how to pronounce roman

/ʁɔ.mɑ̃/

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roman is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of roman in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… années 80 il envoie un roman à gallimard …”

meanings of roman

adjective:

Romance.
Romanesque.

noun:

A novel (work of fiction).
A very long text. (see pavé).

roman frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word roman occurs in french on average 212.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.