hypernova
noun
hypernova is a noun meaning “The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-Y-P-E-R-N-O-V-A, and it appears about once in every 56 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hypernova is hypernovas or hypernovae.
What does hypernova mean?
noun
- 1
The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of hypernova
- hypernovas plural
- hypernovae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hypernova?
Hypernova appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hypernova in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hypernova |
| German | Hypernova |
| Portuguese | hipernova |
| Spanish | hipernova |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hypernova come from?
From hyper- + nova.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).