novi

See also: nɔvi, noví, nóvi, and növi

English

Noun

novi (plural novis)

  1. (slang, Tonbridge School) A new pupil.
    • 1964, Richard Bradley, Tonbridge: a progress report, page 31:
      In part it is sensible, requiring a novi to know names of masters, whereabouts of rooms, colours of houses and so on.

Anagrams

Corsican

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔvi/
  • Hyphenation: no‧vi

Numeral

novi

  1. Ultramontane form of nove

References

  • nove, novi” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Guinea-Bissau Creole cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : novi

Etymology

From Portuguese nove. Cognate with Kabuverdianu novi.

Numeral

novi

  1. nine (9)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.vi/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvi
  • Hyphenation: nò‧vi

Adjective

novi

  1. masculine plural of novo

Anagrams

Kabuverdianu

Kabuverdianu cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : novi

Etymology

From Portuguese nove.

Numeral

novi

  1. nine (9)

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

novī

  1. inflection of novus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Verb

nōvī

  1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of nōscō

Usage notes

This verb is almost always perfect in form but present in meaning.

References

  • novi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • novi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • novi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to introduce a new word into the Latin language: inducere novum verbum in latinam linguam
    • (ambiguous) to hold revolutionary opinions: novis rebus studere
  • novi”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

nȍvi

  1. inflection of nov:
    1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
    2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
    3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Noun

novi (Cyrillic spelling нови)

  1. dative/locative singular of nȏva

Sicilian

Sicilian cardinal numbers
 <  8 9 10  > 
    Cardinal : novi
    Ordinal : nonu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔvi/, [ˈnɔː.vɪ̟]
  • Hyphenation: nò‧vi

Etymology 1

From Latin novem.

Numeral

novi

  1. nine

Etymology 2

From Latin novus, novī.

Adjective

novi

  1. plural of novu (new)

Venetian

Adjective

novi

  1. masculine plural of novo
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