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Plural of novel

regular plural

The plural of novel is novels.

Forms of novel

Singularnovel /ˈnɒvəl/
Pluralnovels /ˈnɑvl̩z/
Countablecountable

Novels in a sentence

  • We usually weed romance novels that haven't circulated in over a year.From the entry weed
  • The author’s novels from her salad years lacked the sophistication and depth of her later works.From the entry salad year
  • Barbara Cartland was renowned for her ability to churn out romantic novels.From the entry churn out
  • I just read five attempts at episodic novels — has nobody heard of a plot anymore?From the entry episodic
  • In the novels of John Updike, sometimes Rabbit is his own man, and sometimes he is everyman.From the entry everyman

Meaning of novel

  1. adjective Newly made, formed or evolved; having no precedent; of recent origin; new.
  2. adjective Original, especially in an interesting way; new and striking; not of the typical or ordinary type.
  3. noun A work of prose fiction, longer than a novella.

Full definition of novel

Questions about the plural of novel

What is the plural of novel?
The plural of novel is novels.
Is novel countable?
Novel is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: novel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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