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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesnovella
Pronunciation / Transliteration: no-VVEL-la
"Ho letto una bellissima novella di Pirandello."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A short novel or a long short story, typically ranging from 10,000 to 40,000 words.
"He spent the summer writing a captivating novella about coastal life." - 2
A fictional prose narrative of intermediate length and complexity.
"The literary magazine dedicated its entire winter issue to the modern novella."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Italian word 'novella', meaning 'new' or 'short story', stemming from the Late Latin 'novellus'. Originally used in the Renaissance to describe short, compact tales of everyday life, it entered the English lexicon in the 18th and 19th centuries to denote a narrative prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Novella" is said worldwide
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nouvelle
Transliteration: noo-vel
"Elle a écrit une nouvelle remarquable sur ses voyages."
Novelle
Transliteration: no-VEL-e
"Die klassische Novelle hat oft eine überraschende Wendung."
novella
Transliteration: no-VVEL-la
"Ho letto una bellissima novella di Pirandello."
nouvelle
Transliteration: nu-VEL
"Publicó una nouvelle corta este año."
novela curta
Transliteration: nu-VE-la KUR-ta
"Ele escreveu uma novela curta premiada."
लघु उपन्यास
Transliteration: laghu upanyas
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"यह लेखक एक बेहतरीन लघु उपन्यास लिख रहा है।"
中篇小说
Transliteration: zhōngpiān xiǎoshuō
Script: 中文汉字
"这部中篇小说获得了文学奖。"
중편소설
Transliteration: jungpyeon-soseol
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 이번에 새로운 중편소설을 발표했다."
中編小説
Transliteration: chūhen shōsetsu
Script: 日本語
"この中編小説は非常に読みやすい。"
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