English

Proper noun

Nova

1. A female given name.
   • 1935 Berta Ruck, A Story-Teller Tells the Truth, Hutchinson, page 266:

     Did you notice the dog which in the winter sports scenes is clasped in the arms of the child-star, Nova Pilbeam?

   • 1951 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mercury Press, page 71:

     He murmurs to himself, "Her body is twenty-two, but she is in the infancy of a second life. I will call her Nova, the New One."

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of Nova Scotia.

Noun

Nova ‎(uncountable)

1. (uncountable) Smoked Nova Scotia salmon.

Hypernyms

• lox
• smoked salmon

Anagrams

• Avon

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin nova ‎(“new”) in the 20th century.

Proper noun

Nova

1. A female given name of modern usage.

English

Noun

nova ‎(plural novae or novas)

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

Derived terms

See also

• plerion
• planetary nebula
• preplanetary nebula
• protoplanetary nebula

Translations

Anagrams

• Avon

Catalan

Adjective

nova

1. feminine of nou

Esperanto

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.

Antonyms

• malnova

Finnish

Noun

nova

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

Declension

Derived terms

• supernova

Anagrams

• vaon

French

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

Ido

Etymology

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)

Antonyms

• anciena ‎(“anicent, old”)

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From New Latin nova.

Noun

nova f ‎(plural nove)

1. nova

Derived terms

• ipernova
• supernova

Etymology 2

Adjective

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novo

Anagrams

• vano

Latin

Pronunciation 1

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

nova f ‎(genitive novae); first declension

1. (New Latin, astronomy) nova

Inflection

First declension.

Etymology 2

Adjective

nova

1. feminine nominative singular of novus
2. feminine vocative singular of novus
3. neuter nominative plural of novus
4. neuter accusative plural of novus
5. neuter vocative plural of novus

Pronunciation 2

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

Adjective

novā

1. feminine ablative singular of novus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vɐ/

Adjective

nova f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective novo.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nȏva f ‎(Cyrillic spelling но̑ва)

1. nova

Declension

Sicilian

Adjective

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novu

Spanish

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.

Venetian

Adjective

nova f sg

1. feminine singular of novo

Veps

Noun

nova

1. swamp, marsh, quagmire

Inflection

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