novelle
French, noun/nɔ.vɛl/
novelle is spelled N-O-V-E-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Novelle is a French feminine noun meaning “novel (a new legal constitution)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Loi promulguée par un empereur byzantin”.
What does novelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenovel (a new legal constitution)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Loi promulguée par un empereur byzantin. 2. Acte législatif par lequel une loi préexistante est modifiée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of novelle
- novelles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce novelle?
- /nɔ.vɛl/
- \nɔ.vɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to novelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is novelle in French?
novelle appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).