supernova

See also: supèrnova and Supernova

English

Etymology

super- +‎ nova

Noun

supernova (plural supernovae or supernovas)

1. (astronomy) A star which explodes, increasing its brightness to typically a billion times that of our sun, though attenuated by the great distance from our sun. Some leave only debris (Type I); others fade to invisibility as neutron stars (Type II).

Synonyms

• SN (abbreviation)

Related terms

• dwarf nova
• failed supernova
• hypernova
• nova
• red nova
• supernova impostor
• supernova remnant
• unnova

 

Translations

exploding star

• Basque: supernoba
• Belarusian: звышно́вая f (zvyšnóvaja)
• Bulgarian: свръхно́ва (bg) f (svrǎhnóva)
• Catalan: supernova f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 超新星 (zh) (chāoxīnxīng)

• Czech: supernova (cs) f
• Dutch: supernova (nl)
• Esperanto: supernovao
• Estonian: supernoova
• Finnish: supernova (fi)
• French: supernova (fr) f
• Georgian: ზეახალი ვარსკვლავი (zeaxali varsḳvlavi)
• German: Supernova (de) f
• Greek: υπερκαινοφανής (el) m (yperkainofanís)
• Hungarian: szupernóva (hu)
• Icelandic: sprengistjarna (is) f
• Indonesian: supernova (id)
• Irish: ollnóva
• Italian: supernova (it) f
• Japanese: 超新星 (ja) (ちょうしんせい, chōshinsei)
• Korean: 초신성 (ko) (chosinseong) (超新星 (ko))
• Latvian: pārnova f, supernova f
• Lithuanian: supernova f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: супернова f (supernova)
• Malay: supernova
• Maltese: supernova f
• Mongolian: нэн шинэ од (nen šine od)
• Norman: supèrnova m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: supernova

  Nynorsk: supernova

• Persian: ابرنواختر (fa) (abar-now-axtar)
• Polish: supernowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: supernova (pt) f
• Russian: сверхно́вая звезда́ (ru) f (sverxnóvaja zvezdá), сверхно́вая (ru) f (sverxnóvaja), суперно́ва f (supernóva)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: супернова f

  Roman: supernova (sh) f

• Slovak: supernova f
• Slovene: supernova (sl) f
• Spanish: supernova (es) f
• Swedish: supernova (sv) c
• Thai: มหานวดารา, ซูเปอร์โนวา
• Turkish: süpernova (tr)
• Ukrainian: наднова́ зі́рка f (nadnová zírka), наднова́ f (nadnová)
• Vietnamese: siêu tân tinh (vi) (超新星)

See also

• nova

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Finnish

Etymology

super + nova

Noun

supernova

1. supernova (exploding star)

Declension

Inflection of supernova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		supernova	supernovat
genitive		supernovan	supernovien
partitive		supernovaa	supernovia
illative		supernovaan	supernoviin
		singular	plural
nominative		supernova	supernovat
accusative	nom.	supernova	supernovat
	gen.	supernovan
genitive		supernovan	supernovien supernovain rare
partitive		supernovaa	supernovia
inessive		supernovassa	supernovissa
elative		supernovasta	supernovista
illative		supernovaan	supernoviin
adessive		supernovalla	supernovilla
ablative		supernovalta	supernovilta
allative		supernovalle	supernoville
essive		supernovana	supernovina
translative		supernovaksi	supernoviksi
abessive		supernovatta	supernovitta
instructive		—	supernovin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative supernovani supernovani accusative nom. supernovani supernovani gen. supernovani genitive supernovani supernovieni supernovaini rare partitive supernovaani supernoviani inessive supernovassani supernovissani elative supernovastani supernovistani illative supernovaani supernoviini adessive supernovallani supernovillani ablative supernovaltani supernoviltani allative supernovalleni supernovilleni essive supernovanani supernovinani translative supernovakseni supernovikseni abessive supernovattani supernovittani instructive — — comitative — supernovineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative supernovasi supernovasi accusative nom. supernovasi supernovasi gen. supernovasi genitive supernovasi supernoviesi supernovaisi rare partitive supernovaasi supernoviasi inessive supernovassasi supernovissasi elative supernovastasi supernovistasi illative supernovaasi supernoviisi adessive supernovallasi supernovillasi ablative supernovaltasi supernoviltasi allative supernovallesi supernovillesi essive supernovanasi supernovinasi translative supernovaksesi supernoviksesi abessive supernovattasi supernovittasi instructive — — comitative — supernovinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative supernovamme supernovamme accusative nom. supernovamme supernovamme gen. supernovamme genitive supernovamme supernoviemme supernovaimme rare partitive supernovaamme supernoviamme inessive supernovassamme supernovissamme elative supernovastamme supernovistamme illative supernovaamme supernoviimme adessive supernovallamme supernovillamme ablative supernovaltamme supernoviltamme allative supernovallemme supernovillemme essive supernovanamme supernovinamme translative supernovaksemme supernoviksemme abessive supernovattamme supernovittamme instructive — — comitative — supernovinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative supernovanne supernovanne accusative nom. supernovanne supernovanne gen. supernovanne genitive supernovanne supernovienne supernovainne rare partitive supernovaanne supernovianne inessive supernovassanne supernovissanne elative supernovastanne supernovistanne illative supernovaanne supernoviinne adessive supernovallanne supernovillanne ablative supernovaltanne supernoviltanne allative supernovallenne supernovillenne essive supernovananne supernovinanne translative supernovaksenne supernoviksenne abessive supernovattanne supernovittanne instructive — — comitative — supernovinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative supernovansa supernovansa accusative nom. supernovansa supernovansa gen. supernovansa genitive supernovansa supernoviensa supernovainsa rare partitive supernovaansa supernoviaan supernoviansa inessive supernovassaan supernovassansa supernovissaan supernovissansa elative supernovastaan supernovastansa supernovistaan supernovistansa illative supernovaansa supernoviinsa adessive supernovallaan supernovallansa supernovillaan supernovillansa ablative supernovaltaan supernovaltansa supernoviltaan supernoviltansa allative supernovalleen supernovallensa supernovilleen supernovillensa essive supernovanaan supernovanansa supernovinaan supernovinansa translative supernovakseen supernovaksensa supernovikseen supernoviksensa abessive supernovattaan supernovattansa supernovittaan supernovittansa instructive — — comitative — supernovineen supernovinensa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.pɛʁ.nɔ.va/

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Noun

supernova f (plural supernovae)

1. supernova

Further reading

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

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Galician

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

1. supernova

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Italian

Etymology

super- +‎ nova

Noun

supernova f (plural supernove)

1. supernova

Related terms

• nova

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Portuguese

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

1. supernova

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

supernova f (Cyrillic spelling супернова)

1. supernova

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Spanish

Noun

supernova m (plural supernovas)

1. supernova