nouvelle
- noun
- /nuˈvɛl/
- Literature
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novela
- After reading a captivating nouvelle, he eagerly discussed its themes with his book club.
- nouvelle cuisine
Examples
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The author impressed readers with her latest nouvelle, which masterfully blended elements of mystery and romance.
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California is commonly perceived as a hearth for creative new lifestyles and is often at the forefront of food innovations, such as health foods, organic produce, and nouvelle cuisine (Shortridge and Shortridge 1989, 95).
Academic text (1992) -
Oh, she had tried the nouvelle rage.
Fiction book (2002) -
John Jacques Rousseau writes a novel, you know, the Nouvelle Eloise, which refers to the story.
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PH: Sure, but though the means differ, one could say much the same thing about early Godard, about the nouvelle vague and its breaking of the conventions of narration, its more direct contact with reality.
Academic text (2004) -
The archetypal stories of the last hundred years have come out of a merciless elimination of everything that's exclusive property of the nouvelle and novel ("On the Short Short Story" 34).
Academic text (1993) -
He didn't think anything wrong for an Indian to acquire new loves—be it western hobbies, racecars, nouvelle cuisine, or a trophy wife.
Blog text (7) -
In French literature classes, students often analyze a nouvelle to understand its unique narrative style.
Synonyms
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A short fiction book longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
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6.3
A short work of fiction between a short story and a novel
A short, light work of fiction longer than a short story
Compounds
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A French film movement from the late 1950s and 1960s that used new ways of filming and telling stories
- Specialized
A French cooking style using light sauces to show the taste of fresh ingredients
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word nouvelle comes from French for 'new' and from the Latin novellus, which means 'new little thing'. It is related to the English word novel, so a nouvelle is like a 'new' or small novel and that is why it means a short novel or long short story today.