novelette

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /nɒvəˈlɛt/|/nɒvl̩ˈɛt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short novel, synonymous with novella.
  2. A story longer than a short story, but shorter than a novella.
    — Best novella was Nnedi Okorafor’s African-flavoured space opera Binti (Tor), while best novelette was Folding Beijing by Hao Jingfang, translated by Ken Liu.
  3. A short piece of lyrical music, especially one for the piano.

词形变化

novelettes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
novelettish novelettist noveletty

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *nu
Proto-Indo-European *néwos
Proto-Italic *nowos
Latin novus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin -ellus
Latin novellus
Vulgar Latin *novella
Italian novellabor.
English novel
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Latin -ittus
Old French -ettebor.
Middle English -ette
English -ette
English novelette
From novel + -ette.
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