nouvelle

See also: Nouvelle

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.vɛl/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: nouvel, nouvelles

Etymology 1

Non-lemma form.

Adjective

nouvelle

1. feminine singular of nouveau (“new”)

   Jérôme a acheté sa nouvelle voiture hier.

   Jerome bought his new car yesterday.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French nouvelle, from Old French novele, from Vulgar Latin *novella, substantivized neuter plural form of Latin novellus (“new, novel”). Compare Italian novella.

Doublet of novelle.

Noun

nouvelle f (plural nouvelles)

1. news, a piece of information

   J’ai appris la nouvelle hier soir.

   I heard the news yesterday evening.

2. novella, short story

Derived terms

• bonne nouvelle (“good news”)
• lecteur de nouvelles
• lectrice de nouvelles
• pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles
• tu m'en diras des nouvelles
• vous m’en direz des nouvelles

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: nouvel

Borrowings

• → Danish: novelle
• → Dutch: novelle (or from Italian novella)
  • Afrikaans: novelle
  • → Indonesian: novel
• → Greek: νουβέλα (nouvéla)
• → Luxembourgish: Nouvelle
• → Romanian: nuvelă

Further reading

• “nouvelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Adjective

nouvelle

1. feminine singular of nouveau (“new”)

Norman

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Etymology 1

Non-lemma form.

Adjective

nouvelle

1. feminine singular of nouvieau (“new”)

Etymology 2

From Old French novele, from Vulgar Latin *novella, substantivized neuter plural form of Latin novellus (“new, novel”).

Noun

nouvelle f (plural nouvelles)

1. (Jersey) news, a piece of information

Derived terms

• bouônne nouvelle (“good news”)