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/

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• Rhymes: -əʊvə

nova (plural novae or novas)

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

• novum

• plerion
• planetary nebula
• preplanetary nebula
• protoplanetary nebula

• “nova”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Avon, Vona

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

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nova

1. feminine singular of nou

nova f (plural noves)

1. (in the plural) news

   Synonym: notícia

• “nova”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.vaː/
• Hyphenation: no‧va
• Rhymes: -oːvaː

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

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

1. (astronomy) nova, nova star

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nova

1. plural of novum

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)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈnova/

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• Rhymes: -ova
• 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

From Latin nova.

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

nova

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

• “nova”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• avon, vaon

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.va/

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔβɐ/
• Rhymes: -ɔβɐ, -ɔβa
• Hyphenation: no‧va

From novo (“new”).

nova f (plural novas)

1. item of news

   Synonyms: noticia, novidade

nova

1. feminine singular of novo

nova f (plural novas)

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

• supernova

• “nova”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.va/, /ˈnɔ.va/

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)

• anciena (“anicent, old”)

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

From New Latin nova.

nova f (plural nove)

1. nova

• ipernova
• supernova

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nova

1. feminine singular of novo

• vano, vanò

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.wa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.va]

nova f (genitive novae); first declension

1. (New Latin, astronomy) nova

First-declension noun.

• nova: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.wa]
• nova: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.va]
• novā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.waː]
• novā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.va]

nova

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

novā

1. feminine ablative singular of novus

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of nuovo

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• Hyphenation: no‧va

nova f (plural novas)

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

• boa nova
• fazer-se de novas

nova

1. feminine singular of novo

Borrowed from French nover, from Latin novare.

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

1. to novate

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

nȏva f (Cyrillic spelling но̑ва)

1. nova

nova (Cyrillic spelling нова)

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

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

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novu

nova f

1. news

   nessuna nova, bona nova ― no news is good news

• nuvità
• nutizzii
• infurmazioni
• nuveddu

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

Borrowed from Latin (stēlla) nova.

nova f (plural novas)

1. (astronomy) nova

nova

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

• “nova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

nova

1. feminine singular of novo

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

nova

1. swamp, marsh, quagmire

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

• 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