# nouveau roman

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nouveau-roman