Feminine nominative singular ofLatinnovus(“new”). The feminine is used sincestella(“star”) is feminine; thusnova is a shortening ofnova stella(“new star”), first used in this sense in 1573 byTycho Brahe.
nova (pluralnovaeornovas)
- (astronomy) Any suddenbrightening of a previouslyinconspicuousstar.
sudden brightening of a star
- “nova”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
nova
- femininesingular ofnou
nova f (pluralnoves)
- (in theplural)news
- Synonym:notícia
Borrowed fromLatinnova, fromnovastella,stellanova.
nova f (pluralnovaeornova's,diminutivenovaatje n)
- (astronomy)nova, novastar
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
nova
- plural ofnovum
FromItaliannuovo,Spanishnuevo,Portuguesenovo, fromLatinnovus. May also be a derivation fromPolishnowy orRussianно́вый(nóvyj). All are derived fromProto-Indo-European*néwos, including similar cognates in other Indo-European languages (Englishnew,Germanneu,Frenchnouveau,Lithuaniannaujas,Ancient Greekνέος(néos),Persianنو(now),Hindiनया(nayā)).
nova (accusative singularnovan,pluralnovaj,accusative pluralnovajn)
- new
Oni ne povas instrui al maljuna hundonovajn ruzojn.- You cannot teach an old dognew tricks.
FromLatinnova.
nova
- nova(sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star)
nova f (pluralnovasornovaeornovæ)
- (astronomy)nova
nova
- third-personsingular past historic ofnover
Fromnovo(“new”).
nova f (pluralnovas)
- item ofnews
- Synonyms:noticia,novidade
nova
- femininesingular ofnovo
nova f (pluralnovas)
- (astronomy)nova(any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star)
From earliernuva, fromEsperantonova, fromEnglishnew andnovel,Frenchnouveau andnouvel,Germanneu,Italiannuovo,Portuguesenovo,Russianно́вый(nóvyj),Spanishnuevo, all ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*néwos.
nova
- new,novel(of things)
Ico esasnova skrachuro sur mea automobilo!- This is anew scratch on my car!
- new(in service, office)(of persons)
FromNew Latinnova.
nova f (pluralnove)
- nova
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
nova
- femininesingular ofnovo
Noun use of the feminine form ofnovus(“new”).
nova f (genitivenovae);first declension
- (New Latin, astronomy)nova
First-declension noun.
nova
- inflection ofnovus:
- femininenominative/vocativesingular
- neuternominative/accusative/vocativeplural
novā
- feminineablativesingular ofnovus
nova f sg
- femininesingular ofnuovo
nova f (pluralnovas)
- (usually in theplural)news
- (astronomy)nova
nova
- femininesingular ofnovo
Borrowed fromFrenchnover, fromLatinnovare.
a nova (third-person singular presentnovează,past participlenovat) 1st conjugation
- tonovate
- IPA(key): /nôːʋa/
- Hyphenation:no‧va
nȏva f (Cyrillic spellingно̑ва)
- nova
nova
- inflection ofnov:
- femininenominative/vocativesingular
- indefinitemasculine/neutergenitivesingular
- indefiniteanimatemasculineaccusativesingular
- neuternominative/accusative/vocativeplural
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔva/,[ˈnɔː.vɑ̝]
- Hyphenation:nò‧va
nova f sg
- femininesingular ofnovu
nova f
- news
- nessunanova, bona nova ―no news is good news
- IPA(key): /ˈnoba/[ˈno.β̞a]
- Rhymes:-oba
- Syllabification:no‧va
Borrowed fromLatin(stēlla)nova.
nova f (pluralnovas)
- (astronomy)nova
nova
- inflection ofnovar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
nova
- femininesingular ofnovo
FromProto-Finnic*nëva. Cognates includeFinnishneva.
nova
- swamp,marsh,quagmire
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “топь,трясина”, inUz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika