novel

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• Received-Pronunciation: nŏvʹəl
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɒvəl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈnɒvɫ̩]
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: nŏʹvəl
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• Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈnɑvəl/
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• Canada, dialectal: /ˈnɒvəl/ of the US
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• Canada, dialectal: [ˈnɒvɫ̩] of the US
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• rhymes with -ɒvəl
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• CMU ARPABET: N AA1 V AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

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. English novel Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella.

From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

195 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُسْتَجِدّ (mustajidd) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Asturian: novedosu — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Bulgarian: нов (nov) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Bulgarian: необикновен (neobiknoven) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Chinese Cantonese: 新穎 /新颖 — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Chinese Mandarin: 新穎 /新颖 (xīnyǐng) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Czech: originální — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Czech: neotřelý — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Dutch: nieuw — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Finnish: uusi — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Finnish: uudenlainen — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• French: nouveau — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• French: nouvelle — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• French: original — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• French: originale — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• German: neuartig — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• German: neu — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Greek: πρωτότυπος (protótypos) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Ancient Greek: καινοπρεπής (kainoprepḗs) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Ancient Greek: νεοχμός (neokhmós) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Hindi: नया (nayā) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Hungarian: újfajta — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Ido: nova — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Italian: nuovo — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Italian: originale — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Japanese: 新奇 (shinki) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Japanese: 新型の (shingata no) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Latin: novellus — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Macedonian: нов (nov) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Macedonian: несекојдневен (nesekojdneven) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Polish: nowy — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Portuguese: novo — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Portuguese: nova — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Portuguese: original — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Romanian: nou — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Romanian: original — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Romanian: original — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Russian: но́вый (nóvyj) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Russian: оригина́льный (originálʹnyj) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Spanish: novedoso — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Swahili: -pya — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Telugu: వినూత్న (vinūtna) — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Thai: แนวใหม่ — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Turkish: yeni — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Zhuang: yienghmoq — new, original, especially in an interesting way
• Afrikaans: roman — work of prose fiction
• Albanian: roman — work of prose fiction
• Albanian: novelë — work of prose fiction
• Arabic: رِوَايَة (riwāya) — work of prose fiction
• Armenian: վեպ (vep) — work of prose fiction
• Armenian: նորավեպ (noravep) — work of prose fiction
• Armenian: նովել (novel) — work of prose fiction
• Asturian: novela — work of prose fiction
• Azerbaijani: roman — work of prose fiction
• Azerbaijani: novella — work of prose fiction
• Basque: eleberri — work of prose fiction
• Basque: nobela — work of prose fiction
• Belarusian: рама́н (ramán) — work of prose fiction
• Belarusian: навэ́ла (navéla) — work of prose fiction
• Belarusian: апо́весць (apóvjescʹ) — work of prose fiction
• Bengali: উপন্যাস (uponnaś) — work of prose fiction
• Bhojpuri: उपन्यास (upanyās) — work of prose fiction
• Bulgarian: рома́н (román) — work of prose fiction
• Bulgarian: нове́ла (novéla) — work of prose fiction
• Burmese: ဝတ္ထု (wathtu.) — work of prose fiction
• Carpathian Rusyn: рома́н (román) — work of prose fiction
• Catalan: novel·la — work of prose fiction
• Catalan: romanç — work of prose fiction
• Chinese Cantonese: 小說 /小说 (siu2 syut3) — work of prose fiction
• Chinese: щёфә (xiofə) — work of prose fiction
• Eastern Min Chinese: 小說 /小说 (siēu-siók) — work of prose fiction
• Hakka Chinese: 小說 /小说 (séu-sot) — work of prose fiction
