novel

nov·el ¹  (nvl)

n.

1. A fictional prose narrative of considerable length, typically having a plot that is unfolded by the actions, speech, and thoughts of the characters.

2. The literary genre represented by novels.

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[Ultimately from Italian novella, from Old Italian, piece of news, chit-chat, tale, from Vulgar Latin *novella, from neuter pl. of Latin novellus, diminutive of novus, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots.]

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novel ¹

Noun

a long fictional story in book form [Latin novella (narratio) new (story)]

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novel ²

Adjective

fresh, new, or original: a novel approach [Latin novus new]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	novel - an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story fiction - a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact detective novel, mystery novel - novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end dime novel, penny dreadful - a melodramatic paperback novel novelette, novella - a short novel roman a clef - a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters romance - a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life roman fleuve - a French novel in the form of a long chronicle of a family or other social group
	2.	novel - a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; "his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels" book, volume - physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"
Adj.	1.	novel - original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem" new, fresh original - being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach"; "with original music"; "an original mind"
	2.	novel - pleasantly new or different; "common sense of a most refreshing sort" refreshing new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"

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novel ¹

noun story, tale, fiction, romance, narrative

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novel ²

adjective new, different, original, fresh, unusual, innovative, uncommon, singular, ground-breaking, left-field (informal) << OPPOSITE ordinary

Translations

novel [ˈnɔvl] n → novela

adj (= new) → nuevo, original (= unexpected); insólito

novel [ˈnɔvl] n → roman m

adj → nouveau(nouvelle) → original(e)

novel [ˈnɔvl] n → Roman m

adj → neu(artig)

novel [ˈnɔvl] n → romanzo

adj → nuovo/a

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novel¹

n novel [ˈnovəl]

a book telling a long story in prose the novels of Charles Dickens.novelleرِوايَهроманrománromander Romanμυθιστόρημαnovelaromaanرمانromaaniromanרוֹמָןनवीनromanregénynovelskáldsagaromanzo小説소설romanasromānsnovelromanromanpowieśćromanceromanроманrománromanromanromanนวนิยายroman小說роман; новелаناول، لمبي نثريہ کہاني کي کتابtiểu thuyết小说

n ˈnovelist

the writer of a novel Dickens was a great novelist.skrywerرِوائيроманистromanopisecforfatterder/die Romanautor(in)μυθιστοριογράφοςnovelistaromaanikirjanikرمان نویسromaanikirjailijaromancier/-ièreסוֹפֶרउपन्यासकारromanopisacregényírónovelisskáldsagnahöfundurromanziere小説家소설가, 작가romanistas, romanų rašytojasromānu rakstniekspenulis novelromanschrijverromanforfatterpowieściopisarzromancistaromancierроманистrománopisecromanopisecromanopisacromanförfattareนักแต่งนวนิยายromancı, roman yazarı小說家письменник-романістناول نگارtiểu thuyết gia小说家