feuilleton

[foi-i-tn; French fœyuh-tawn]

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noun, plural feuil·le·tons [foi-i-tnz; French fœyuh-tawn] /ˈfɔɪ ɪ tnz; French fœyəˈtɔ̃/.

a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, fiction, criticism, etc.

an item printed in the feuilleton.

Origin of feuilleton

1835–45; < French, equivalent to feuillet little leaf (feuille (< Latin folium leaf) + -et -et) + -on noun suffix

Related formsfeuil·le·ton·ism

[foi-i-tn-iz-uh m, fœ-yi-] /ˈfɔɪ ɪ tnˌɪz əm, ˈfœ yɪ-/, nounfeuil·le·ton·ist, nounfeuil·le·ton·is·tic, adjective

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Related Words for feuilleton

recollection, rote, reminiscence, retrospection, anamnesis, anamnestic, feuilleton

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Historical Examples of feuilleton

In 1827-28, during its palmiest days, the Constitutionnel had no Roman feuilleton.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851
Various
"I always like to read the feuilleton on the drama," I said.
The Moon and Sixpence
W. Somerset Maugham
Fedor Ivnitch shuddered: the feuilleton was marked with a pencil.
A Nobleman's Nest
Ivan Turgenieff
These extracts do not occur in the feuilleton as published in English.
The Key to the Bront Works
John Malham-Dembleby
He is also to publish a new novel in the feuilleton of the Siècle.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851
Various

British Dictionary definitions for feuilleton

feuilleton

noun

the part of a European newspaper carrying reviews, serialized fiction, etc

such a review or article

Derived Formsfeuilletonism, nounfeuilletonist, nounfeuilletonistic, adjective

Word Origin for feuilleton

C19: from French, from feuillet sheet of paper, diminutive of feuille leaf, from Latin folium

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Word Origin and History for feuilleton

part of a French newspaper devoted to light literature and criticism (usually at the bottom of a page and separated by a rule), 1845, from French feuilleton (18c.), literally "a leaflet (added to a newspaper)," diminutive of feuille "leaf," from Latin folium (see folio).

Esp. applied in F. to the short story or serial with which newspapers filled up after the fall of Napoleon left them short of war news. This was the beginning of Dumas' and Eugène Sue's long novels. [Weekley]