• Chinese: 小說 /小说 (zh-min-nan) — work of prose fiction
• Chinese Mandarin: 小說 /小说 (xiǎoshuō) — work of prose fiction
• Wu Chinese: 小說 /小说 (5shiau-seq) — work of prose fiction
• Czech: román — work of prose fiction
• Czech: novela — work of prose fiction
• Danish: roman — work of prose fiction
• Dutch: roman — work of prose fiction
• Dutch: novelle — work of prose fiction
• Esperanto: romano — work of prose fiction
• Estonian: romaan — work of prose fiction
• Estonian: novell — work of prose fiction
• Faroese: skaldsøga — work of prose fiction
• Finnish: romaani — work of prose fiction
• French: roman — work of prose fiction
• Galician: novela — work of prose fiction
• Georgian: რომანი (romani) — work of prose fiction
• Georgian: ნოველა (novela) — work of prose fiction
• German: Roman — work of prose fiction
• German: Novelle — work of prose fiction
• Greek: μυθιστόρημα (mythistórima) — work of prose fiction
• Greek: νουβέλα (nouvéla) — work of prose fiction
• Hebrew: רוֹמָן (román) — work of prose fiction
• Hindi: कथा (kathā) — work of prose fiction
• Hindi: कहानी (kahānī) — work of prose fiction
• Hindi: उपन्यास (upanyās) — work of prose fiction
• Hindi: नावेल (nāvel) — work of prose fiction
• Hungarian: regény — work of prose fiction
• Icelandic: skáldsaga — work of prose fiction
• Indonesian: novel — work of prose fiction
• Interlingua: romance — work of prose fiction
• Irish: úrscéal — work of prose fiction
• Irish: nóibhille — work of prose fiction
• Italian: romanzo — work of prose fiction
• Italian: novella — work of prose fiction
• Japanese: 小説 (shōsetsu) — work of prose fiction
• Kannada: ಕಾದಂಬರಿ (kādambari) — work of prose fiction
• Kashubian: pòwiesc — work of prose fiction
• Kazakh: роман (roman) — work of prose fiction
• Kazakh: повесть (povest) — work of prose fiction
• Kazakh: новелла (novella) — work of prose fiction
• Khmer: ប្រលោមលោក (prɑɑlaom look) — work of prose fiction
• Khmer: រ៉ូម៉ង់ (roumɑng) — work of prose fiction
• Korean: 소설 (soseol) — work of prose fiction
• Northern Kurdish: roman — work of prose fiction
• Kyrgyz: роман (roman) — work of prose fiction
• Kyrgyz: новелла (novella) — work of prose fiction
• Kyrgyz: повесть (povest) — work of prose fiction
• Lao: ເລື່ອງສັ້ນ (lư̄ang san) — work of prose fiction
• Latin: fābula Rōmānēnsis — work of prose fiction
• Latin: fābula Mīlēsia — work of prose fiction
• Latin: mythistoria — work of prose fiction
• Latvian: romāns — work of prose fiction
• Latvian: novele — work of prose fiction
• Ligurian: cónto — work of prose fiction
• Ligurian: racónto — work of prose fiction
• Lithuanian: romanas — work of prose fiction
• Lithuanian: novelė — work of prose fiction
• Macedonian: роман (roman) — work of prose fiction
• Macedonian: нове́ла (novéla) — work of prose fiction
• Malay: novel — work of prose fiction
• Malay: roman — work of prose fiction
• Māori: pakimaero — work of prose fiction
• Marathi: कादंबरी (kādambrī) — work of prose fiction
• Mongolian: роман (roman) — work of prose fiction
• Mongolian: тууж (tuuž) — work of prose fiction
• Norwegian Bokmål: roman — work of prose fiction
• Norwegian Nynorsk: roman — work of prose fiction
• Oromo: asoosama — work of prose fiction
• Pashto: ناول (nāwəl) — work of prose fiction
• Pashto: رومان (romān) — work of prose fiction
• Iranian Persian: رُمان (român) — work of prose fiction
• Polish: powieść — work of prose fiction
• Polish: nowela — work of prose fiction
• Portuguese: romance — work of prose fiction
• Portuguese: novela — work of prose fiction
• Romanian: roman — work of prose fiction
• Romanian: nuvelă — work of prose fiction
• Russian: рома́н (román) — work of prose fiction
• Russian: по́весть (póvestʹ) — work of prose fiction
• Russian: нове́лла (novɛ́lla) — work of prose fiction
• Scottish Gaelic: nobhail — work of prose fiction
• Serbo-Croatian: ро̀ма̄н — work of prose fiction
• Serbo-Croatian: новѐла — work of prose fiction
• Serbo-Croatian: ròmān — work of prose fiction
• Serbo-Croatian: novèla — work of prose fiction
• Sinhalese: නවකතාව (nawakatāwa) — work of prose fiction
• Slovak: román — work of prose fiction
• Slovak: novela — work of prose fiction
• Slovene: roman — work of prose fiction
• Slovene: novela — work of prose fiction
• Spanish: novela — work of prose fiction
• Spanish: romance — work of prose fiction
• Swahili: riwaya — work of prose fiction
• Swedish: roman — work of prose fiction
• Tagalog: nobela — work of prose fiction
• Tagalog: akdang-buhay — work of prose fiction
• Tagalog: kathambuhay — work of prose fiction
• Tajik: роман (roman) — work of prose fiction
• Tajik: новелла (novella) — work of prose fiction
• Tajik: қисса (qissa) — work of prose fiction
• Tajik: ҳикоя (hikoya) — work of prose fiction
• Tajik: нақл (naql) — work of prose fiction
• Tamil: நாவல் (nāval) — work of prose fiction
• Tamil: புதினம் (putiṉam) — work of prose fiction
• Tatar: роман (roman) — work of prose fiction
• Tatar: новелла (nowella) — work of prose fiction
• Telugu: నవల (navala) — work of prose fiction
• Thai: นวนิยาย (ná-wá-ní-yaai) — work of prose fiction
• Thai: นิยาย (ní-yaai) — work of prose fiction
• Turkish: roman — work of prose fiction
• Turkmen: roman — work of prose fiction
• Ukrainian: рома́н (román) — work of prose fiction
• Ukrainian: нове́ла (novéla) — work of prose fiction
• Ukrainian: по́вість (póvistʹ) — work of prose fiction
• Urdu: ناوِل (nāvil) — work of prose fiction
• Uyghur: رومان (roman) — work of prose fiction
• Uzbek: roman — work of prose fiction
• Uzbek: qissa — work of prose fiction
• Uzbek: povest — work of prose fiction
• Uzbek: novella — work of prose fiction
• Vietnamese: tiểu thuyết — work of prose fiction
• Welsh: nofel — work of prose fiction
• Yiddish: ראָמאַן (roman) — work of prose fiction