short story

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short story

noun short stories

A work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.
Similar: conte

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noun work of fiction

Español	cuento, relato corto, narrativa breve
한국어	단편 소설 danpyeon soseol, 단편 danpyeon
日本語	短編小説 tanpen shōsetsu, ショートストーリー shōto sutōrī, 短編 tanpen
中文	短篇小說 /短篇小说 duǎnpiān xiǎoshuō
हिन्दी	लघुकथा laghukthā
Kiswahili	hadithi fupi
Português	conto
Français	nouvelle, conte, récit court
Deutsch	Kurzgeschichte, Erzählung, Novelle
Italiano	racconto
Ελληνικά	διήγημα diígima
Română	povestire, nuvelă
Русский	расска́з rasskáz, нове́лла novɛ́lla, по́весть póvestʹ
Tiếng Việt	truyện ngắn, chuyện
العربية	قِصَّة قَصِيرَة qiṣṣa qaṣīra, أُقْصُوصَة ʔuqṣūṣa
עברית	סִפּוּר קָצָר, סיפור קצר sipúr katsár

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@misc{short_story_2026,
  title = {short story},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/short%20story},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}