"robinsonade" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɹɑbɪnsəˈneɪd/ [General-American], /ˌɹɒbɪnsəˈneɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: robinsonades [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: Borrowed from German Robinsonade, analyzable in English as Robinson + -ade, named after fictional character Robinson Crusoe, from Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Robinsonade}} German Robinsonade, {{af|en|Robinson|-ade}} Robinson + -ade, {{named-after/list|fictional character||||}} fictional character, {{lang|en|Robinson Crusoe}} Robinson Crusoe, {{named-after|en|Robinson Crusoe|nocap=1|occupation=fictional character}} named after fictional character Robinson Crusoe Head templates: {{en-noun}} robinsonade (plural robinsonades)
  1. A genre of adventure fiction where a hero is stranded alone on a desert island and has to survive with their own wits. Wikipedia link: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe Categories (topical): Literary genres Synonyms: Robinsonade Derived forms: edisonade Related terms: Robinson Crusoe Translations (genre of adventure fiction): robinzonáda [feminine] (Czech), robinsonade [common-gender] (Danish), robinsonade [feminine] (Dutch), robinsonnade [feminine] (French), Robinsonade [feminine] (German), robinsonade [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), robinsonade [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), робинзонада [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), robinzonada [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), robinsonada [feminine] (Spanish), robinsonad [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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