supernova
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsuː.pə(ɹ)ˈnəʊ.və/
- Rhymes: -əʊvə
- Hyphenation: su‧per‧no‧va
Noun
supernova (plural supernovae or supernovæ or supernovas)
- (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.
- (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.
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Synonyms
- SN (abbreviation)
Hyponyms
- (astronomy): fast-evolving luminous transient
Related terms
Translations
exploding star
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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 (file) - Hyphenation: su‧per‧no‧va
- Rhymes: -oːvaː
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuperˌnoʋɑ/, [ˈs̠upe̞rˌno̞ʋɑ]
- Rhymes: -oʋɑ
- Syllabification(key): su‧per‧no‧va
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 | |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.pɛʁ.nɔ.va/
Audio (file)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “supernova”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su.perˈnɔ.va/
- Rhymes: -ɔva
- Hyphenation: su‧per‧nò‧va
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (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/
Adjective
supernova
- feminine singular of supernovo
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /supernôːʋa/
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /supeɾˈnoba/ [su.peɾˈno.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -oba
- Syllabification: su‧per‧no‧va
Further reading
- “supernova”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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