different between novel vs travelogue

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: n?v??l, IPA^(key): /?n?vl?/
• (US) enPR: näv??l, IPA^(key): /?n?v?l/
• Hyphenation: novel
• Rhymes: -?v?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English novel, from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently made or done, strange, rare”) (modern nouvel, nouveau), from Latin novellus (“new, fresh, young, modern”), diminutive of novus (“new”). Doublet of nouveau.

Adjective

novel (comparative more novel, superlative most novel)

1. Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:new

2. Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.

   Synonym: unusual

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Usage notes

• Said of ideas, ways, etc.

Derived terms

• novelly

Related terms

• novelty

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novella

Noun

novel (plural novels)

1. A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella. [from 17th c.]
2. (historical) A fable; a short tale, especially one of many making up a larger work. [from 16th c.]

   • merry tales […] such as the old woman told of Psyche in Apuleius, Boccace novels, and the rest, quarum auditione pueri delectantur, senes narratione, which some delight to hear, some to tell, all are well pleased with.

Derived terms

• novelisation, novelization
• novelist

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: nobhail

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English novel, from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

Noun

novel (plural novels)

1. (obsolete) A novelty; something new. [15th-18th c.]

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

Noun

novel (plural novels)

1. (classical studies, historical) A new legal constitution in ancient Rome. [from 17th c.]

Anagrams

• Loven, Venlo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch novelle, from Italian novella, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus. Doublet of novela and novelet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nov?l]
• Hyphenation: no?vèl

Noun

novel (first-person possessive novelku, second-person possessive novelmu, third-person possessive novelnya)

1. (literature) novel: a work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.

   Synonym: roman

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “novel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

novel

1. Alternative form of navel

Old French

Alternative forms

• nuvel (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

From Latin novellus, from novus.

Adjective

novel m (oblique and nominative feminine singular novele)

1. new

Declension

Antonyms

• viel, ancien

Related terms

• novele
• novelté

Descendants

• ? Middle English: novel
  • English: novel
• Middle French: nouveau
  • French: nouveau
• Norman: nouvieau
• Walloon: novea

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• novelh

Etymology

From Latin novellus. Compare Old French novel.

Adjective

novel m (feminine singular novela, masculine plural novels, feminine plural novelas)

1. new

Descendants

• Catalan: novell
• Occitan: novèl, novèu, navèth

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan novell, from Latin novellus. Doublet of novillo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no?bel/, [no???el]

Adjective

novel (plural noveles)

1. novel, new

Noun

novel m or f (plural noveles)

1. newbie, green

Related terms

• nuevo

English

Alternative forms

• travelog (American)

Etymology

Supposedly a blend of travel +? monologue, coined by Elias Burton Holmes.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?trav?l??/

Noun

travelogue (plural travelogues)

1. A description of someone's travels, given in the form of narrative, public lecture, slide show or motion picture.
   • 2012, R.K. Wilson, The Literary Travelogue: A Comparative Study with Special Relevance to Russian Literature from Fonvizin to Pushkin, Springer Science & Business Media (?ISBN)

     During this period, and especially in Russia, the travelogue becomes a hybrid genre comprising elements of poetry, prose, and the drama.

   • 2016, Robert Byron, The Road to Oxiana: New edition linked and annotated, MarcoPolo (?ISBN)

     The Road to Oxiana is a travelogue by Robert Byron, first published in 1937. It is considered by many modern travel writers to be the first example of great travel writing.

Derived terms

• traveloguelike

Translations

See also

• itinerary

Further reading

• “travelogue”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.