Any sudden brightening of a previously inconspicuous star.
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of classical nova
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈnəʊ.və/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)
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.