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1. (n.) novel
a fictitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity, portraying characters and usu. presenting a sequential organization of action and scenes.
2. (adj.) novel
of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before:
a novel idea.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME (< MF, OF) < L novellus fresh, young, novel, dim. of novusnew)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) novel
an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
2. (adj) novel
a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
"his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; "he burned all the novels"
3. (adj) fresh, new, novel
original and of a kind not seen before
"the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
4. (adj) novel, refreshing
pleasantly new or different
"common sense of a most refreshing sort"
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1. (noun) novel
a long book that tells a fictional story
the author's first novel
2. (adjective) novel
new and different
a novel approach to teaching
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) novel
of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising
2. (adj) novel
that which is new or unusual; a novelty
3. (adj) novel
news; fresh tidings
4. (adj) novel
a fictitious tale or narrative, professing to be conformed to real life; esp., one intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and particularly of love
5. (adj) novel
a new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a
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Sense: a book telling a long story in prose
the novels of Charles Dickens.
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 Afrikaans: novelle |
 Arabic: رِوايَه |
 Bulgarian: роман |
 Brazilian: romance |
 Czech: román |
 German: der Roman |
 Danish: roman |
 Greek: μυθιστόρημα |
 Spanish: novela |
 Estonian: romaan |
 Farsi: رمان |
 Finnish: romaani |
 French: roman |
 Hebrew: רוֹמָן |
 Hindi: नवीन |
 Croatian: roman |
 Hungarian: regény |
 Indonesian: novel |
 Icelandic: skáldsaga |
 Italian: romanzo |
 Japanese: 小説 |
 Korean: 장편 (소설) |
 Lithuanian: romanas |
 Latvian: romāns |
 Malay: novel |
 Dutch: roman |
 Norwegian: roman |
 Polish: powieść |
 Persian: رمان |
 Pashto: ناول،داستان |
 Portuguese: romance |
 Romanian: roman |
 Russian: роман |
 Slovak: román |
 Slovenian: roman |
 Serbian: roman |
 Swedish: roman |
 Thai: นวนิยาย |
 Turkish: roman |
 Taiwanese: 長篇小說 |
 Ukrainian: роман; новела |
 Urdu: ناول، لمبي نثريہ کہاني کي |
 Vietnamese: tiểu thuyết |
 Chinese: 长篇小说 |
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