novel

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Related terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 2 Old French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Descendants 3 Spanish 3.1 Adjective

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈnɒvəl/

  nŏvʹəl, /"nQv@l/

• (US) IPA: /ˈnɑvəl/

  nävʹəl, /"nAv@l/

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  Rhymes: -ɒvəl

[edit] Etymology 1

< Old French novel (“‘new, fresh, recent, recently made or done, strange, rare’”) (modern nouvel) < Latin novellus (“‘new, fresh, young, modern’”), diminutive of novus (“‘new’”).

[edit] Adjective

novel (comparative more novel, superlative most novel)

1. new, original, especially in an interesting way

[edit] Usage notes

• Said of ideas, ways, etc.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:new

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

In various senses from Old French novelle (modern nouvelle) or Italian novella, both from Latin novella, a singular noun use of the neuter plural of novellus, from novus, new. Some senses came to English directly from the Latin.

[edit] Noun

novel (plural novels)

1. a work of prose fiction, longer than a short story
2. (classical studies) a new legal constitution in ancient Rome
3. (obsolete) a novelty

[edit] Derived terms

• novelisation, novelization
• novelist

[edit] Related terms

• novella

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Old French

[edit] Etymology

Latin novellus.

[edit] Adjective

novel

1. new

[edit] Descendants

• English : novel
• French: nouveau

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

novel m. and f. (plural noveles)

1. novel, new