nova

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊ.və/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊ.və/

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• Rhymes: -əʊvə

nova (plural novae or novas)

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

• novum

• plerion
• planetary nebula
• preplanetary nebula
• protoplanetary nebula

• “nova”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Avon, Vona

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

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nova

1. feminine singular of nou

nova f (plural noves)

1. (in the plural) news

   Synonym: notícia

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

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

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

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

1. (astronomy) nova, nova star

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nova

1. plural of novum

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)).

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

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

1. new

   Oni ne povas instrui al maljuna hundo novajn ruzojn.

   You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.

• malnova

From Latin nova.

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

nova

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

• “nova”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

• avon, vaon

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.va/

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• Homophones: novas, novât

nova f (plural novas or novae or novæ)

1. (astronomy) nova

nova

1. third-person singular past historic of nover

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔβɐ/

From novo (“new”).

nova f (plural novas)

1. item of news

   Synonyms: noticia, novidade

nova

1. feminine singular of novo

nova f (plural novas)

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

• supernova

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.va/, /ˈnɔ.va/

nova

1. new, novel (of things)

   Ico esas nova skrachuro sur mea automobilo!

   This is a new scratch on my car!

2. new (in service, office) (of persons)

• anciena (“anicent, old”)

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

From New Latin nova.

nova f (plural nove)

1. nova

• ipernova
• supernova

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nova

1. feminine singular of novo

• vano, vanò

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

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

nova f (genitive novae); first declension

1. (New Latin, astronomy) nova

First-declension noun.

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

nova

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

novā

1. feminine ablative singular of novus

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of nuovo

• Hyphenation: no‧va

nova f (plural novas)

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

• boa nova
• fazer-se de novas

nova

1. feminine singular of novo

Borrowed from French nover, from Latin novare.

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

1. to novate

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

nȏva f (Cyrillic spelling но̑ва)

1. nova

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

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

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novu

nova f

1. news

   nessuna nova, bona nova ― no news is good news

• nuvità
• nutizzii
• infurmazioni
• nuveddu

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

Borrowed from Latin (stēlla) nova.

nova f (plural novas)

1. (astronomy) nova

nova

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

• “nova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

nova

1. feminine singular of novo

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

nova

1. swamp, marsh, quagmire

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