/ˈnɒvəl/
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Translation
A long written story about people and events that are not real.
Word origin
From Italian novella, a new little story, from Latin novus, meaning new.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- novus
- English cognates
- new, novelty
Examples
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A novel is a book, but a book of one long invented story.
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The person who writes novels is a novelist.
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As an adjective, novel means new and unusual.
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