novel

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈnavəl/ UK /ˈnɒvəl/ See IPA manual

adj noun Freq #3736

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1

noun
A long written story about imaginary people and events.

Our bookcases were filled with nothing but novels.
2

adj
New and different in an interesting way.

The team came up with a novel solution to the problem.

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2 adj · new and different in an... fresh original

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Forms novels

Derived forms anti-novelantinovelblognovelcybernovele-novelholonovelhypernoveli-novelmeganovelnonnovelnovelcraftnoveldom

Related forms novanoveltynovum

Etymology

From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

novel Middle English novelle Old French novella Latin

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# novel

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** ˈnavəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈnɒvəl
**Frequency rank:** 3736

## Meanings
1. A long written story about imaginary people and events.
2. New and different in an interesting way.

## Examples
- Our bookcases were filled with nothing but novels.
- The team came up with a novel solution to the problem.

## Derived Forms
- anti-novel
- antinovel
- blognovel
- cybernovel
- e-novel
- holonovel
- hypernovel
- i-novel
- meganovel
- nonnovel
- novelcraft
- noveldom

## Related Forms
- nova
- novelty
- novum

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: novel
- Root: novelle
- Root: novella

## Etymology
From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

## AI Etymology
Novel comes from Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Modern senses include a long written story about imaginary people and events and new and different in an interesting way. The wider word family includes derivatives such as anti-novel, antinovel, blognovel, cybernovel, e-novel, and holonovel and related forms such as nova, novelty, and novum.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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