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/nov'euh let"/, n.a brief novel or long short story.[1805-15; NOVEL1 + -ETTE]
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novelette — [ nɔvlɛt ] n. f. • fin XIXe; de l it. novella « récit », et du nom de la cantatrice Clara Novello ♦ Mus. Pièce pour piano. Les novelettes de Schumann, de Poulenc. ⇒NOVELETTE, subst. fém. MUS. Pièce de caractère, de genre divertissant,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Novelette — Nov el*ette , n. [Dim. of novel, n. See {Novel}.] A short novel; a novella. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
novelette — ► NOUN chiefly derogatory ▪ a short novel, typically a light romantic one … English terms dictionary
novelette — [näv΄ə let′] n. SHORT NOVEL, sometimes, specif., one regarded as inferior in quality, banal, overly commercial, etc … English World dictionary
Novelette — A novelette (or, rarely, novelet)[1] is a piece of short prose fiction. The distinction between a novelette and other literary forms is usually based upon word count, with a novelette being longer than a short story, but shorter than a novella.… … Wikipedia
Novelette — Una novelette (o, raramente, novelet)[1] es una obra corta de ficción en prosa. La diferencia entre una novelette y otras formas de literatura es básicamente el número de palabras, así la novelette es más larga que una historia corta y menos… … Wikipedia Español
novelette — UK [ˌnɒvəˈlet] / US [ˌnɑv(ə)lˈet] noun [countable] Word forms novelette : singular novelette plural novelettes a short novel, especially one with a subject that is not serious … English dictionary
novelette — noun Date: 1814 novella 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
novelette — noun A short novel. Syn: novella … Wiktionary
Novelette — Роман … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
