supernova

supernova

See also: Supernova, supèrnova, supernovă, and süpernova

English

Etymology

super- +‎ nova

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsuː.pə(ɹ)ˈnəʊ.və/
• Rhymes: -əʊvə
• Hyphenation: su‧per‧no‧va

Noun

supernova (plural supernovae or supernovæ or supernovas)

1. (astronomy) The explosion of a star, which increases its absolute magnitude to typically a billion times that of our sun. Some leave only debris, while others fade to invisibility as neutron stars or black holes.
2. (figurative) Something brilliant.
   • 2019 December, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 59:

     Cornelius was the only one dressed in muscle but collectively they were a bully supernova.

Synonyms

• SN (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

• (astronomy): fast-evolving luminous transient

Related terms

• dwarf nova
• failed supernova
• hypernova
• micronova
• nova
• red nova
• supernova impostor
• supernova remnant
• unnova

 

Translations

exploding star

Basque: supernoba Belarusian: звышно́вая f (zvyšnóvaja) Bulgarian: свръхно́ва (bg) f (svrǎhnóva) Catalan: supernova f Chinese: Mandarin: 超新星 (zh) (chāoxīnxīng) Czech: supernova (cs) f Dutch: supernova (nl) Esperanto: supernovao Estonian: supernoova Finnish: supernova (fi) French: supernova (fr) f Georgian: ზეახალი ვარსკვლავი (zeaxali varsḳvlavi) German: Supernova (de) f Greek: υπερκαινοφανής (el) m (yperkainofanís) Hungarian: szupernóva (hu) Icelandic: sprengistjarna (is) f Indonesian: supernova (id) Irish: ollnóva Italian: supernova (it) f Japanese: 超新星 (ja) (ちょうしんせい, chōshinsei) Kazakh: ғаламатжұлдыз (ğalamatjūldyz) Korean: 초신성(超新星) (ko) (chosinseong) Latvian: pārnova f, supernova f Lithuanian: supernova f Macedonian: супернова f (supernova) Malay: supernova Maltese: supernova f Mongolian: нэн шинэ од (nen šine od) Norman: supèrnova m Norwegian: Bokmål: supernova Nynorsk: supernova Persian: ابرنواختر‎ (fa) (abar-now-axtar) Polish: supernowa (pl) f Portuguese: supernova (pt) f Russian: сверхно́вая звезда́ (ru) f (sverxnóvaja zvezdá), сверхно́вая (ru) f (sverxnóvaja), суперно́ва f (supernóva) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: супернова f Roman: supernova (sh) f Slovak: supernova f Slovene: supernova (sl) f Spanish: supernova (es) f Swedish: supernova (sv) c Thai: มหานวดารา, ซูเปอร์โนวา Turkish: süpernova (tr) Ukrainian: наднова́ зі́рка f (nadnová zírka), наднова́ f (nadnová) Vietnamese: siêu tân tinh (vi) (超新星)

See also

• nova

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Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English supernova or German Supernova. Equivalent to super- +‎ nova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsy.pərˈnoː.vaː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: su‧per‧no‧va
• Rhymes: -oːvaː

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovae or supernova's, diminutive supernovaatje n)

1. (astronomy) supernova

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Finnish

Etymology

super- +‎ nova

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuperˌnoʋɑ/, [ˈs̠upe̞rˌno̞ʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -oʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): su‧per‧no‧va

Noun

supernova

1. supernova (exploding star)

Declension

Inflection of supernova (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		supernova	supernovat
genitive		supernovan	supernovien
partitive		supernovaa	supernovia
illative		supernovaan	supernoviin
		singular	plural
nominative		supernova	supernovat
accusative	nom.	supernova	supernovat
	gen.	supernovan
genitive		supernovan	supernovien supernovainrare
partitive		supernovaa	supernovia
inessive		supernovassa	supernovissa
elative		supernovasta	supernovista
illative		supernovaan	supernoviin
adessive		supernovalla	supernovilla
ablative		supernovalta	supernovilta
allative		supernovalle	supernoville
essive		supernovana	supernovina
translative		supernovaksi	supernoviksi
instructive		—	supernovin
abessive		supernovatta	supernovitta
comitative		—	supernovineen

Possessive forms of supernova (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	supernovani	supernovamme
2nd person	supernovasi	supernovanne
3rd person	supernovansa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.pɛʁ.nɔ.va/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas or supernovae)

1. supernova

Derived terms

• rémanent de supernova

Further reading

• “supernova”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Galician

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

1. supernova

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Italian

Etymology

From super- +‎ nova.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.perˈnɔ.va/
• Rhymes: -ɔva
• Hyphenation: su‧per‧nò‧va

Noun

supernova f (plural supernove)

1. supernova

Related terms

• nova

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Portuguese

Etymology

From super- +‎ nova.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peʁˈnɔ.vɐ/ [ˌsu.peɦˈnɔ.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peʁˈnɔ.vɐ/ [ˌsu.peɦˈnɔ.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peɾˈnɔ.vɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peʁˈnɔ.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peɻˈnɔ.va/

Noun

supernova f (plural supernovas)

1. (astronomy) supernova (exploding star)

Adjective

supernova

1. feminine singular of supernovo

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supernôːʋa/

Noun

supernȏva f (Cyrillic spelling суперно̑ва)

1. supernova

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supeɾˈnoba/ [su.peɾˈno.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -oba
• Syllabification: su‧per‧no‧va

Noun

supernova m (plural supernovas)

1. supernova

Further reading

• “supernova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014