roman

/ʁɔ.mɑ̃/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain Artistic Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: artistic. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les romans

Meaning

  1. novel

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Roman

Roman is the German word for the same thing — both mean "novel."

Spanish

novela

novela is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "novel."

Portuguese

romance

romance is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "novel."

Practice

1 What does roman mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il lit un ___ policier.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches roman?

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