Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telenovela

/ˌtɛlənəˈvɛlə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: te-len-ov-ela
IPA: /ˌtɛlənəˈvɛlə/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A television soap opera presented as a miniseries.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)der. Spanish tele- Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus Vulgar Latin *novella Italian novellabor. Spanish novela Spanish telenovelabor. English telenovela Borrowed from Spanish telenovela.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌtɛlənəˈvɛlə/
British English: /ˌtɛlənə(ʊ)ˈvɛlə/

Inflected Forms

telenovelas (plural)

Derived Forms

Chinovela Koreanovela

Rhymes With

venezuela umbrella vanilla bella stella ella fella cinderella hella coachella mozzarella salmonella

Questions

How do you pronounce telenovela?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɛlənəˈvɛlə/.
What does telenovela mean?: A television soap opera presented as a miniseries.
Where does telenovela come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)der. Spanish tele- Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Italic *nowos Latin novus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin novellus Vulgar Latin *novella Italian novellabor. Spanish novela Spanish telenovelabor. English telenovela Borrowed from Spanish telenovela.

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