novel

See also: növel and nővel

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: nŏvʹəl, IPA^(key): /ˈnɒvl̩/
• enPR: nävʹəl, IPA^(key): /ˈnɑvəl/

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• Hyphenation: novel
• Rhymes: -ɒvəl

Etymology 1

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)

1. new, original, especially in an interesting way

Usage notes

• Said of ideas, ways, etc.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:new

Translations

new, original, especially in an interesting way

• Asturian: novedosu
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新穎／新颖 (san¹ wing⁶), 新颖 (san¹ wing⁶)

  Mandarin: 新穎／新颖 (zh) (xīnyǐng), 新颖 (zh) (xīnyǐng)

• Czech: originální (cs), neotřelý
• Dutch: nieuw (nl)
• Finnish: uusi (fi), uudenlainen
• French: nouveau (fr) m, nouvelle (fr) f, original (fr) m, originale (fr) f
• German: neuartig (de), neu (de)
• Greek: πρωτότυπος (el) m (protótypos)

  Ancient: καινοπρεπής (kainoprepḗs), νεοχμός (neokhmós)

• Hindi: नया (hi) (nayā)
• Ido: nova (io)
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• Italian: nuovo (it), originale (it)
• Japanese: 新奇 (ja) (しんき, shinki)
• Latin: novellus m
• Macedonian: нов m (nov), несекојдневен (nesekojdneven)
• Polish: nowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: novo (pt) m, nova (pt) f, original (pt) c
• Romanian: nou (ro) m, original (ro) m, original (ro)
• Russian: но́вый (ru) (nóvyj), оригина́льный (ru) (originálʹnyj)
• Spanish: novedoso (es) m, novedosa (es) f
• Swahili: -pya
• Telugu: వినూత్న (vinūtna)
• Thai: แนวใหม่
• Turkish: yeni (tr)

Etymology 2

Front page of Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, a notable example of a novel

Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

Noun

novel (plural novels)

1. A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]
2. (historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work. [from 16th c.]
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     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

• novelisation, novelization
• novelist

Related terms

• novella

Translations

work of prose fiction

• Afrikaans: roman (af)
• Albanian: roman (sq) m
• Arabic: رِوَايَة (ar) f (riwāya)
• Armenian: վեպ (hy) (vep)
• Asturian: novela f
• Azerbaijani: roman (az)
• Basque: eleberri, nobela
• Belarusian: рама́н m (ramán), навэ́ла f (navéla), апо́весць f (apóvjescʹ)
• Bengali: উপন্যাস (uponnaś)
• Bulgarian: рома́н (bg) m (román)
• Burmese: ဝတ္ထု (my) (wathtu.)
• Catalan: novel·la (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 小說／小说 (siu² syut³), 小说 (siu² syut³)

  Mandarin: 小說／小说 (zh), 小说 (zh) (xiǎoshuō)

• Czech: román (cs) m
• Danish: roman (da) c
• Dutch: roman (nl) m
• Esperanto: romano
• Estonian: romaan (et)
• Faroese: skaldsøga f
• Finnish: romaani (fi)
• French: roman (fr) m
• Galician: novela f
• Georgian: რომანი (ka) (romani)
• German: Roman (de) m
• Greek: μυθιστόρημα (el) n (mythistórima)
• Hebrew: רוֹמָן (he) m (román)
• Hindi: कथा (hi) f (kathā), कहानी (hi) f (kahānī), उपन्यास (hi) m (upanyās), नावेल (hi) m (nāvel)
• Hungarian: regény (hu)
• Icelandic: skáldsaga f
• Indonesian: novel (id)
• Interlingua: romance
• Irish: úrscéal
• Italian: romanzo (it) m
• Japanese: 小説 (ja) (しょうせつ, shōsetsu)
• Kazakh: роман (kk) (roman)
• Khmer: ប្រលោមលោក (km) (prɑlaom look), រ៉ូម៉ង់ (roumɑng)
• Korean: 소설 (ko) (soseol) (小說 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: роман (roman)
• Lao: ເລື່ອງສັ້ນ (lo) (lư̄ang san)
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• Latin: novella n pl, romanice
• Latvian: romāns m
• Lithuanian: romanas m
• Macedonian: роман (mk) m (roman)
• Malay: novel
• Maori: pakimaero
• Mongolian: роман (mn) (roman)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: roman (no) m

• Persian: رمان (fa) (român)
• Polish: powieść (pl) f
• Portuguese: romance (pt) f
• Romanian: roman (ro) n
• Russian: (a rather large novel) рома́н (ru) m (román), по́весть (ru) f (póvestʹ), нове́лла (ru) f (novɛ́lla)
• Rusyn: рома́н m (román)
• Scottish Gaelic: nobhail f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ро̀ма̄н m

  Roman: ròmān (sh) m

• Sinhalese: නවකතාව (nawakatāwa)
• Slovak: román m
• Slovene: roman (sl) m
• Spanish: novela (es) f
• Swahili: riwaya (sw)
• Swedish: roman (sv) c
• Tagalog: nobela, akdang-buhay, kathambuhay
• Tajik: роман (roman)
• Tatar: роман (roman)
• Telugu: నవల (te) (navala)
• Thai: นวนิยาย (ná-wá-ní-yaai), นิยาย (th) (ní-yaai)
• Turkish: roman (tr)
• Turkmen: roman
• Ukrainian: рома́н m (román), нове́ла (uk) f (novéla), по́вість (uk) m (póvistʹ)
• Urdu: ناول (nāval)
• Uyghur: رومان (roman)
• Uzbek: roman (uz)
• Vietnamese: tiểu thuyết (vi)
• Welsh: nofel (cy) f
• Westrobothnian:

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

Noun

novel (plural novels)

1. (obsolete) A novelty; something new. [15th-18th c.]

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

Noun

novel (plural novels)

1. (classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. [from 17th c.]

Anagrams

• Loven

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Old French

Alternative forms

• nuvel (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin novellus, from novus.

Adjective

novel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular novele)

1. new

Declension

Declension of novel

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	noveus, novex or novels	novele	novel
	Oblique	novel			novele	novel
Plural	Subject	novel	noveles		novel
	Oblique	noveus, novex or novels			noveles	novel

Antonyms

• viel, ancien

Related terms

• novele
• novelté

Descendants

• → English: novel
• Middle French: nouveau
  • French: nouveau
• Norman: nouvieau
• Walloon: novea

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Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• novelh

Etymology

From Latin novellus. Compare Old French novel.

Adjective

novel m (feminine singular novela, masculine plural novels, feminine plural novelas)

1. new

Descendants

• Catalan: novell
• Occitan: novèl, novèu, navèth

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan novell, from Latin novellus.

Adjective

novel m or f (masculine and feminine plural noveles)

1. novel, new

Noun

novel m or f (plural noveles)

1. newbie, green

Related terms

• nuevo