noun, feminine/nu.vɛl/plural: nouvelles
news, a piece of information; novella, short story
“J'ai appris la nouvelle hier soir.” — I heard the news yesterday evening.
Inherited from Middle French nouvelle, from Old French novele, from Vulgar Latin *novella, substantivized neuter plural form of Latin novellus (“new, novel”). Compare Italian novella. Doublet of novelle.