"nova" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnəʊ.və/ [UK], /ˈnoʊ.və/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-nova.wav Forms: novae [plural], novas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊvə 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|novus||new}} Latin novus (“new”) Head templates: {{en-noun|novae|s}} nova (plural novae or novas)
  1. (astronomy) Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star. Translations (sudden brightening of a star): مُسْتَعِر (mustaʕir) [masculine] (Arabic), нова звезда (nova zvezda) (Bulgarian), 新星 (xīnxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), novao (Esperanto), nova (Finnish), nova [feminine] (French), nova [feminine] (Galician), Nova [feminine] (German), νόβα (nóva) [masculine] (Greek), καινοφανής (kainofanís) [masculine] (Greek), νεολαμπής (neolampís) [masculine] (Greek), nova [feminine] (Italian), 新星 (shinsei) (alt: しんせい) (Japanese), 신성 (sinseong) (Korean), نواختر (now-axtar) (Persian), nowa [feminine] (Polish), nova [feminine] (Portuguese), novă [feminine] (Romanian), но́вая звезда́ (nóvaja zvezdá) [feminine] (Russian), но́вая (nóvaja) (english: prof. slang) [feminine] (Russian), но́ва (nóva) [feminine] (Russian), nóva [feminine] (Slovene), nova [feminine] (Spanish), tân tinh (Vietnamese)
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  2. (astronomy) Ellipsis of classical nova Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: classical nova
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Related terms: novel, novum, planetary nebula, plerion, preplanetary nebula, protoplanetary nebula Coordinate_terms: cataclysmic variable
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: classical nova, dwarf nova, failed supernova, hypernova, kilonova, macronova, micronova, novalike, nova-like, nova remnant, recurrent nova, red nova, stellar nova, supernova, supernova imposter, supernova remnant, unnova

Noun

IPA: /ˈnəʊ.və/ [UK], /ˈnoʊ.və/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-nova.wav Forms: novums [alternative]
Rhymes: -əʊvə Etymology: Blend of novum + Latin -a. From the Latin -a suffix used as the plural suffix form for singular words ending with -um (an inflection of -us). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|novum}} Blend of novum, {{der|en|la|-a}} Latin -a Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} nova
  1. plural of novum Tags: form-of, plural Form of: novum Related terms (etymologically unrelated): ars nova, bossa nova
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: novel
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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