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.
Meanings
Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
mk несекојдневен (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · ja 新奇 (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · de neuartig (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · de neu (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · bg нов (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · pt nova (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · pt original (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · grc καινοπρεπής (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · fr original (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · pl nowy (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · mk нов (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · nl nieuw (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · it nuovo (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · es novedoso (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · fi uusi (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · el πρωτότυπος (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · fi uudenlainen (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · fr originale (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · fr nouvelle (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · ro original (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · yue 新穎 /新颖 (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · pt novo (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · cs originální (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · hu újfajta (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · te వినూత్న (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · fr nouveau (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · th แนวใหม่ (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · ar مُسْتَجِدّ (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · bg необикновен (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · ro original (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · tr yeni (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · ro nou (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · la novellus (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · cs neotřelý (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · ru но́вый (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · ja 新型の (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · ast novedosu (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · cmn 新穎 /新颖 (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · ru оригина́льный (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · io nova (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · it originale (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · hi नया (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · grc νεοχμός (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · sw -pya (new, original, especially in an interesting way) · za yienghmoq (new, original, especially in an interesting way)
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.
Meanings
A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.
If it be true, that the preſent age is more corrupt, than the preceding, the great multiplication of Novels has probably contributed to its degeneracy. Fifty years ago there was ſcarcely a Novel in the kingdom. Romances, indeed, abounded; but they, it is ſuppoſed, were rather favorable to virtue. 1800, Vicesimus Knox, “Essay XIV (On Novel reading)”, in Essays Moral and Literary, volume I, page 100:
Since I had started to break down all my writing and get rid of all facility and try to make instead of describe, writing had been wonderful to do. But it was very difficult, and I did not know how I would ever write anything as long as a novel. It often took me a full morning of work to write a paragraph. 1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 151:
(historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work.
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. 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 4:
ast novela (work of prose fiction) · gl novela (work of prose fiction) · uk нове́ла (work of prose fiction) · hi कथा (work of prose fiction) · ru по́весть (work of prose fiction) · cs román (work of prose fiction) · hu regény (work of prose fiction) · bn উপন্যাস (work of prose fiction) · sl roman (work of prose fiction) · pt romance (work of prose fiction) · sk román (work of prose fiction) · mn роман (work of prose fiction) · pl powieść (work of prose fiction) · el μυθιστόρημα (work of prose fiction) · cs novela (work of prose fiction) · hak 小說 /小说 (work of prose fiction) · km រ៉ូម៉ង់ (work of prose fiction) · tl nobela (work of prose fiction) · pt novela (work of prose fiction) · kk новелла (work of prose fiction) · uk рома́н (work of prose fiction) · it romanzo (work of prose fiction) · es novela (work of prose fiction) · pl nowela (work of prose fiction) · hy նովել (work of prose fiction) · nan-hbl 小說 /小说 (work of prose fiction) · mn тууж (work of prose fiction) · ky роман (work of prose