nova

See also: NOVA, NoVA, Nova, nová, nóva, and nòva

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

• dwarf nova
• hypernova
• nova remnant
• red nova
• supernova
• supernova remnant

 

Translations

sudden brightening of a star

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新星 (zh) (xīnxīng)

• Esperanto: novao
• Finnish: nova (fi)
• French: nova (fr) f
• German: Nova (de) f
• Greek: νόβα m (nóva), καινοφανής (el) m (kainofanís), νεολαμπής (el) m (neolampís)
• Italian: nova (it) f

• Japanese: 新星 (しんせい, shinsei)
• Korean: 신성 (ko) (sinseong)
• Persian: نواختر‎ (fa) (nou-axtar)
• Portuguese: nova (pt) f
• Romanian: novă (ro) f
• Russian: но́вая звезда́ f (nóvaja zvezdá), (prof. slang) но́вая (ru) f (nóvaja), но́ва f (nóva)
• Slovene: nóva f
• Spanish: nova (es) f
• Vietnamese: tân tinh (vi)

See also

• plerion
• planetary nebula
• preplanetary nebula
• protoplanetary nebula

Anagrams

• Avon, Vona

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.və/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.va/

• Audio (Valencian)

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Adjective

nova

1. feminine 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.

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian nuovo, Spanish nuevo, Portuguese novo, Bulgarian нова (nova); from Latin novus. May also be a derivation from Polish nowy or Russian но́вый (nóvyj). All 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 (nou), Hindi नया (nayā)).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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Adjective

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.

Antonyms

• malnova

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Finnish

Noun

nova

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

Declension

Inflection of nova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		nova	novat
genitive		novan	novien
partitive		novaa	novia
illative		novaan	noviin
		singular	plural
nominative		nova	novat
accusative	nom.	nova	novat
	gen.	novan
genitive		novan	novien novainrare
partitive		novaa	novia
inessive		novassa	novissa
elative		novasta	novista
illative		novaan	noviin
adessive		novalla	novilla
ablative		novalta	novilta
allative		novalle	noville
essive		novana	novina
translative		novaksi	noviksi
instructive		—	novin
abessive		novatta	novitta
comitative		—	novineen

Possessive forms of nova (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	novani	novamme
2nd person	novasi	novanne
3rd person	novansa

Derived terms

• supernova

Anagrams

• avon, vaon

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French

Pronunciation

• 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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

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, Royal Galician Academy.

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Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.va/, /ˈnɔ.va/

Adjective

nova

1. (of things) new, novel

   Ico esas nova skrachuro sur mea automobilo!

   This is a new scratch on my car!

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

Antonyms

• anciena (“anicent, old”)

Derived terms

• novajo (“a new thing, novelty”)
• nove (“newly, freshly”)
• novero (“innovator”)
• novigar (“to innovate”)
• novo (“a newcomer”)
• novyara (“New Year”)
• novyaro (“New Year”)

 

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From New Latin nova.

Noun

nova f (plural nove)

1. nova

Derived terms

• ipernova
• supernova

Etymology 2

Adjective

nova

1. feminine singular of novo

Anagrams

• vano

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Latin

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.wa/, [ˈnɔ.wa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.va/, [ˈnɔː.va]

Noun

nova f (genitive novae); first declension

1. (New Latin, astronomy) nova

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nova	novae
Genitive	novae	novārum
Dative	novae	novīs
Accusative	novam	novās
Ablative	novā	novīs
Vocative	nova	novae

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• nova: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.wa/, [ˈnɔ.wa]
• nova: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.va/, [ˈnɔː.va]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.waː/, [ˈnɔ.waː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.va/, [ˈnɔː.va]

Adjective

nova

1. feminine nominative singular of novus
2. feminine vocative singular of novus
3. neuter nominative plural of novus
4. neuter accusative plural of novus
5. neuter vocative plural of novus

Adjective

novā

1. feminine ablative singular of novus

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vɐ/

Adjective

nova

1. Feminine singular of adjective novo.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nȏva f (Cyrillic spelling но̑ва)

1. nova

Declension

Declension of nova

	singular	plural
nominative	nova	nove
genitive	nove	nova
dative	novi	novama
accusative	novu	nove
vocative	novo	nove
locative	novi	novama
instrumental	novom	novama

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

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Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔː.vɐ̠/, [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

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Spanish

Verb

nova

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of novar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of novar.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of novar.

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Venetian

Adjective

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novo

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Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish neva.

Noun

nova

1. swamp, marsh, quagmire

Inflection

Inflection of nova
nominative sing.	nova
genitive sing.	novan
partitive sing.	novad
partitive plur.	novid
	singular	plural
nominative	nova	novad
accusative	novan	novad
genitive	novan	noviden
partitive	novad	novid
essive-instructive	novan	novin
translative	novaks	novikš
inessive	novas	noviš
elative	novaspäi	novišpäi
illative	?	novihe
adessive	noval	novil
ablative	novalpäi	novilpäi
allative	novale	novile
abessive	novata	novita
comitative	novanke	novidenke
prolative	novadme	novidme
approximative I	novanno	novidenno
approximative II	novannoks	novidennoks
egressive	novannopäi	novidennopäi
terminative I	?	novihesai
terminative II	novalesai	novilesai
terminative III	novassai	—
additive I	?	novihepäi
additive II	novalepäi	novilepäi

References

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