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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of dokter + -s- + roman.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔk.tərs.roːˌmɑn/
- Hyphenation: dok‧ters‧ro‧man
Noun
doktersroman m (plural doktersromans, diminutive doktersromannetje n)
- a medical romance novel; also as a genre (subgenre of mummy porn; book in this genre)
Usage notes
- Use of the diminutive is almost exclusively disparaging: while publishers of these books often include doktersroman as e.g. a subtitle, the form doktersromannetje is invariably avoided by them.