novelとは

語源 1

From Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently made または done, strange, まれに”) (modern nouvel, nouveau), from Latin novellus (“new, fresh, young, modern”), diminutive of novus (“new”). Doublet of nouveau.

形容詞

novel (comparative more novel, superlative most novel)

1. new, original, especially in an interesting way

使用する際の注意点

• Said of ideas, ways, etc.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:new

語源 2

Borrowed from Old French novelle, from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

名詞

novel (複数形 novels)

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

語源 3

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

名詞

novel (複数形 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.]
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition 2, section 2, member 4:

     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.

派生語

• novelisation, novelization
• novelist

関連する語

• novella

語源 4

Borrowed from Latin novella, feminine of novellus.

名詞

novel (複数形 novels)

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

アナグラム

• Loven