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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊ.və/
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 新星 (しんせい, shinsei)
• 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

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

Adjective

nova

1. feminine of nou

Noun

nova f (plural noves)

1. (in the plural) news

Synonyms

• 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 novain rare
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
abessive		novatta	novitta
instructive		—	novin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of nova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative novani novani accusative nom. novani novani gen. novani genitive novani novieni novaini rare partitive novaani noviani inessive novassani novissani elative novastani novistani illative novaani noviini adessive novallani novillani ablative novaltani noviltani allative novalleni novilleni essive novanani novinani translative novakseni novikseni abessive novattani novittani instructive — — comitative — novineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative novasi novasi accusative nom. novasi novasi gen. novasi genitive novasi noviesi novaisi rare partitive novaasi noviasi inessive novassasi novissasi elative novastasi novistasi illative novaasi noviisi adessive novallasi novillasi ablative novaltasi noviltasi allative novallesi novillesi essive novanasi novinasi translative novaksesi noviksesi abessive novattasi novittasi instructive — — comitative — novinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative novamme novamme accusative nom. novamme novamme gen. novamme genitive novamme noviemme novaimme rare partitive novaamme noviamme inessive novassamme novissamme elative novastamme novistamme illative novaamme noviimme adessive novallamme novillamme ablative novaltamme noviltamme allative novallemme novillemme essive novanamme novinamme translative novaksemme noviksemme abessive novattamme novittamme instructive — — comitative — novinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative novanne novanne accusative nom. novanne novanne gen. novanne genitive novanne novienne novainne rare partitive novaanne novianne inessive novassanne novissanne elative novastanne novistanne illative novaanne noviinne adessive novallanne novillanne ablative novaltanne noviltanne allative novallenne novillenne essive novananne novinanne translative novaksenne noviksenne abessive novattanne novittanne instructive — — comitative — novinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative novansa novansa accusative nom. novansa novansa gen. novansa genitive novansa noviensa novainsa rare partitive novaansa noviaan noviansa inessive novassaan novassansa novissaan novissansa elative novastaan novastansa novistaan novistansa illative novaansa noviinsa adessive novallaan novallansa novillaan novillansa ablative novaltaan novaltansa noviltaan noviltansa allative novalleen novallensa novilleen novillensa essive novanaan novanansa novinaan novinansa translative novakseen novaksensa novikseen noviksensa abessive novattaan novattansa novittaan novittansa instructive — — comitative — novineen novinensa

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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

1. feminine singular of novo

Anagrams

• vano

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Latin

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) 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.

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

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 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

(deprecated template usage) novā

1. feminine ablative singular of novus

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vɐ/

Adjective

nova

1. (deprecated template usage) 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

Adjective

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novu

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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

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “топь, трясина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika