supernova

See also: supèrnova and Supernova

English

Etymology

super- +‎ nova

Noun

supernova (plural supernovas or supernovae)

  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)

Translations

See also

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
supernovainrare
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
instructive — supernovin
abessive supernovatta supernovitta
comitative — supernovineen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.pɛʁ.no.va/

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovae)

  1. supernova

Further reading

Galician

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

  1. supernova

Italian

Etymology

super- +‎ nova

Noun

supernova f (plural supernove)

  1. supernova

Portuguese

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

  1. supernova

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

supernova f (Cyrillic spelling супернова)

  1. supernova

Spanish

Noun

supernova m (plural supernovas)

  1. supernova
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