nova

nova

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English

Etymology

Feminine nominative singular of Latin novus (“new”). The feminine is used since stella (“star”) is feminine; thus nova is a shortening of nova stella (“new star”), first used in this sense in 1573 by Tycho Brahe.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊ.və/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊ.və/
  • Rhymes: -əʊvə

Noun

nova (plural novae or novas)

  1. (astronomy) Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • novum

Translations

See also

  • plerion
  • planetary nebula
  • preplanetary nebula
  • protoplanetary nebula

See also

References

  • “nova”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Avon, Vona

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈnɔ.βə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈnɔ.və]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈnɔ.va]

Adjective

nova

  1. feminine singular of nou

Noun

nova f (plural noves)

  1. (in the plural) news
    Synonym: notícia

Further reading

  • “nova” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoː.vaː/
  • Hyphenation: no‧va
  • Rhymes: -oːvaː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin nova, from nova stella, stella nova.

Noun

nova f (plural novae or nova's, diminutive novaatje n)

  1. (astronomy) nova, nova star
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

nova

  1. plural of novum

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian nuovo, Spanish nuevo, Portuguese novo, from Latin novus. May also be a derivation from Polish nowy or Russian но́вый (nóvyj). All are derived from Proto-Indo-European *néwos, including similar cognates in other Indo-European languages (English new, German neu, French nouveau, Lithuanian naujas, Ancient Greek νέος (néos), Persian نو (now), Hindi नया (nayā)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnova]
  • Rhymes: -ova
  • Hyphenation: no‧va

Adjective

nova (accusative singular novan, plural novaj, accusative plural novajn)

  1. new

Antonyms

  • malnova

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin nova.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoʋɑ/, [ˈno̞ʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oʋɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): no‧va

Noun

nova

  1. nova (sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “nova”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • avon, vaon

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔ.va/
  • Homophones: novas, novât

Noun

nova f (plural novas or novae or novæ)

  1. (astronomy) nova

Verb

nova

  1. third-person singular past historic of nover

Further reading

  • “nova”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔβɐ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔβɐ, -ɔβa
  • Hyphenation: no‧va

Etymology 1

From novo (“new”).

Noun

nova f (plural novas)

  1. item of news
    Synonyms: noticia, novidade

Adjective

nova

  1. feminine singular of novo

Etymology 2

Noun

nova f (plural novas)

  1. (astronomy) nova (any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star)
Related terms
  • supernova

Further reading

  • “nova”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Ido

Etymology

From earlier nuva, from Esperanto nova, from English new and novel, French nouveau and nouvel, German neu, Italian nuovo, Portuguese novo, Russian но́вый (nóvyj), Spanish nuevo, all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néwos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈno.va/, /ˈnɔ.va/

Adjective

nova

  1. new, novel (of things)
  2. new (in service, office) (of persons)

Antonyms

  • anciena (“anicent, old”)

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.va/
  • Rhymes: -ɔva
  • Hyphenation: nò‧va

Etymology 1

From New Latin nova.

Noun

nova f (plural nove)

  1. nova
Derived terms
  • ipernova
  • supernova

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nova

  1. feminine singular of novo

Anagrams

  • vano, vanò

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun use of the feminine form of novus (“new”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈno.u̯a/, [ˈnou̯ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈno.va/, [ˈnɔːvä]

Noun

nova f (genitive novae); first declension

  1. (New Latin, astronomy) nova
Declension

First-declension noun.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • nova: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈno.u̯a/, [ˈnou̯ä]
  • nova: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈno.va/, [ˈnɔːvä]
  • novā: (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈno.u̯aː/, [ˈnou̯äː]
  • novā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈno.va/, [ˈnɔːvä]

Adjective

nova

  1. inflection of novus:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Adjective

novā

  1. feminine ablative singular of novus

Neapolitan

Adjective

nova f sg

  1. feminine singular of nuovo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: no‧va

Noun

nova f (plural novas)

  1. (usually in the plural) news
  2. (astronomy) nova

Derived terms

  • boa nova
  • fazer-se de novas

Adjective

nova

  1. feminine singular of novo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French nover, from Latin novare.

Verb

a nova (third-person singular present novează, past participle novat) 1st conjugation

  1. to novate

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nôːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: no‧va

Noun

nȏva f (Cyrillic spelling но̑ва)

  1. nova

Declension

Adjective

nova

  1. inflection of nov:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
    3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
    4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Sicilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔva/, [ˈnɔː.vɑ̝]
  • Hyphenation: nò‧va

Adjective

nova f sg

  1. feminine singular of novu

Noun

nova f

  1. news
    nessuna nova, bona nova ― no news is good news

Synonyms

  • nuvità
  • nutizzii
  • infurmazioni
  • nuveddu

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoba/ [ˈno.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -oba
  • Syllabification: no‧va

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin (stēlla) nova.

Noun

nova f (plural novas)

  1. (astronomy) nova

Etymology 2

Verb

nova

  1. inflection of novar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “nova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Venetan

Adjective

nova

  1. feminine singular of novo

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nëva. Cognates include Finnish neva.

Noun

nova

  1. swamp, marsh, quagmire

Inflection

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “топь, трясина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

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