novu

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin novus from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos, from the root *new-.

Adjective

novu

1. new

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnovu]

Noun

novu

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of nov

Noun

novu

1. accusative singular of nova

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese novo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu nobu.

Adjective

novu

1. new

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Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

novu

1. inflection of nov:
   1. indefinite masculine/neuter dative/locative singular
   2. feminine accusative singular

Noun

novu (Cyrillic spelling нову)

1. accusative singular of nȏva

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin novus from Proto-Italic *nowos from Proto-Indo-European *néwos from *new-. Cognate of Corsican novu, Sardinian nobu, Neapolitan nuovo, Old Italian novo, Italian nuovo, Venetian nóvo, French nouveau, Portuguese novo, Spanish nuevo, Ladino מואיבﬞו (muevo), Romanian nou, Aromanian nãu, Catalan nou, Old Occitan novèu, Occitan nòu, Ladin nuef, Norman neuf, German neu, Dutch nieuw, English new, Ancient Greek νέος (néos), Mycenaean Greek 𐀚𐀺 (ne-wo), Old Church Slavonic новъ (novŭ), Russian но́вый (nóvyj), Persian نو (nov), and Sanskrit नव (náva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː.vu̞/, [ˈnɔː.vʊ̠]
• Hyphenation: nò‧vu

Adjective

novu (feminine singular nova, masculine and feminine plural novi)

1. new, original, fresh, young, incoming

   novu di zicca ― brand new

   comu novu ― as good as new

   a nova linia (di moda) ― the new (fashionable) look

   di novu ― newly, freshly; again, anew

   chi c'è' di novu? ― what's new? what's the news?

Inflection

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	novu	nova
Plural	novi	novi

Synonyms

• friscu
• giùvini
• modernu
• nuveddu
• recenti
• inespertu

Antonyms

• vecchiu
• anticu
• antiquatu
• anzianu
• vettustu

Related terms

• di novu (“again, anew”)
• novu arrivatu (“newcomer”)
• Novu Tistamentu (“New Testament”)
• nova (“news”)
• nuvità (“newness, novelty; news”)