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- novel (n.) "fictitious prose narrative," 1560s, from Italian novella "short story," originally "new story, news," from Latin novella "new things" (source of French novelle, French nouvelle), neuter plural or fem. of novellus "new, young, recent," diminutive of novus "new" (see new).
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Novel things are new and different from anything that has been done, experienced, or made before. Protesters found a novel way of demonstrating against steeply rising oil prices. American English : novel / ˈnɒvəl /
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Collocations : [crime, fiction, romance, comedy, suspense, mystery, children's] novels, a novel writer, is a novel [idea, thought, solution], Suite... Discussions du forum dont le titre comprend le (s) mot (s) "novel" : A crafted novel. A large part of the novel is about. A moving novel.
noun [ countable ] / ˈnɒvəl/ Add to word list. a long book that tells a fictional story. roman [ masculine ] the author’s first novel le premier roman de cet auteur. novel. adjective. / ˈnɒvəl/ new and different. original/-ale. a novel approach to teaching une approche originale de l’enseignement.
French versions of novellus also came about — nouvel, and novel — and novel is the word that eventually mae its way into English. But the story isn't over yet! The Italians added the literary meaning to novel, which made it the word of choice for describing a long work of fiction that we still use today.
novel. n roman m. → a novel by Herman Hesse. → His first works of fiction were historical novels. adj (=new) [idea, approach] original (e) [experience, situation] nouveau (nouvelle) → The very idea of a sixth form college was novel in 1962.
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