ROMAN À CLEF

Meaning of ROMAN À CLEF in English

ro ‧ man à clef /rəʊˌmən æ ˈkleɪ $ roʊˌmɑːn ɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] formal

a ↑ novel based on the actions of real people, who are given different names in the novel so that they seem to be invented characters and not real

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

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-À-CLEF — [ ˌrəʊmɒ~α:'kleɪ \] ■ noun ( plural romans-à-clef pronunciation same) a novel in which real people or events appear with …
Concise Oxford English vocab
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-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 …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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