No. 63 in French
nouvelle
"Nouvelle" means "news" or "novel" (story) in English.
In a sentence
J'ai reçu une bonne nouvelle aujourd'hui.
I received good news today.
Here, 'nouvelle' means 'news' in a generic sense. It's a feminine noun often used to indicate a piece of information that one learns.
Elle apprend une nouvelle langue chaque année.
She learns a new language every year.
In this sentence, 'nouvelle' functions as an adjective meaning 'new' and agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies, 'langue' (which is feminine singular).
Cette maison est vraiment nouvelle.
This house is really new.
Here, 'nouvelle' is an adjective describing 'maison', emphasizing that the house is new or recently built, and agrees in gender and number.
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