webnovela
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Latin American or European dramatized series, inspired by fan fiction, that is presented as a set of video chapters on the internet.
Example Sentences
- "Starting in 2009, univision.com users will get the opportunity to watch a free interactive webnovela called ‘Vidas Cruzadas’ (Crossed Lives) featuring Kate del Castillo and Guy Ecker. This 15-episode webnovela will consist of three- to five-minute episodes."
- "The adolescents related that they had become involved with webnovelas as a result of recommendations from friends or cousins, or simply by chance when searching for information about their idols or favorite characters on the Internet."
- "The runs of webnovelas are much shorter (just fifteen episodes to the telenovelas’ 150) as is the duration of each episode (five minutes compared to forty-five) (311)."
Etymology
From Spanish webnovela.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: webnovela