann kle"/ , pl. romans à clef /rddaw mahonn zann kle"/ . French. a novel that represents historical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROMAN À CLEF — noun ( plural romans à clef -ˌmäⁿ-(ˌ)zä-) Etymology: French, literally, novel with a key Date: 1893 : a novel in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROMAN A CLEF — Pronunciation: r ō - ˌ mä( n )n-( ˌ )ä- ' kl ā Function: noun Inflected Form: plural romans à …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ROMAN A CLEF — [ro.man a clef] n, pl romans a clef [F, lit., novel with a key] (1893): a novel in which real …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROMAN À CLEF — roman à clef BrE AmE rəʊ ˌmɒ̃ ɑː ˈkleɪ -ˌmɑːn- AmE roʊ ˌmɑːn- ▷ romans à clef same pronunciation —French …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROMAN À CLEF — ro ‧ man à clef /rəʊˌmən æ ˈkleɪ $ roʊˌmɑːn ɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] formal a ↑ novel based …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROMAN-Å-CLEF — n. (pl. romans-å-clef pronunc. same) a novel in which real persons or events appear with invented names. [F, = novel …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROMAN À CLEF — (French; " novel with a key ") Novel that has the extraliterary interest of portraying identifiable people more or less …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ROMAN A CLEF — (французское) роман, в котором под вымышленными именами выведены реальные лица
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROMAN À CLEF — фр. роман, в котором под вымышленными именами выведены реальные лица
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ROMAN À CLEF — фр. роман, в котором под вымышленными именами выведены реальные лица
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
ROMAN À CLEF — фр. роман, в котором под вымышленными именами выведены реальные лица
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ROMAN A CLEF — (французское) роман, в котором под вымышленными именами выведены реальные лица
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLEF — clave
English interlingue dictionary
CLEF — noun see: clavicle Date: circa 1577 a sign placed at the beginning of a musical staff to determine the pitch …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROMAN — I Typeface used most widely in Western typography , the general term for the type of this book's text. Characterized …
Английский словарь Британика
CLEF — I (French; " key " ) pitch of the notes on the staff. Clefs were originally letters, identifying letter-named pitches, …
Английский словарь Британика
ROMAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLEF — ˈklef noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, key, a key in music, from Latin clavis key — more at clavicle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROMAN — (a.) Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things …
Английский словарь Webster
CLEF — (n.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the …
Английский словарь Webster
ROMAN — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEF — ( n. ) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROMAN — /roh"meuhn/ , adj. 1. of or pertaining to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEF — /klef/ , n. Music. a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEF — n. sign placed upon a staff to indicate the pitch of notes (Music)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ROMAN — I. ˈrō-mən noun Etymology: partly from Middle English, from Old English, from Latin Romanus, adjective & noun, from Roma Rome; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLEF — noun Etymology: French, literally, key, from Old French, from Latin clavis — more at clavicle Date: circa 1577 : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROMAN — adj of or pertaining to the roman catholic religion; professing that religion. 2. roman ·noun roman type, letters, or print, …
Webster English vocab
CLEF — noun a character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the …
Webster English vocab
CLEF — ■ noun Music any of several symbols placed at the left-hand end of a stave, indicating the pitch of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ROMAN — [ro.man] n [F, fr. OF romans romance] (1765): a metrical romance [1]Ro.man n [partly fr. ME, fr. OE, fr. L …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEF — [clef] n [F, lit., key, fr. L clavis--more at clavicle] (ca. 1577): a sign placed at the beginning of a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEF — (French: key), in musical notation, symbol placed at the beginning of the staff, determining the pitch of a particular line …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROMAN — Roman, roman BrE AmE ˈrəʊm ən AmE ˈroʊm ən —but as a French word, rə ʊ ˈmɒ̃ ‖ roʊ ˈmɑːn …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLEF — clef BrE AmE klef ▷ clefs klefs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROMAN — / ˈrəʊmən; NAmE ˈroʊ-/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. connected with ancient Rome or the Roman Empire : a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEF — / klef; NAmE / noun ( music ) a symbol at the beginning of a line of printed music (called …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROMAN — Roman BrE AmE adjective [usually before noun] 1 . relating to ancient Rome or the Roman Empire: an old Roman …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLEF — clef /klef/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: 'key' , from Latin clavis ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROMAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 a of ancient Rome or its territory or people. b archaic of its language. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLEF — n. Mus. any of several symbols placed at the beginning of a staff, indicating the pitch of the notes written …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLEF — n. Mus. any of several symbols placed at the beginning of a staff, indicating the pitch of the notes written …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROMAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 a of ancient Rome or its territory or people. b archaic of its language. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLEF — n. Mus. any of several symbols placed at the beginning of a staff, indicating the pitch of the notes written …
Oxford English vocab
ROMAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1. a of ancient Rome or its territory or people. b archaic of its language. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
ROMAN — ( Romans) 1. Roman means related to or connected with ancient Rome and its empire. ...the fall of the Roman …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEF — ( clefs) A clef is a symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates the pitch of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEF — (~s) A ~ is a symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates the pitch of the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ROMAN — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a Greek/Roman/Celtic etc legend ▪ the figure of Hercules in Greek legend a (Roman) Catholic …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ROMAN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN army ▪ If so, they may have reckoned without the fleet, which provided the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLEF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bass clef roman à clef treble clef COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bass ▪ Formerly, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLEF — [noun] [C] - a sign put at the beginning of a line of music to show how high or low …
Cambridge English vocab
ROMAN — (CITY) [adjective] [not gradable] - relating to the city of Rome and its empire in ancient timesThe Roman Empire once …
Cambridge English vocab
ROMAN — n. Africa Roman Greco Roman wrestling Holy Roman Empire Jakobson Roman Osipovich Roman alphabet The Roman Observer Roman Peace Polanski …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLEF — n. roman à clef Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Key West key cryptographic Key David McKendree Key Francis Scott novel with …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLEF — n. (French; " key " ) Musical notation symbol at the beginning of a staff to indicate the pitch of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ROMAN — 1. сущ. 1) римлянин а) гражданин Римской империи б) житель или уроженец современного города Рима 2) католик часто пренебр. Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROMAN — 1. сущ. 1) римлянин а) гражданин Римской империи б) житель или уроженец современного города Рима 2) католик часто пренебр. Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLEF — сущ.; муз. ключ (музыкальное) ключ; - bass * басовый ключ clef муз. ключ
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROMAN — 1. ʹrəʋmən n 1. 1> римлянин ancient Romans - древние римляне 2> римлянин, житель Рима Romans go to the polls …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Concise Oxford English vocab

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