Romains

American  

[raw-man] / rɔˈmɛ̃ /

noun

1. Jules Louis Farigoule, 1885–1972, French novelist, poet, and dramatist.

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Romains British  

/ rɔmɛ̃ /

noun

1. Jules (ʒyl). pseudonym of Louis Farigoule . 1885–1972, French poet, dramatist, and novelist. His works include the novel Men of Good Will (1932–46)

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Example Sentences

He wrote to the author Jules Romains, “My inner crisis consists in that I am not able to identify myself with the me of passport, the self of exile.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 6, 2017

Au cours des 12 derniers siècles, Paris est restée fidèle à cette devise en survivant aux sièges des Romains, des Vikings, des Prussiens, des Jacobins, du nazisme.

From Time • Nov. 22, 2015

Romains finds common ground in this polarized debate with an insight that remains perceptive.

From New York Times • May 11, 2010

It has found a French satire from 1923 by Jules Romains, about a doctor who convinces a community that everyone is sick for one reason or another.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2010

Il avait cultivé la poésie: il avait approfondi et transporté chez les Romains toutes les philosophies de la Grèce; il cherchait à récueillir les notions encore imparfaites des sciences physiques.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John