Dictionary

novella en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• nəvĕlʹə (UK)
• nōvĕlʹə (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /nəˈvɛlə/ (UK)
• /nəˈvɛlə/ (US)
• nōvĕlʹə (US)
• /noʊˈvɛlə/ (US)
• nəvĕlʹə (US)
• /nəʊˈvɛlə/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian novella. Doublet of novel.

Meanings

1. A short novel or long short story.

Forms

Deriveds

e-novella · novellalike

Relateds

novel

Synonyms

novelette

Translations (33)

pl nowela (short novel) · fo stuttsøga (short novel) · es novela corta (short novel) · id novela (short novel) · nl novelle (short novel) · ru по́весть (short novel) · km នវប្រលោមលោកខ្លី (short novel) · es novelilla (short novel) · cs novela (short novel) · ko 중편소설 (short novel) · oc novèla (short novel) · fr court roman (short novel) · hu elbeszélés (short novel) · mk повест (short novel) · el νουβέλα (short novel) · fi lyhytromaani (short novel) · sv kortroman (short novel) · cmn 中篇小說 /中篇小说 (short novel) · da novelle (short novel) · fr nouvelle (short novel) · tr uzun hikâye (short novel) · vi tiểu thuyết ngắn (short novel) · ca novel·leta (short novel) · vi truyện vừa (short novel) · ja 短編小説 (short novel) · pt novela (short novel) · uk по́вість (short novel) · de Novelle (short novel) · ro nuvelă (short novel) · uk нове́ла (short novel) · it novella (short novel) · hu kisregény (short novel) · it romanzo breve (short novel)

novella en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• nəvĕlʹə (UK)
• nōvĕlʹə (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /nəˈvɛlə/ (UK)
• /nəˈvɛlə/ (US)
• nōvĕlʹə (US)
• /noʊˈvɛlə/ (US)
• nəvĕlʹə (US)
• /nəʊˈvɛlə/ (UK)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin novella. Doublet of novel.

Meanings

1. (Byzantine, Roman, historical) Synonym of novel (“a new legal constitution”)

Forms

Synonyms

novel