novel + -ist.
novelist (plural novelists)
- An author of novels.
- (obsolete) An innovator; one who introduces something new; one who favours novelty.
author of novels
- Afrikaans: romanskrywer
- Albanian: romancier (sq) m, novelist (sq) m
- Arabic: رِوَائِيّ m (riwāʔiyy), رِوَائِيَّة f (riwāʔiyya)
- Armenian: վիպասան (hy) (vipasan)
- Asturian: novelista m or f
- Azerbaijani: romançı, romanist
- Basque: eleberrigile, nobelagile
- Belarusian: рамані́ст m (ramaníst), рамані́стка f (ramanístka), белетры́ст m (bjeljetrýst), белетры́стка f (bjeljetrýstka)
- Bulgarian: романи́ст (bg) m (romaníst), романи́стка f (romanístka), белетри́ст m (beletríst), белетри́стка f (beletrístka)
- Catalan: novel·lista (ca) m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小說家／小说家 (zh) (xiǎoshuōjiā)
- Czech: romanopisec (cs) m, romanopiskyně (cs) f
- Danish: romanforfatter (da) c
- Dutch: romancier (nl) m, romanschrijver (nl) m
- Esperanto: romanisto
- Estonian: romaanikirjanik, romanist
- Finnish: romaanikirjailija (fi)
- French: romancier (fr) m, romancière (fr) f
- Galician: novelista m or f
- Georgian: რომანისტი (romanisṭi), ნოველისტი (novelisṭi)
- German: Romanautor (de) m, Romanautorin f, Romanschreiber m, Romanschreiberin f, Romancier (de) m, Romanschriftsteller (de) m, Romanschriftstellerin (de) f, Belletrist (de) m, Belletristin f
- Greek: μυθιστοριογράφος (el) m or f (mythistoriográfos)
- Hindi: उपन्यासकार m (upanyāskār), नावेलिस्ट (hi) m (nāvelisṭ)
- Hungarian: regényíró (hu)
- Indonesian: novelis (id)
- Interlingua: romancero
- Italian: romanziere (it) m, romanziera (it) f
- Japanese: 小説家 (ja) (しょうせつか, shōsetsuka)
- Kazakh: романшы (romanşy)
- Korean: 소설가(小說家) (ko) (soseolga)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: romannivîs (ku) m or f
- Kyrgyz: романист (romanist)
- Latvian: romānists m, romāniste f
- Lithuanian: romanistas m, romanistė f
- Macedonian: романопи́сец m (romanopísec), романопи́ска f (romanopíska), романсие́р m (romansiér), романсие́рка f (romansiérka)
- Marathi: कादंबरीकार m or f (kādambrīkār)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: romanforfatter m
- Nynorsk: romanforfattar m
- Polish: powieściopisarz (pl) m, powieściopisarka (pl) f, beletrysta m, beletrystka f
- Portuguese: romancista (pt) m or f, novelista (pt) m or f
- Romanian: romancier (ro) m, romancieră (ro) f
- Russian: романи́ст (ru) m (romaníst), романи́стка (ru) f (romanístka), беллетри́ст (ru) m (belletríst), беллетри́стка (ru) f (belletrístka)
- Slovak: románopisec m, románopiskyňa f
- Slovene: romanopisec (sl) m, romanopiska f
- Spanish: novelista (es) m or f
- Swedish: romanförfattare (sv) c
- Tagalog: nobelista
- Turkish: romancı (tr)
- Ukrainian: романі́ст m (romaníst), романі́стка f (romanístka), белетри́ст (uk) m (beletrýst), белетри́стка f (beletrýstka), новелі́ст (uk) m (novelíst), новелі́стка f (novelístka)
- Uzbek: romanist (uz)
- Vietnamese: tiểu thuyết gia
- Welsh: nofelydd (cy) m
- Yiddish: ראָמאַניסט m (romanist)
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novelist m (Cyrillic spelling новелист)
- a novella writer
