novel
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English novel, from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently made or done, strange, rare”) (modern nouvel, nouveau), from Latin novellus (“new, fresh, young, modern”), diminutive of novus (“new”). Doublet of nouveau.
Adjective
novel (comparative more novel, superlative most novel)
- Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:new
- Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
- Synonym: unusual
Usage notes
- Said of ideas, ways, etc.
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Translations
new, original, especially in an interesting way
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Etymology 2
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Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella.
Noun
novel (plural novels)
- A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]
- 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 151:
- Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph.
- (historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work. [from 16th c.]
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 4:
- merry tales […] such as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels, and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione, which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
work of prose fiction
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Etymology 3
From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.
Noun
novel (plural novels)
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.
Noun
novel (plural novels)
- (classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. [from 17th c.]
- 1979, Jeffrey Richards, The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages, 476–752, page 15:
- The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in one of his novels […]
Anagrams
Etymology
From Dutch novelle, from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novela and novelet.
Pronunciation
Noun
novel (first-person possessive novelku, second-person possessive novelmu, third-person possessive novelnya)
- (literature) novel: a work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
- Synonym: roman
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- novelkan
- pernovelan
- novel grafis
- novel polifonik
- novel web
Related terms
- novelis
Further reading
- “novel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Noun
novel
- Alternative form of navel
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
novel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular novele)
Declension
Declension of novel
Antonyms
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Descendants
Alternative forms
- novelh
Etymology
From Latin novellus. Compare Old French novel.
Adjective
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novel m (feminine singular novela, masculine plural novels, feminine plural novelas)
Descendants
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan novell, from Latin novellus. Doublet of novillo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
novel m or f (masculine and feminine plural noveles)
Noun
novel m or f by sense (plural noveles)
Related terms
Further reading
- “novel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16
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