Name Novel
Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage English (Rare)
Pronounced Pron. NAH-vəl, NAW-vəl
Other Forms FormsNovell
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Meaning & History
From the English word novel, a type of literature.From Borrowing from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently made or done, strange, rare”) (modern nouvel), from Latin novellus (“new, fresh, young, modern”), diminutive of novus (“new”).