nova

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊ.və/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊ.və/
• Rhymes: -əʊvə

nova (plural novae or novas)

1. (astronomy) Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.

• plerion
• planetary nebula
• preplanetary nebula
• protoplanetary nebula

• Avon, Vona

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

nova

1. feminine of nou

nova f (plural noves)

1. (in the plural) news

• notícia

• “nova” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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)).

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

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.

• malnova

nova

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

• supernova

• vaon

• Homophones: novas, novât

nova f (plural novas or novae or novæ)

1. (astronomy) nova

nova

1. third-person singular past historic of nover

• “nova” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.va/, /ˈnɔ.va/

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)

• anciena (“anicent, old”)

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

From New Latin nova.

nova f (plural nove)

1. nova

• ipernova
• supernova

nova

1. feminine singular of novo

• vano

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

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

nova f (genitive novae); first declension

1. (New Latin, astronomy) nova

First declension.

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

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

novā

1. feminine ablative singular of novus

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vɐ/

nova

1. Feminine singular of adjective novo.

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

nȏva f (Cyrillic spelling но̑ва)

1. nova

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novu

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.

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novo

Related to Finnish neva.

nova

1. swamp, marsh, quagmire

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