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novel

/ˈnɒvəl/NO-vuhl
/ˈnɑvəl/NAH-vuhl

Meaningnew

Common meaning: new

Other meanings: a long story in prose

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructedbase NU‘of pronominal origin’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 185, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinnovus‘new’
  3. Frenchspelling
  4. Middle Englishnovelteesource
  5. Englishnovel‘new’ · today

nov also in: novicenoveltyinnovaterenovate

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin novus ‘new’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry novus, p. 1220 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

innovatenoveltynovicerenovate

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