romanziere
novelist
noun roh-mahn-DZYEH-reh Less Common
Origin: from 'romanzo' (novel)
Usage Note
Romanziere is masculine, plural romanzieri; the feminine is romanziera. It comes from romanzo (a novel), so beware the false friend: a romanzo is fiction, not a 'romance' specifically.
Examples
"È un romanziere molto famoso."
Natural Translation
He is a very famous novelist.
Literal Translation
He-is a novelist very famous.

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