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novelle

noun masculine or femininesubstantiv hankjønn eller hunkjønn

short story

EtymologyOpphav

fra italiensk ‘liten nyhet’ from Italian 'a little piece of news'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

kort fortelling, vanligvis om en enkelt begivenhet, situasjon, krise eller lignende short story, usually about a single event, situation, crisis or the like
as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som tittelnovellethe title story of a collection, ukebladnovellea short story in a weekly magazine