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# novel

«novel» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a long story in a book about made-up people and events** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A novel is a long story in a book about made-up people and events. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#m1)

2) Novel (adjective) means new, different and interesting: a novel idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#m2)

### sense 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

- 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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x2)
- Our class is reading a novel about a dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x3)
- The novel has 20 chapters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x4)
- She wants to write a novel when she grows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x5)
- Using a bucket as a drum was a novel idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x6)
- A graphic novel tells a story in pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x7)
- The novel was turned into a film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x8)
- If the novel has 240 pages and I read 30 a day, I finish in 8 days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x9)
- This is a novel way to teach fractions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/#x10)

### 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 the corpora

- [Comics and graphic novels are real reading: you work out the story from the words and the pictures together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «novel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/novel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.