how to say “novel” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/רומן-#.m4a” /]רוֹמָן

The Hebrew word for a novel that people read is רומן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/רומן-#.m4a” /]. It comes from the Russian, which comes from the French, which derives from Latin.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/רומן-#.m4a” /]מי יכתוב את הרומן הישראלי הגדול?

Who will write the Great Israeli Novel?

Novel in the sense of new is חדש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/רומן-#.m4a” /] or חדיש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/רומן-#.m4a” /], as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/רומן-#.m4a” /]זה רעיון חדיש!

This is a novel idea!