nova
Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous starAny sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
» When their home star went nova, their civilization was destroyed.
Meaning
1 sensesAny sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
Nova
но́вая звезда́nóvaja zvezdá, но́ваяnóvaja, но́ваnóva
- a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process
Examples
17 sentencesWhen their home star went nova, their civilization was destroyed.
The researchers said that the sun was quite stable, and was not expected to go nova anytime soon.
He went to look for Nova.
I was born in Bolingbroke, Nova Scotia.
deIch bin in Bolingbroke, Neuschottland auf die Welt gekommen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I'm starting to learn Lingua Franca Nova.
Translations
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Origin
Feminine nominative singular of Latin novus (“new”). The feminine is used since stella (“sFeminine 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.
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Forms
plural: novae / novasWord family
21 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular