novelle

See also: Novelle

English

Etymology

From Italian plural of novella.

Noun

novelle

1. plural of novella but only in the sense of a compact story.

Related terms

• novellas, the plural in the sense of novelette (short novel)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch novelle, either from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnʊə̯ˈfɛ.lə/

Noun

novelle (plural novelles)

1. a short novel, short story, a novella

Danish

Etymology

From French nouvelle.

Noun

novelle c (singular definite novellen, plural indefinite noveller)

1. short story

Inflection

Declension of novelle

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	novelle	novellen	noveller	novellerne
genitive	novelles	novellens	novellers	novellernes

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnoːˈvɛ.lə/

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• Hyphenation: no‧vel‧le
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

novelle f (plural novelles or novellen, diminutive novelletje n)

1. a short novel, short story, a novella
2. a literary essay on closely related events

Derived terms

• novellenauteur
• novellenbundel
• novellenschrijver
• novellist
• novellistiek
• novellistisch

Descendants

• Afrikaans: novelle
• → Indonesian: novel

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noˈvɛl.le/
• Rhymes: -ɛlle
• Hyphenation: no‧vèl‧le

Adjective

novelle

1. feminine plural of novello

Noun

novelle f

1. plural of novella

Latin

Adjective

novelle

1. 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.