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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu??v??/

Adjective

nouveau (not comparable)

1. New, fashionable.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From Middle French nouveau, from Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from novus (“new”), from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.vo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Homophone: nouveaux

Adjective

nouveau (masculine singular before vowel nouvel, feminine singular nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaux, feminine plural nouvelles)

1. new, novel

Usage notes

• nouveau is a French adjective which when possessing an attributive function can precede its noun.
• When used in the masculine singular, nouveau becomes nouvel before a word beginning with a vowel or a mute h.

Derived terms

Noun

nouveau m (plural nouveaux, feminine nouvelle)

1. New person, new thing.

Antonyms

• vieux (old)

Derived terms

• de nouveau
• à nouveau

Related terms

• neuf
• nouvelle
• novice
• innover
• rénover
• renouveler

Further reading

• “nouveau” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French novel, from Latin novellus, from novus (“new”).

Adjective

nouveau m (feminine singular nouvelle, masculine plural nouveaux, feminine plural nouvelles)

1. new

Antonyms

• (new): vieulx

Descendants

• French: nouveau

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: n?v??l, IPA^(key): /?n?vl?/
• (US) enPR: näv??l, IPA^(key): /?n?v?l/
• Hyphenation: novel
• Rhymes: -?v?l

Etymology 1

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.

Adjective

novel (comparative more novel, superlative most novel)

1. Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:new

2. Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.

   Synonym: unusual

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Usage notes

• Said of ideas, ways, etc.

Derived terms

• novelly

Related terms

• novelty

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella

Noun

novel (plural novels)

1. A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]
2. (historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work. [from 16th c.]

   • 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.

Derived terms

• novelisation, novelization
• novelist

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: nobhail

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

Noun

novel (plural novels)

1. (obsolete) A novelty; something new. [15th-18th c.]

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

Noun

novel (plural novels)

1. (classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. [from 17th c.]

Anagrams

• Loven, Venlo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch novelle, from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novela and novelet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nov?l]
• Hyphenation: no?vèl

Noun

novel (first-person possessive novelku, second-person possessive novelmu, third-person possessive novelnya)

1. (literature) novel: a work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.

   Synonym: roman

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “novel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

novel

1. Alternative form of navel

Old French

Alternative forms

• nuvel (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin novellus, from novus.

Adjective

novel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular novele)

1. new

Declension

Antonyms

• viel, ancien

Related terms

• novele
• novelté

Descendants

• ? Middle English: novel
  • English: novel
• Middle French: nouveau
  • French: nouveau
• Norman: nouvieau
• Walloon: novea

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• novelh

Etymology

From Latin novellus. Compare Old French novel.

Adjective

novel m (feminine singular novela, masculine plural novels, feminine plural novelas)

1. new

Descendants

• Catalan: novell
• Occitan: novèl, novèu, navèth

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan novell, from Latin novellus. Doublet of novillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no?bel/, [no???el]

Adjective

novel (plural noveles)

1. novel, new

Noun

novel m or f (plural noveles)

1. newbie, green

Related terms

• nuevo