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English
Etymology
From Italian plural of novella.
Noun
novelle
- plural of novella but only in the sense of a compact story.
Related terms
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch novelle, either from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.
Pronunciation
Noun
novelle (plural novelles)
- a short novel, short story, a novella
Danish
Etymology
From French nouvelle.
Noun
novelle c (singular definite novellen, plural indefinite noveller)
- short story
Inflection
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌnoːˈvɛ.lə/
- Hyphenation: no‧vel‧le
- Rhymes: -ɛlə
Noun
novelle f (plural novelles or novellen, diminutive novelletje n)
- a short novel, short story, a novella
- a literary essay on closely related events
Derived terms
Descendants
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈvɛl.le/
- Rhymes: -ɛlle
- Hyphenation: no‧vèl‧le
Adjective
novelle
- feminine plural of novello
Noun
novelle f
- plural of novella
Latin
Adjective
novelle
- vocative masculine singular of novellus
References
- “novelle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- novelle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.