novelette
nounHow many syllables in novelette?
There are 3 syllables in the word novelette.How to pronounce novelette:
Definition of novelette:
- novelette (noun):
- novella sense 2
- an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story.
Synonyms for novelette:
detective novel
dime novel
mystery novel
narrative
novelette
novella
penny dreadful
roman a clef
roman fleuve
romance
short story
story
tale
yarn
Antonyms for novelette:
fact
factuality
non-fiction
real life
realism
reality
the real world
truth
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- misstated
- loneliness
- flavoursome
- exalting
- bigheaded
- sexism
- granola
- Cytherea
- unthankful
- decadence
- unshackle
- nunavut
- emphatic
- distinction
- dispirit
- savory
- inversely
- wantonness
- qualify
- sulphurous
- schematics
- parsable
- negligee
- careworn
- adorer
- upside down
- bountiful
- unyielding
- roguishly
- ransacked
- feasible
- well-favored
- unlikely
- trilogy
- sclerema
- proclaimer
- nonessential
- dorito
- banderole
- roman-fleuve
- retreated
- mantua
- cockchaffer
- clothesline
- soi-disant
- signature
- pedophile
- Diata
- wittingly
- periscope
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In English, certain prefixes and suffixes, when added to a base word, can change its syllable count, as with 'happy' (2 syllables) becoming 'unhappiness' (4 syllables).
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