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nova

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

English

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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nova (plural novae or novas)

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

Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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See also

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etymologically unrelated

References

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  • nova”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nova

  1. feminine singular of nou

Noun

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nova f (plural noves)

  1. (in the plural) news
    Synonym: notícia

Further reading

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin nova, from nova stella, stella nova.

Noun

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nova f (plural novae or nova's, diminutive novaatje n)

  1. (astronomy) nova, nova star
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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nova

  1. plural of novum

Esperanto

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Latin nova.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnoʋɑ/, [ˈno̞ʋɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -oʋɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): no‧va

Noun

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nova

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

Declension

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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

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nova f (plural novas or novae or novæ)

  1. (astronomy) nova

Verb

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nova

  1. third-person singular past historic of nover

Further reading

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From novo (new).

Noun

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nova f (plural novas)

  1. item of news
    Synonyms: noticia, novidade

Adjective

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nova

  1. feminine singular of novo

Etymology 2

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Noun

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nova f (plural novas)

  1. (astronomy) nova (any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star)
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Further reading

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Ido

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈno.va/, /ˈnɔ.va/

Adjective

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nova

  1. new, novel (of things)
    Ico esas nova skrachuro sur mea automobilo!
    This is a new scratch on my car!
  2. new (in service, office) (of persons)

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.va/
  • Rhymes: -ɔva
  • Hyphenation: nò‧va

Etymology 1

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From New Latin nova.

Noun

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nova f (plural nove)

  1. nova
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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nova

  1. feminine singular of novo

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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nova f (genitive novae); first declension

  1. (New Latin, astronomy) nova
Declension
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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative nova novae
genitive novae novārum
dative novae novīs
accusative novam novās
ablative novā novīs
vocative nova novae

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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nova

  1. inflection of novus:
    1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
    2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Adjective

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novā

  1. feminine ablative singular of novus

Neapolitan

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Adjective

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nova f sg

  1. feminine singular of nuovo

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: no‧va

Noun

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nova f (plural novas)

  1. (usually in the plural) news
  2. (astronomy) nova

Derived terms

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Adjective

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nova

  1. feminine singular of novo

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French nover, from Latin novare.

Verb

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a nova (third-person singular present novează, past participle novat) 1st conjugation

  1. to novate

Conjugation

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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nȏva f (Cyrillic spelling но̑ва)

  1. nova

Declension

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Adjective

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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

Sicilian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔva/, [ˈnɔː.vɑ̝]
  • Hyphenation: nò‧va

Adjective

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nova f sg

  1. feminine singular of novu

Noun

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nova f

  1. news
    nessuna nova, bona novano news is good news

Synonyms

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnoba/ [ˈno.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -oba
  • Syllabification: no‧va

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin (stēlla) nova.

Noun

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nova f (plural novas)

  1. (astronomy) nova

Etymology 2

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Verb

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nova

  1. inflection of novar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Venetan

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Adjective

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nova

  1. feminine singular of novo

Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *nëva. Cognates include Finnish neva.

Noun

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nova

  1. swamp, marsh, quagmire

Inflection

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Inflection of nova (inflection type 6/kuva)
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 novaha 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 novahasai novihesai
terminative II novalesai novilesai
terminative III novassai
additive I novahapäi novihepäi
additive II novalepäi novilepäi

References

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  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “топь, трясина”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika