novella
short story
noun noh-VEL-lah Rare
Origin: Latin 'novella' (new things), feminine of 'novellus'
Also means
piece of news
Usage Note
Novella refers to a short prose narrative, shorter than a novel — Boccaccio's Decameron is the classic collection of novelle. In everyday speech it also means a news item or piece of news, though notizia is more common for the latter sense. The plural is regular: le novelle.
Examples
"Ho letto una novella di Pirandello."
Natural Translation
I read a short story by Pirandello.
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