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nouvelles

[ noo-vel ]

/ nuˈvɛl /

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plural noun French.

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Words nearby nouvelles

nouveau roman, nouveauté, nouvelle, Nouvelle-Calédonie, nouvelle cuisine, nouvelles, nouvelle vague, nov., nova, Novachord, novaculite

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How to use nouvelles in a sentence

The book pretended to be an elaboration of Dumarsais' essay on the Philosophe published in the Nouvelles liberts de penser, 1750.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
J'en ferai usage l'année prochaine à l'époque des nouvelles éditions.'
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 443|Various
Mariette, Questions relatives aux nouvelles Fouilles à faire en Égypte.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)|Georges Perrot
Théophile Gautier has also written a number of nouvelles or short novels, and tales, some of which are striking compositions.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15|Various

Such patriotic pride must move the writer of the Nouvelles ordinaires.
The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century|Charles Bastide