German

Novelle

Noun

Novelle f ‎(genitive Novelle, plural Novellen)

1. novella (a short novel)

Declension

English

Noun

novelle

1. plural of novella but only in the sense of a compact story.

Related terms

• novellas, the plural in the sense of novelette (short novel)

Danish

Etymology

From French nouvelle.

Noun

novelle c (singular definite novellen, plural indefinite noveller)

1. short story

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: no‧vel‧le

Etymology

From French nouvelle.

Noun

novelle f ‎(plural novelles or novellen, diminutive novelletje n)

1. A literary essay on closely related events
2. A short novel, short story

Derived terms

• novellenauteur m
• novellenbundel m
• novellenschijver m
• novellist m
• novellistiek
• novellistisch (adjective)

Italian

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “novelle”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.