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Synonyms & antonyms
nounA work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.
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Afrikaans kortverhaal
- kortverhaalwork of fiction
Arabic قِصَّة قَصِيرَة, أُقْصُوصَة
- قِصَّة قَصِيرَة (qiṣṣa qaṣīra)work of fiction
- أُقْصُوصَة (ʔuqṣūṣa)work of fiction
Bengali ছোটগল্প
- ছোটগল্প (chōṭgolpo)work of fiction
Bulgarian ра́зказ
- ра́зказ (rázkaz)work of fiction
Catalan conte
- contework of fiction
Chinese Cantonese 短篇小說 /短篇小说
- 短篇小說 /短篇小说 (dyun² pin¹ siu² syut³)work of fiction
Chinese Mandarin 短篇小說 /短篇小说
- 短篇小說 /短篇小说 (duǎnpiān xiǎoshuō)work of fiction
Czech povídka, novela
- povídkawork of fiction
- novelawork of fiction
Danish novelle
- novellework of fiction
Dutch kort verhaal
- kort verhaalwork of fiction
Esperanto novelo
- novelowork of fiction
Estonian novell
- novellwork of fiction
Finnish novelli
- novelliwork of fiction
French nouvelle, conte
- nouvellework of fiction
- contework of fiction
- récit courtwork of fiction
German Kurzgeschichte, Erzählung
- Kurzgeschichtework of fiction
- Erzählungwork of fiction
- Novellework of fiction
Greek διήγημα
- διήγημα (diígima)work of fiction
Hebrew סִפּוּר קָצָר, סיפור קצר
- סִפּוּר קָצָרwork of fiction
- סיפור קצר (sipúr katsár)work of fiction
Hindi लघुकथा
- लघुकथा (laghukthā)work of fiction
Hungarian elbeszélés, novella
- elbeszéléswork of fiction
- novellawork of fiction
Icelandic smásaga
- smásagawork of fiction
Indonesian cerita pendek, cerpen
- cerita pendekwork of fiction
- cerpenwork of fiction
Irish gearrscéal
- gearrscéalwork of fiction
Italian racconto
- raccontowork of fiction
Japanese 短編小説, ショートストーリー
- 短編小説 (tanpen shōsetsu)work of fiction
- ショートストーリー (shōto sutōrī)work of fiction
- 短編 (tanpen)work of fiction
Korean 단편 소설, 단편
- 단편 소설 (danpyeon soseol)work of fiction
- 단편 (danpyeon)work of fiction
Latvian stāsts, novele
- stāstswork of fiction
- novelework of fiction
Lithuanian apsakymas, novelė
- apsakymaswork of fiction
- novelėwork of fiction
Malay cerpen, cerita pendek
- cerpenwork of fiction
- cerita pendekwork of fiction
Māori pakipoto
- pakipotowork of fiction
Norwegian Bokmål novelle
- novellework of fiction
Polish opowiadanie, opowiadanko
- opowiadaniework of fiction
- opowiadankowork of fiction
- opowiastkawork of fiction
- powiastkawork of fiction
Portuguese conto
- contowork of fiction
Punjabi ਨਿੱਕੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ
- ਨਿੱਕੀ ਕਹਾਣੀ (nikkī kahāṇī)work of fiction
Romanian povestire, nuvelă
- povestirework of fiction
- nuvelăwork of fiction
Russian расска́з, нове́лла
- расска́з (rasskáz)work of fiction
- нове́лла (novɛ́lla)work of fiction
- по́весть (póvestʹ)work of fiction
Slovak poviedka, novela
- poviedkawork of fiction
- novelawork of fiction
Spanish cuento, relato corto
- cuentowork of fiction
- relato cortowork of fiction
- narrativa brevework of fiction
Swahili hadithi fupi
- hadithi fupiwork of fiction
Swedish novell
- novellwork of fiction
Tagalog maikling kuwento
- maikling kuwentowork of fiction
Tamil சிறுகதை
- சிறுகதை (ciṟukatai)work of fiction
Thai เรื่องสั้น
- เรื่องสั้น (rʉ̂ʉang-sân)work of fiction
Turkish kısa hikâye, kısa öykü
- kısa hikâyework of fiction
- kısa öyküwork of fiction
Ukrainian оповіда́ння, нове́ла
- оповіда́ння (opovidánnja)work of fiction
- нове́ла (novéla)work of fiction
- по́вість (póvistʹ)work of fiction
Urdu اَفْسانَہ, مُخْتَصَر کَہانی
- اَفْسانَہ (afsāna)work of fiction
- مُخْتَصَر کَہانی (muxtasar kahānī)work of fiction
Vietnamese truyện ngắn, chuyện
- truyện ngắnwork of fiction
- chuyệnwork of fiction
Welsh stori fer
- stori ferwork of fiction
Cite this entry
APA
short story. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20story
MLA
“short story.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20story. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “short story,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/short%20story.
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