different between novella vs novice

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: n?v?l??, n?v?l??, IPA^(key): /n??v?l?/, /n???v?l?/
• (US) enPR: n?v?l??, n?v?l??, IPA^(key): /n??v?l?/, /no??v?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian novella. Doublet of novel.

Noun

novella (plural novellas or novelle)

1. A short novel or long short story.

   Synonym: novelette

2. (historical) Synonym of novel (“new legal constitution in Ancient Rome”)

Derived terms

• e-novella

Related terms

• novel

Translations

Anagrams

• Vallone

Catalan

Adjective

novella

1. feminine singular of novell

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian novella, from Latin novella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nov?l??]
• Hyphenation: no?vel?la
• Rhymes: -l?

Noun

novella (plural novellák)

1. (literature) tale, story, short story

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

• novella in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no?v?l.la/
• Hyphenation: no?vèl?la
• Rhymes: -?lla

Etymology 1

Adjective

novella

1. feminine singular of novello

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *novella, substantivized neuter plural form of Latin novellus (“new, novel”). Compare French nouvelle.

Noun

novella f (plural novelle)

1. tale, story, short story
2. (archaic, literary) information of interest, news

Synonyms

• fiaba, racconto

Related terms

• novellaio
• novelliere
• novellista
• novello
• nuovo

Etymology 3

Verb

novella

1. third-person singular present indicative of novellare
2. second-person singular imperative of novellare

Anagrams

• vallone

Latin

Etymology 1

From novellus used substantively in agricultural contexts, for example in agreement with v?tis (“vine”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /no?u?el.la/, [n??u??l??ä]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no?vel.la/, [n??v?l??]

Noun

novella f (genitive novellae); first declension

1. a newly planted vine or shoot

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Romanian: nuia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

novella

1. nominative feminine singular of novellus
2. nominative neuter plural of novellus
3. accusative neuter plural of novellus
4. vocative feminine singular of novellus
5. nominative neuter plural of novellus

Adjective

novell?

1. ablative feminine singular of novellus

References

• novella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• novella in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Noun

novella f (plural novellas)

1. Obsolete spelling of novela

English

Etymology

From Middle English novice, novys, from Anglo-Norman novice, Middle French novice, itself borrowed from Latin nov?cius, later novitius (“new, newly arrived”) (in Late Latin as a noun, masculine novicius, feminine novicia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”)), from novus (“new”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?v?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??v?s/

Noun

novice (plural novices)

1. A beginner; one who is not very familiar or experienced in a particular subject. [from 14th c.]

   I'm only a novice at coding, and my programs frequently have bugs that more experienced programmers would avoid.

3. (religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. [from 14th c.]
   • 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 1137:

     Nor had it been difficult to find a Coptic priest who, together with his youthful novice, chanted the seemingly interminable Egyptian service of the dead […]

Synonyms

• (person new to an activity): amateur, greenhorn, learner, neophyte, newbie, newling
• See also Thesaurus:beginner

Related terms

• novel
• novelization
• novelize
• novella
• novelty
• novitiate

Translations

Further reading

• novice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• novice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• novice at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• nocive

French

Etymology

From Middle French novice, from Old French novice, borrowed from Late Latin nov?cius, nov?cia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”), from Latin nov?cius, nov?tius (“new, newly arrived”), from novus (“new”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?.vis/

Noun

novice m or f (plural novices)

1. beginner, novice

Adjective

novice (plural novices)

1. inexperienced

Further reading

• “novice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

From Old French novice, borrowed from Late Latin nov?cius, nov?cia (“one who has newly entered a monastery or a convent”), from Latin nov?cius, nov?tius (“new, newly arrived”), from novus (“new”).

Noun

novice m or f (plural novices)

1. (Jersey) novice

Romanian

Etymology

From French novice.

Noun

novice m (plural novici)

1. novice

Declension