ROMAN-FLEUVE


Meaning of ROMAN-FLEUVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rō-ˌmäⁿ-ˈflœv, -ˈflə(r)v ]

noun

( plural ro·mans-fleuves -ˌmäⁿ-ˈflœv, ˈflə(r)v(z))

Etymology: French, literally, river novel

Date: 1935

: a novel in the form of a long usually easygoing chronicle of a social group (as a family or a community)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.