NOVELLA


Meaning of NOVELLA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ nō-ˈve-lə ]

noun

( plural novellas or no·vel·le -ˈve-lē)

Etymology: Italian, from feminine of novello new, from Latin novellus

Date: 1898

1. plural novelle : a story with a compact and pointed plot

2. plural usually novellas : a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.