roman-fleuve
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roman-fleuve m (plural romans-fleuves)
- novel sequence (an extended sequence of novels of which the whole acts as a commentary for a society or an epoch, and which continually deals with a central character, community, or family)
- (figuratively) screed, ream (very long and long-winded text)
Descendants edit
- → Polish: powieść rzeka (calque)
Further reading edit
- “roman-fleuve”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “roman-fleuve”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “roman-fleuve”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.