- roman à clef
- noun (plural romans à clef) 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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Roman a clef — Roman à clef Le roman à clef est un sous genre romanesque dans lequel certains personnages ou la totalité de ceux ci représentent, de façon plus ou moins explicite, une personne réelle. Sous le couvert de la fiction, l auteur adresse en écrit en… … Wikipédia en Français
roman à clef — [rō΄män nä klā′] n. pl. romans à clef [rō΄männä klā′] [Fr, novel with a key] [often in italics] a novel in which real persons appear under fictitious names … English World dictionary
Roman à clef — Le roman à clef est un sous genre romanesque dans lequel certains personnages ou la totalité de ceux ci représentent, de façon plus ou moins explicite, une personne réelle. Sous le couvert de la fiction, l auteur adresse en écrit en réalité une… … Wikipédia en Français
Roman à clef — Key to vol. 2 of Delarivier Manley s, New Atalantis (1709). Roman à clef or roman à clé (French pronunciation: [ʁɔmɑ̃n‿a kle]), French for novel with a key , is a phrase used to describe a novel about real life, overlaid with a façade of… … Wikipedia
roman à clef — /rddaw mah nann kle /, pl. romans à clef /rddaw mahonn zann kle /. French. a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction. * * * (French; novel with a key ) Novel that has the extraliterary interest of… … Universalium
roman-à-clef — [ˌrəʊmɒroman à clefα: 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 … English new terms dictionary
roman-à-clef — (Fr.) A novel about real people but using fictitious names; pl. romans à clef … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
roman à clef — (roh MANH ah KLAY) [French: novel with a key] A fictional literary work based upon historical characters and events, or one in which well known real people are portrayed as fictional characters. Margaret Truman, the daughter of President… … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
roman à clef — /roʊˌmɒn a ˈkleɪ/ (say roh.mon ah klay) noun (plural romans à clef /roʊˌmɒn a ˈkleɪ/ (say roh.mon ah klay)) a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fiction. {French: literally, novel with a key} …
roman à clef — noun /roːˌmɑ̃aˈklej/ a piece of fiction, especially a novel, containing real life people and/or events … Wiktionary
