novella

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian novella. Doublet of novel. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: nəvĕlʹə, nōvĕlʹə, IPA(key): /nəˈvɛlə/, /nəʊˈvɛlə/ (US) enPR: nəvĕlʹə, nōvĕlʹə, IPA(key): /nəˈvɛlə/, /noʊˈvɛlə/ Rhymes: -ɛlə === Noun === novella (plural novellas or novelle) A short novel or long short story. Synonym: novelette (historical) Synonym of novel (“new legal constitution in Ancient Rome”) ==== Usage notes ==== Some literary awards have a longer novella and a shorter novelette categories, with a distinction based on word count. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== novel ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Vallone == Catalan == === Adjective === novella feminine singular of novell == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnovɛlːɒ] Hyphenation: no‧vel‧la Rhymes: -lɒ === Noun === novella (plural novellák) (literature) (relatively short) short story Coordinate terms: elbeszélés, kisregény ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === novella in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /noˈvɛl.la/ Rhymes: -ɛlla Hyphenation: no‧vèl‧la === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== novella feminine singular of novello === Etymology 2 === From Vulgar Latin *novella, substantivized neuter plural form of Latin novellus (“new, novel”). Compare French nouvelle. ==== Noun ==== novella f (plural novelle) tale, story, short story (archaic, literary) information of interest, news ===== Synonyms ===== fiaba, racconto ===== Related terms ===== novellaio novelliere novellista novello nuovo ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== novella inflection of novellare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === vallone, vanello, vellano == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From novellus used substantively in agricultural contexts, for example in agreement with vītis (“vine”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɔˈwɛl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [noˈvɛl.la] ==== Noun ==== novella f (genitive novellae); first declension a newly planted vine or shoot ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== Romanian: nuia === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== novella inflection of novellus: nominative/vocative feminine singular nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural ==== Adjective ==== novellā ablative feminine singular of novellus === References === “novella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "novella", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Portuguese == === Noun === novella f (plural novellas) obsolete spelling of novela