English Online Dictionary. What means novel? What does novel mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: nŏvʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈnɒvəl/, [ˈnɒvl̩]
- (US) enPR: nävʹəl, IPA(key): /ˈnɑvəl/
- Hyphenation: novel
- Rhymes: -ɒvəl
Etymology 1
From Middle English novel, 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)
- Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:new
- Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
- Synonym: unusual
Usage notes
- Said of ideas, ways, etc.
Derived terms
- novelly
Related terms
- novelty
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella.
Noun
novel (plural novels)
- A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]
- (historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work. [from 16th c.]
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bengali: নভেল (nobhel)
- → Scottish Gaelic: nobhail
- → Welsh: nofel
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.
Noun
novel (plural novels)
- (obsolete) A novelty; something new. [15th–18th c.]
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.
Noun
novel (plural novels)
- (classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. [from 17th c.]
Anagrams
- Loven, Venlo
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch novelle, from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novela and novelet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnovɛl]
- Rhymes: -vɛl, -ɛl, -l
- Hyphenation: no‧vèl
Noun
novel (plural novel-novel)
- (literature) novel: a work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
- Synonym: roman
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “novel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Noun
novel
- Alternative form of navel
Old French
Alternative forms
- nuvel (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
From Latin novellus, from novus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nuˈvɛl/
Adjective
novel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular novele)
- new
Declension
Antonyms
- viel, ancien
Related terms
- novele
- novelté
Descendants
- Middle French: nouveau
- French: nouveau
- Haitian Creole: nouvo
- Mauritian Creole: nouvo
- Seychellois Creole: nouvo
- → English: nouveau
- French: nouveau
- Norman: nouvieau
- Walloon: novea
- → Middle English: novel
- English: novel (“new”)
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)
- new
Descendants
- Occitan: novèu, navèth, novèl
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan novell, from Latin novellus. Doublet of novillo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈbel/ [noˈβ̞el]
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: no‧vel
Adjective
novel m or f (masculine and feminine plural noveles)
- novel, new
Noun
novel m or f by sense (plural noveles)
- newbie, green
Related terms
Further reading
- “novel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10