The researchers said that the sun was quite stable, and was not expected to go nova anytime soon.
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Nova
//ˈnoʊ.və//
Synonyms for "nova" (43 found)
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Related words (21)
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7 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُسْتَعِر noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Bulgarian
1 entries- нова звезда noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 新星 noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Esperanto
1 entries- novao noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Finnish
1 entries- nova noun (sudden brightening of a star)
French
1 entries- nova noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Galician
1 entries- nova noun (sudden brightening of a star)
German
1 entries- Nova noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Greek
3 entries- καινοφανής noun (sudden brightening of a star)
- νεολαμπής noun (sudden brightening of a star)
- νόβα noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Italian
1 entries- nova noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Japanese
1 entries- 新星 noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Korean
1 entries- 신성 noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Persian
1 entries- نواختر noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Polish
1 entries- nowa noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Portuguese
1 entries- nova noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Romanian
1 entries- novă noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Russian
3 entries- но́ва noun (sudden brightening of a star)
- но́вая noun (sudden brightening of a star)
- но́вая звезда́ noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Slovene
1 entries- nóva noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Spanish
1 entries- nova noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tân tinh noun (sudden brightening of a star)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
When their home star went nova, their civilization was destroyed.
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On the language website, he could not find the selection for Lingua Franca Nova.
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Lingua Franca Nova is free for all to use.
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