Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Summary of a novelet...
Metrical romance
Parable
Types of novels
Prose romance
Novella
Elements of a short ...
Essay
Nearby Words
nova sofala
nova style salm...
nova zembla
nova-chord
novachord
novaculite
novae
novalike
novalis
novara
novate
novated lease
novatian
novatianism
novation
novato
novaya zemlya
novel
novel of manner...
novelese
novelette
novelettish
noveli'sation
noveli'zation
novelisation
novelise
novelism
novelist
novelistic
novelistically
novelize
novell data sys...
novell dos
novell netware
novell, inc.
novella
novelle
novellike
novello
novelry
novelty
novelette
[
nov-
uh
-
let
]
Braver Deeds
www.braverdeeds.com/
The Buffalo Soldier and the Sioux girl he rescues at Wounded Knee
Dictionary.com's Mobile Apps
www.dictionary.com/mobile
Ad-Free, Offline Content, Audio Pronunciation and More! Take Millions of Words With You Everywhere. Download Now!
Ads
nov·el·ette
/
ˌnɒv
əˈlɛt
/
Show Spelled
[
nov-
uh
-
let
]
Show IPA
noun
a brief
novel
or long short story.
Origin:
1805–15;
novel
1
+
-ette
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
novelette
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Novelette
is always a great word to know.
So is
ninnyhammer
. Does it mean:
So is
lollapalooza
. Does it mean:
So is
gobo
. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
novelette
(ˌnɒvəˈlɛt)
—
n
1.
an extended prose narrative story or short novel
2.
a novel that is regarded as being slight, trivial, or sentimental
3.
a short piece of lyrical music, esp one for the piano
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Novelette
People who can define
Novelette
may know
15,069
words, as many as a
5th grader.
How many words do you know?
Enjoy Dictionary.com ad-free! Learn more
Related Words
-ette
MORE
Quote Of The Day
"If someday I make a dictionary of definitions wanting single words to head them, a cherished entry will be "To abridge, expand, or otherwise alter or cause to be altered for the sake of belated improvement, one's own writings in translation.""
-Vladimir Nabokov
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT