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.

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/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

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.