Meanings
novella1
plural novellas · plural novelle
- A short novel or long short story.
Synonyms: novelette
novella2
Novella3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA short novel or long short story.
nounSynonym of novel (“a new legal constitution”)
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Origin
novella · noun
- Italiannovella
- Englishnovella
Borrowed from Italian novella. Doublet of novel.
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- Latinnovella
- Englishnovella
Learned borrowing from Latin novella. Doublet of novel.
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Full word history & related roots →Novella · proper noun
- CatalanNovella
- EnglishNovella
Borrowed from Italian or Catalan Novella.
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Catalan novel·leta
- novel·letashort novel
Chinese Mandarin 中篇小說 /中篇小说
- 中篇小說 /中篇小说 (zhōngpiān xiǎoshuō)short novel
Czech novela
- novelashort novel
Danish novelle
- novelleshort novel
Dutch novelle
- novelleshort novel
Finnish lyhytromaani
- lyhytromaanishort novel
French nouvelle, court roman
- nouvelleshort novel
- court romanshort novel
German Novelle
- Novelleshort novel
Greek νουβέλα
- νουβέλα (nouvéla)short novel
Hungarian elbeszélés, kisregény
- elbeszélésshort novel
- kisregényshort novel
Indonesian novela
- novelashort novel
Italian novella, romanzo breve
- novellashort novel
- romanzo breveshort novel
Japanese 短編小説
- 短編小説 (tanpen-shōsetsu)short novel
Korean 중편소설
- 중편소설 (jungpyeonsoseol)short novel
Polish nowela
- nowelashort novel
Portuguese novela
- novelashort novel
Romanian nuvelă
- nuvelăshort novel
Russian по́весть
- по́весть (póvestʹ)short novel
Spanish novela corta, novelilla
- novela cortashort novel
- novelillashort novel
Swedish kortroman
- kortromanshort novel
Turkish uzun hikâye
- uzun hikâyeshort novel
Ukrainian нове́ла, по́вість
- нове́ла (novéla)short novel
- по́вість (póvistʹ)short novel
Vietnamese tiểu thuyết ngắn, truyện vừa
- tiểu thuyết ngắnshort novel
- truyện vừashort novel
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Cite this entry
novella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novella
“novella.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novella. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “novella,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/novella.
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