nova

1. 1.

   a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process

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Other forms of nova

plural

novae

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nova

What does nova mean?

nova means "a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and becomes more luminous in the process".

How many syllables are in nova?

nova has 2 syllables: no-va. The stress falls on "no". In IPA it is /ˈnoʊvə/.

Is nova a common word?

nova is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.