0 a book that tells a story about people and things that are not real -- novela
1 new or different from anything else -- novedoso, original
That’s a novel idea.
2 a long book that tells a fictional story -- novela [ feminine, singular ]
the author’s first novel primera novela del autor
3 new and different -- novedoso/osa [ masculine-feminine, singular ]
This is not in itself a novel approach.
In view of the novel nature of this structure, ambitious provisions with regard to transparency and budgetary and financial accountability need to be applied.
This is clearly a novel way for the parties in the establishment, with the judiciary at their beck and call, simply to remove an opponent from the reckoning.
It would not be at all difficult to write an entire novel on the evolution and the discussions on working time in the road transport sector.
The first words in a novel are always the most difficult to write.
