Meanings
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*nu
- Proto-Indo-European*néwos
- Proto-Italic*nowos
- Latinnovus
- Latinnovellus
- Vulgar Latin*novella
- Italiannovella
- Englishnovel
- Englishnovelist
Translations
Afrikaans romanskrywer
- romanskrywerauthor of novels
Arabic رِوَائِيّ, رِوَائِيَّة
- رِوَائِيّ (riwāʔiyy)author of novels
- رِوَائِيَّة (riwāʔiyya)author of novels
Basque eleberrigile, nobelagile
- eleberrigileauthor of novels
- nobelagileauthor of novels
Bulgarian романи́ст, романи́стка
- романи́ст (romaníst)author of novels
- романи́стка (romanístka)author of novels
- белетри́ст (beletríst)author of novels
- белетри́стка (beletrístka)author of novels
Catalan novel·lista
- novel·listaauthor of novels
Chinese Mandarin 小說家 /小说家
- 小說家 /小说家 (xiǎoshuōjiā)author of novels
Czech romanopisec, romanopiskyně
- romanopisecauthor of novels
- romanopiskyněauthor of novels
Danish romanforfatter
- romanforfatterauthor of novels
Dutch romancier, romanschrijver
- romancierauthor of novels
- romanschrijverauthor of novels
Esperanto romanisto
- romanistoauthor of novels
Estonian romaanikirjanik, romanist
- romaanikirjanikauthor of novels
- romanistauthor of novels
Finnish romaanikirjailija
- romaanikirjailijaauthor of novels
French romancier, romancière
- romancierauthor of novels
- romancièreauthor of novels
German Romanautor, Romanautorin
- Romanautorauthor of novels
- Romanautorinauthor of novels
- Romanschreiberauthor of novels
- Romanschreiberinauthor of novels
- Romancierauthor of novels
- Romanschriftstellerauthor of novels
- Romanschriftstellerinauthor of novels
- Belletristauthor of novels
- Belletristinauthor of novels
Greek μυθιστοριογράφος
- μυθιστοριογράφος (mythistoriográfos)author of novels
Hindi उपन्यासकार, नावेलिस्ट
- उपन्यासकार (upanyāskār)author of novels
- नावेलिस्ट (nāvelisṭ)author of novels
Hungarian regényíró
- regényíróauthor of novels
Indonesian novelis
- novelisauthor of novels
Italian romanziere, romanziera
- romanziereauthor of novels
- romanzieraauthor of novels
Japanese 小説家
- 小説家 (shōsetsuka)author of novels
Korean 소설가
- 소설가 (soseolga)author of novels
Latvian romānists, romāniste
- romānistsauthor of novels
- romānisteauthor of novels
Lithuanian romanistas, romanistė
- romanistasauthor of novels
- romanistėauthor of novels
Norwegian Bokmål romanforfatter
- romanforfatterauthor of novels
Polish powieściopisarz, powieściopisarka
- powieściopisarzauthor of novels
- powieściopisarkaauthor of novels
- beletrystaauthor of novels
- beletrystkaauthor of novels
Portuguese romancista, novelista
- romancistaauthor of novels
- novelistaauthor of novels
Romanian romancier, romancieră
- romancierauthor of novels
- romancierăauthor of novels
Russian романи́ст, романи́стка
- романи́ст (romaníst)author of novels
- романи́стка (romanístka)author of novels
- беллетри́ст (belletríst)author of novels
- беллетри́стка (belletrístka)author of novels
Slovak románopisec, románopiskyňa
- románopisecauthor of novels
- románopiskyňaauthor of novels
Spanish novelista
- novelistaauthor of novels
Swedish romanförfattare
- romanförfattareauthor of novels
Tagalog nobelista
- nobelistaauthor of novels
Turkish romancı
- romancıauthor of novels
Ukrainian романі́ст, романі́стка
- романі́ст (romaníst)author of novels
- романі́стка (romanístka)author of novels
- белетри́ст (beletrýst)author of novels
- белетри́стка (beletrýstka)author of novels
- новелі́ст (novelíst)author of novels
- новелі́стка (novelístka)author of novels
Vietnamese tiểu thuyết gia
- tiểu thuyết giaauthor of novels
Welsh nofelydd
- nofelyddauthor of novels
Yiddish ראָמאַניסט
- ראָמאַניסט (romanist)author of novels
Cite this entry
APA
novelist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novelist
MLA
“novelist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novelist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “novelist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novelist.
Source: novelist on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.