different between novelette vs novelle

English

Etymology

From novel +? -ette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n?v??l?t/, /n?vl???t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

novelette (plural novelettes)

1. (literature) A short novel. [from 18th c.]

   Synonym: novella

   Coordinate terms: short story, novella, novel
2. (music) A short piece of lyrical music, especially one for the piano.

Usage notes

• Some literary awards have a longer novella and a shorter novelette categories, with a distinction based on word count.

Further reading

• Novelette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From Italian plural of novella.

Noun

novelle

1. plural of novella but only in the sense of a compact story.

Related terms

• novellas, the plural in the sense of novelette (short novel)

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch novelle, either from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n????f?.l?/

Noun

novelle (plural novelles)

1. a short novel, short story, a novella

Danish

Etymology

From French nouvelle.

Noun

novelle c (singular definite novellen, plural indefinite noveller)

1. short story

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian novella or French nouvelle, itself from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?no??v?.l?/
• Hyphenation: no?vel?le
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

novelle f (plural novelles or novellen, diminutive novelletje n)

1. a short novel, short story, a novella
2. a literary essay on closely related events

Derived terms

• novellenauteur
• novellenbundel
• novellenschrijver
• novellist
• novellistiek
• novellistisch

Descendants

• Afrikaans: novelle
• ? Indonesian: novel

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lle

Adjective

novelle

1. feminine plural of novello

Noun

novelle f

1. plural of novella

Latin

Adjective

novelle

1. vocative masculine singular of novellus

References

• novelle in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• novelle in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette