novelo
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from German Novelle, English novella, French nouvelle, Italian novella, Russian новелла (novella) and Polish nowela.[1][2] First attested in 1895.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈvelo/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: no‧ve‧lo
Noun
novelo (accusative singular novelon, plural noveloj, accusative plural novelojn)
- short story, novella
- 1999, Jorge Camacho, “Pri realo kaj la malo”, in Monato:
- La unua novelo estas noto verkita de psikopato
- The first short story is a note written by a psychopath
- 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
- Novelo estas skribita rakonto, malpli longa ol romano.
- A novella is a written story, shorter than a novel.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “novelo”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 4, →ISBN, page 24
- ^ André Cherpillod, “novelo”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN
- ^ Neves; Pabst (2022), “novel/”, in Historia Vortaro de Esperanto, →ISBN, page 608
Further reading
Monolingual dictionaries
- “novelo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “novelo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
- Benson, William (1932), “novel-o”, in Universala Esperanto-Metodo[2], →OL, page 415
Multilingual dictionaries
- Millidge, Edward (1913), “novel-o”, in The Esperanto-English Dictionary[3], →OL, page 285
- Motteau, Achille (1907), “novel-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary[4], →OCLC, page 100
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese novelo, lovelo, from Late Latin lubellum < globellum, diminutive from Latin globus. Cf. Galician nobelo and Spanish ovillo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈve.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈve.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nuˈve.lu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /nuˈbe.lu/ [nuˈβe.lu]
- Rhymes: -elu
- Hyphenation: no‧ve‧lo
Noun
novelo m (plural novelos)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈvɛ.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈvɛ.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nuˈvɛ.lu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /nuˈbɛ.lu/ [nuˈβɛ.lu]
- Rhymes: -ɛlu
- Hyphenation: no‧ve‧lo
Verb
novelo
- first-person singular present indicative of novelar
Further reading
- “novelo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “novelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈbelo/ [noˈβ̞e.lo]
- Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: no‧ve‧lo
Verb
novelo
- first-person singular present indicative of novelar