The story
- French · borrowed fromroman à tiroirs
- English todayroman à tiroirs
Borrowed from French roman à tiroirs (literally “novel with/made of drawers”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
roman à tiroirs
Today it means: A piece of fiction, especially a novel, in which the principal or main narrative (or "frame story") is interrupted by secondary narratives. Full definition →
French roman à tiroirs