novelista

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nu

Proto-Indo-European *néwos

Proto-Italic *nowos

Latin novus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin novellus

Vulgar Latin *novella

Italian novellabor.

Galician novela

Galician -ista

Galician novelista

From novela + -ista.

Noun

novelista m or f by sense (plural novelistas)

1. novelist (author of novels)

Further reading

• “novelista”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nu

Proto-Indo-European *néwos

Proto-Italic *nowos

Latin novus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin novellus

Vulgar Latin *novella

Italian novellabor.

Portuguese novela

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istabor.

Portuguese -ista

Portuguese novelista

From novela + -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.veˈlis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.veˈlis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /no.veˈliʃ.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.veˈlis.ta/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.vɨˈliʃ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.vɨˈliʃ.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.bɨˈliʃ.tɐ/ [nu.βɨˈliʃ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: no‧ve‧lis‧ta

Noun

novelista m or f by sense (plural novelistas)

1. novelist (author of novels)

   Synonym: romancista

Further reading

• “novelista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “novelista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nu

Proto-Indo-European *néwos

Proto-Italic *nowos

Latin novus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin -ellus

Latin novellus

Vulgar Latin *novella

Italian novellabor.

Spanish novela

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish novelista

From novela + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nobeˈlista/ [no.β̞eˈlis.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: no‧ve‧lis‧ta

Noun

novelista m or f by sense (plural novelistas)

1. novelist (author of novels)

Further reading

• “novelista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025