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# novel

noun (a novel, novels); adjective (novel)

«novel» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A novel is a long story in a book about made-up people and events. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/#m1)
2. Novel (adjective) means new, different and interesting: a novel idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English lessons pupils read class novels and learn about chapters, characters and plot. In formal writing "novel" means new and unusual: a novel solution. In science news: "a novel virus". Phrases: class novel, graphic novel, novel idea.

### Examples

- Our class is reading a novel about a dragon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/#x1)
- The novel has 20 chapters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/#x2)
- She wants to write a novel when she grows up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/#x3)
- Using a bucket as a drum was a novel idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/#x4)
- A graphic novel tells a story in pictures. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/#x5)
- The novel was turned into a film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/#x6)
- If the novel has 240 pages and I read 30 a day, I finish in 8 days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/#x7)
- This is a novel way to teach fractions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun. Person: novelist. Trap: a novel is fiction (made up), not a true story; a short story is shorter. Adjective "novel" is formal and means new, from the same root as "novelty".

## In Jewish tradition

In English lessons pupils read class novels and learn about chapters, characters and plot. In formal writing "novel" means new and unusual: a novel solution. In science news: "a novel virus". Phrases: class novel, graphic novel, novel idea.

### Examples

- The root ספ״ר is also utilized to coin the novel metaphysical term סְפִירוֹת Sefirot, on which see SY 1:2 below. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x1)
- It is unclear if the author or editor of this section is employing Hebrew terms in a novel way, is unfamiliar with human physiology, or is using animal organs to some symbolic effect, or some combination thereof. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x2)

### Note

Countable noun. Person: novelist. Trap: a novel is fiction (made up), not a true story; a short story is shorter. Adjective "novel" is formal and means new, from the same root as "novelty".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «novel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/novel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«novel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/novel.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «novel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«novel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/novel.html) on Mova free.