telenovela

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌtɛlənə(ʊ)ˈvɛlə/
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• General-American: /ˌtɛlənəˈvɛlə/
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• General-American: /ˌtɛlənoʊˈvɛlə/
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• rhymes with -ɛlə
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)der. Spanish tele- 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 Spanish telenovelabor. English telenovela Borrowed from Spanish telenovela.

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: télénovela — television soap opera presented as a miniseries
• Galician: telenovela — television soap opera presented as a miniseries
• Georgian: ტელენოველა (ṭelenovela) — television soap opera presented as a miniseries
• Greek: τηλενουβέλα (tilenouvéla) — television soap opera presented as a miniseries
• Hebrew: טלנובלה (telenovéla) — television soap opera presented as a miniseries
• Hungarian: telenovella — television soap opera presented as a miniseries
• Italian: telenovela — television soap opera presented as a miniseries
• Polish: telenowela — television soap opera presented as a miniseries
• Portuguese: telenovela — television soap opera presented as a miniseries
• Spanish: telenovela — television soap opera presented as a miniseries