fiction) · cdo 小說 /小说 (work of prose fiction) · sq roman (work of prose fiction) · la fābula Mīlēsia (work of prose fiction) · uz novella (work of prose fiction) · tg қисса (work of prose fiction) · tg ҳикоя (work of prose fiction) · uz povest (work of prose fiction) · is skáldsaga (work of prose fiction) · ms novel (work of prose fiction) · lo ເລື່ອງສັ້ນ (work of prose fiction) · nl roman (work of prose fiction) · sq novelë (work of prose fiction) · de Novelle (work of prose fiction) · ps رومان (work of prose fiction) · ta புதினம் (work of prose fiction) · ca novel·la (work of prose fiction) · sw riwaya (work of prose fiction) · da roman (work of prose fiction) · sh новѐла (work of prose fiction) · tr roman (work of prose fiction) · ur ناوِل (work of prose fiction) · ms roman (work of prose fiction) · te నవల (work of prose fiction) · az novella (work of prose fiction) · de Roman (work of prose fiction) · th นวนิยาย (work of prose fiction) · be навэ́ла (work of prose fiction) · lt romanas (work of prose fiction) · sk novela (work of prose fiction) · tl akdang-buhay (work of prose fiction) · tg новелла (work of prose fiction) · ru нове́лла (work of prose fiction) · sv roman (work of prose fiction) · lt novelė (work of prose fiction) · hi कहानी (work of prose fiction) · kk роман (work of prose fiction) · uz qissa (work of prose fiction) · mk роман (work of prose fiction) · ar رِوَايَة (work of prose fiction) · ro roman (work of prose fiction) · ga nóibhille (work of prose fiction) · tk roman (work of prose fiction) · th นิยาย (work of prose fiction) · gd nobhail (work of prose fiction) · et romaan (work of prose fiction) · hi नावेल (work of prose fiction) · ru рома́н (work of prose fiction) · ja 小説 (work of prose fiction) · ro nuvelă (work of prose fiction) · kk повесть (work of prose fiction) · si නවකතාව (work of prose fiction) · it novella (work of prose fiction) · yi ראָמאַן (work of prose fiction) · fi romaani (work of prose fiction) · hi उपन्यास (work of prose fiction) · mr कादंबरी (work of prose fiction) · bho उपन्यास (work of prose fiction) · om asoosama (work of prose fiction) · fr roman (work of prose fiction) · hy վեպ (work of prose fiction) · tt роман (work of prose fiction) · mk нове́ла (work of prose fiction) · lij racónto (work of prose fiction) · sh ròmān (work of prose fiction) · tt новелла (work of prose fiction) · he רוֹמָן (work of prose fiction) · eo romano (work of prose fiction) · vi tiểu thuyết (work of prose fiction) · el νουβέλα (work of prose fiction) · la mythistoria (work of prose fiction) · bg рома́н (work of prose fiction) · nl novelle (work of prose fiction) · ka რომანი (work of prose fiction) · tg нақл (work of prose fiction) · yue 小說 /小说 (work of prose fiction) · ga úrscéal (work of prose fiction) · lij cónto (work of prose fiction) · ky новелла (work of prose fiction) · ca romanç (work of prose fiction) · cmn 小說 /小说 (work of prose fiction) · ug رومان (work of prose fiction) · ko 소설 (work of prose fiction) · hy նորավեպ (work of prose fiction) · sl novela (work of prose fiction) · uz roman (work of prose fiction) · af roman (work of prose fiction) · et novell (work of prose fiction) · ka ნოველა (work of prose fiction) · ps ناول (work of prose fiction) · sh novèla (work of prose fiction) · ta நாவல் (work of prose fiction) · lv novele (work of prose fiction) · eu nobela (work of prose fiction) · my ဝတ္ထု (work of prose fiction) · be апо́весць (work of prose fiction) · bg нове́ла (work of prose fiction) · rue рома́н (work of prose fiction) · fa-ira رُمان (work of prose fiction) · tg роман (work of prose fiction) · la fābula Rōmānēnsis (work of prose fiction) · uk по́вість (work of prose fiction) · fo skaldsøga (work of prose fiction) · tl kathambuhay (work of prose fiction) · be рама́н (work of prose fiction) · wuu 小說 /小说 (work of prose fiction) · eu eleberri (work of prose fiction) · ky повесть (work of prose fiction) · sh ро̀ма̄н (work of prose fiction) · csb pòwiesc (work of prose fiction) · es romance (work of prose fiction) · kmr roman (work of prose fiction) · nb roman (work of prose fiction) · kn ಕಾದಂಬರಿ (work of prose fiction) · mi pakimaero (work of prose fiction) · lv romāns (work of prose fiction) · ia romance (work of prose fiction) · dng щёфә (work of prose fiction) · id novel (work of prose fiction) · nn roman (work of prose fiction) · az roman (work of prose fiction) · km ប្រលោមលោក (work of prose fiction) · cy nofel (work of prose fiction)
From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.
Meanings
(obsolete) A novelty; something new.
Libum is a cake made of Honey (sugar is a nouvelle, since the discovery of America), meale and oyle. 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 7:
Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.
Meanings
(Byzantine, Roman, historical) A new legal constitution.
The normal and natural relationship of emperor and churchman was summed up by Justinian in one of his novels […] 1979, Jeffrey Richards, The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages, 476–752, page 15:
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frm nouvelle (Translations) · fr novelle (Translations) · it novella (Translations)