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nouveau roman

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English

Syllables
nou-veau ro-man
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres; antinovel.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau roman (literally “new novel”); coined by Émile Henriot in the newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957.

Inflected Forms

nouveaux romans (plural)

Phrases

nouveau romancier

Frequently Paired Words

nouveau romancier

Questions

What does nouveau roman mean?
A type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres; antinovel.
Where does nouveau roman come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau roman (literally “new novel”); coined by Émile Henriot in the newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957.

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