"graphic novel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: graphic novels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} graphic novel (plural graphic novels)
  1. (comics) A comic book containing a single full non-episodic story. Categories (topical): Comics Related terms: strip cartoon, comic book, fanzine Translations (comic book): novel·la gràfica [feminine] (Catalan), còmic [masculine] (Catalan), 圖像小說 (Chinese Mandarin), 图像小说 (túxiàng xiǎoshuō) (Chinese Mandarin), sarjakuvalehti (Finnish), sarjakuvakirja (Finnish), bande dessinée [feminine] (French), BD [feminine] (French), bédé [feminine] (French), roman graphique [masculine] (French), Comicbuch [masculine] (German), Graphic Novel [feminine] (German), képregény (Hungarian), romanzo a fumetti [masculine] (Italian), コミックス (komikkusu) (Japanese), 漫画 (alt: まんが) [manga, comics, literature, publishing, media] (Japanese), novel grafik (Malay), powieść graficzna [feminine] (Polish), ко́микс (kómiks) [masculine] (Russian), novela gráfica [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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