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novels

nov·el
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nov-uh l]
    • /ˈnɒv əl/
    • /ˈnɒv.əl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nov-uh l]
    • /ˈnɒv əl/

Definitions of novels word

  • noun novels Roman Law. an imperial enactment subsequent and supplementary to an imperial compilation and codification of authoritative legal materials. Usually, Novels. imperial enactments subsequent to the promulgation of Justinian's Code and supplementary to it: one of the four divisions of the Corpus Juris Civilis. 1
  • noun novels Civil Law. an amendment to a statute. 1
  • noun novels Plural form of novel. 1
  • noun plural novels the new statutes of Justinian and succeeding emperors supplementing the Institutes, Digest, and Code: now forming part of the Corpus Juris Civilis 0

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Origin of novels

First appearance:

before 1560
One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; < Italian novella (storia) new kind of story. See novel2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Novels

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

novels popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

novels usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for novels

noun novels

  • creative writing — Creative writing is writing such as novels, stories, poems, and plays.
  • fiction — works of this class, as novels or short stories: detective fiction.

Antonyms for novels

adjective novels

  • commons — people not of noble birth viewed as forming a political order
  • familiars — Plural form of familiar.
  • likes — Digital Technology. (sometimes initial capital letter) noting or pertaining to a feature used to like specific website content: a Like button; like boxes.
  • normals — Plural form of normal.
  • standards — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.

Top questions with novels

  • which of these novels was written by charles brockden brown?
  • which of these novels was written by mark twain?
  • how to read novels like a professor?

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