nova
French, noun/nɔ.va/
nova is spelled N-O-V-A (4 letters) and appears 4.1 times per million words in written French, the 12,924th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nova is a French feminine noun meaning “nova” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular past historic of nover. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Étoile qui devient extrêmement brillante pendant quelques jours par une explosion thermonucléaire sur la…”.
What does nova mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenova
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of nover
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Étoile qui devient extrêmement brillante pendant quelques jours par une explosion thermonucléaire sur la surface. 2. Supernova.
noun: 1. Système d’évaluation de la nutrition en fonction du degré de transformation de l’aliment.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nova
- novas plural
- novae plural
- novæ plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nova?
- /nɔ.va/
- \nɔ.va\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nova
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nova in French?
nova appears 4.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).