nova

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

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

Noun

nova (plural novae or novas)

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

Anagrams

• Avon, Vona

Adjective

nova

1. feminine of nou

Noun

nova f (plural noves)

1. (in the plural) news

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

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.

Noun

nova

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

Anagrams

• vaon

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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From New Latin nova.

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• vano

Pronunciation 1

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

Pronunciation 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vɐ/

Adjective

nova

1. Feminine singular of adjective novo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nȏva f (Cyrillic spelling но̑ва)

1. nova

Adjective

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novu

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.

Adjective

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novo

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], Petrozavodsk: Periodika