feuilleton

serial, soap opera

noun fuh-yuh-TOHN Rare

Also means

newspaper column (historical)

Usage Note

Feuilleton originally referred to the lower section of a French newspaper page reserved for serialised fiction in the 19th century. Today it most commonly means a TV or radio serial drama. The word comes from feuillet (leaf, sheet), and the tradition of the serialised novel (roman-feuilleton) gave the world writers like Alexandre Dumas.

Examples

"Elle regarde son feuilleton tous les soirs."

Natural Translation

She watches her soap opera every evening.

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