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nouvelle — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • novel adj New and original, in an interesting or unusual way.

Senses

nouvelle is used for these senses in English:

  • novel Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
  • novella A short novel or long short story.
  • short story (literature) A work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.
  • tiding (archaic, or, literary, usually, in the plural) News; new information.

novel — full definition

  1. adj New and original, in an interesting or unusual way.
  2. noun A long work of fiction written in prose.

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