novella

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian novella. Doublet of novel.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) enPR: nəvĕlʹə, nōvĕlʹə, IPA(key): /nəˈvɛlə/, /nəʊˈvɛlə/
  • (US) enPR: nəvĕlʹə, nōvĕlʹə, IPA(key): /nəˈvɛlə/, /noʊˈvɛlə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

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novella (plural novellas or novelle)

  1. A short novel or long short story.
    Synonym: novelette
  2. (historical) Synonym of novel (new legal constitution in Ancient Rome)

Usage notes

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  • Some literary awards have a longer novella and a shorter novelette categories, with a distinction based on word count.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Adjective

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novella

  1. feminine singular of novell

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnovɛlːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: no‧vel‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

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novella (plural novellák)

  1. (literature) (relatively short) short story
    Coordinate terms: elbeszélés, kisregény

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative novella novellák
accusative novellát novellákat
dative novellának novelláknak
instrumental novellával novellákkal
causal-final novelláért novellákért
translative novellává novellákká
terminative novelláig novellákig
essive-formal novellaként novellákként
essive-modal
inessive novellában novellákban
superessive novellán novellákon
adessive novellánál novelláknál
illative novellába novellákba
sublative novellára novellákra
allative novellához novellákhoz
elative novellából novellákból
delative novelláról novellákról
ablative novellától novelláktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
novelláé novelláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
novelláéi novellákéi
Possessive forms of novella
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. novellám novelláim
2nd person sing. novellád novelláid
3rd person sing. novellája novellái
1st person plural novellánk novelláink
2nd person plural novellátok novelláitok
3rd person plural novellájuk novelláik

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • novella in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /noˈvɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: no‧vèl‧la

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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novella

  1. feminine singular of novello

Etymology 2

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From Vulgar Latin *novella, substantivized neuter plural form of Latin novellus (new, novel). Compare French nouvelle.

Noun

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novella f (plural novelle)

  1. tale, story, short story
  2. (archaic, literary) information of interest, news
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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novella

  1. inflection of novellare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From novellus used substantively in agricultural contexts, for example in agreement with vītis (vine).

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /noˈu̯el.la/, [noˈu̯ɛlːʲä]

Noun

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novella f (genitive novellae); first declension

  1. a newly planted vine or shoot
Declension
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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative novella novellae
Genitive novellae novellārum
Dative novellae novellīs
Accusative novellam novellās
Ablative novellā novellīs
Vocative novella novellae
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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novella

  1. inflection of novellus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

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novellā

  1. ablative feminine singular of novellus

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Portuguese

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Noun

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novella f (plural novellas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of novela.