nova

(Inglés)

  1. Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of classical nova

Frecuencia

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈnəʊ.və/
Etimología (Inglés)

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.

new face

new star

nova

καινούργιο αστέρι

neuer Stern

nowa

gwiazda nowa

nowa klasyczna

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