Meaning

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

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

    neuartig, neu

    но́выйnóvyj, оригина́льныйoriginálʹnyj

More definitions
  • pleasantly new or different
  • original and of a kind not seen before

Examples

1134 sentences
  1. Have you finished reading the novel?

    Ти вже дочитав роман? — uaspeaker

    ruТы уже дочитал роман? — al_ex_an_der

    deHast du aufgehört, den Roman zu lesen? — Espi

  2. This novel is difficult to understand.

    Цей роман важко зрозуміти. — older

    ruПонять этот роман трудно. — krylov

    deDieser Roman ist schwer verständlich. — Tamy

  3. I remember reading this novel before.

    Я пам'ятаю, я вже читав цей роман. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ помню, я уже читал этот роман. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch erinnere mich, diesen Roman schon einmal gelesen zu haben. — MUIRIEL

  4. He wrote this novel at twenty.

    Він написав цей роман коли йому було двадцять років. — ascolto

    deEr schrieb diesen Roman mit Zwanzig. — virgil

  5. Tom is writing a novel now.

    Том зараз пише роман. — deniko

    ruТом сейчас пишет роман. — marafon

    deTom schreibt gerade an einem Roman. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
new, original, especially in an interesting way:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
new, original, especially in an interesting way:

Origin

From Middle English novel, from Old French novel (“new, fresh, recent, recently made or do

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.

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Forms

more novel, most novel
Comparativemore novel Lesson
Superlativemost novel Lesson

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms

Word family

5 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • reading a novel
  • writing a novel
  • romance novels
  • reading novels
  • science fiction novels
  • like romance novels
  • write a novel
  • new novel
  • reading this novel
  • reading the novel
  • reading detective novels
  • detective novels

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
novel — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto