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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈvɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: no‧vèl‧lo
Etymology 1
From Latin novellus.
Adjective
novello (feminine novella, masculine plural novelli, feminine plural novelle)
- new, early
- Synonyms: nuovo, giovane
- (relational) spring
- Synonym: recente
- newly
- Synonym: secondo
- another, second
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
novello
- first-person singular present indicative of novellare
Further reading
- novello in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
Probably novella (“new vine or shoot”) + -ō, from substantive usages of novellus (“new, young, fresh”).
Pronunciation
Verb
novellō (present infinitive novellāre, perfect active novellāvī, supine novellātum); first conjugation
- to till fields or plant vines anew
- (figuratively) to renew
Usage notes
- novellō is used in Silver Age prose, but not in Aureate Latin.
Conjugation
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
novellō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of novellus
References
- “novello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- novello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.