nov·el
 novel
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- pronunciation:
- na
v
l
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noun |
| definition: |
a long piece of writing that tells a story from the author's imagination.
This novel is about people who lived over a hundred years ago.- similar words:
- account, fiction, history, story, tale
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composition |
The word
novel comes from the Italian word
novella, which meant "new story."
The word novel
contains the following part:
nov
Latin
root
that means
new
Example words:
- synonyms:
- neo