novi

See also: nɔvi, noví, nóvi, and növi

English

Noun

novi (plural novis)

1. (slang, Tonbridge School) A new pupil.
   • 1964, Richard Bradley, Tonbridge: a progress report, page 31:

     In part it is sensible, requiring a novi to know names of masters, whereabouts of rooms, colours of houses and so on.

Anagrams

• vino

Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔvi/
• Hyphenation: no‧vi

Numeral

novi

1. Ultramontane form of nove

References

• “nove, novi” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Guinea-Bissau Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : novi

Etymology

From Portuguese nove. Cognate with Kabuverdianu novi.

Numeral

novi

1. nine (9)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.vi/
• Rhymes: -ɔvi
• Hyphenation: nò‧vi

Adjective

novi

1. masculine plural of novo

Anagrams

• OVNI, vino

Kabuverdianu

Kabuverdianu cardinal numbers

<  8	9	10  >
Cardinal : novi

Etymology

From Portuguese nove.

Numeral

novi

1. nine (9)

Latin

Pronunciation

• novī: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈno.u̯iː/, [ˈnou̯iː]
• novī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.vi/, [ˈnɔːvi]
• nōvī: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.u̯iː/, [ˈnoːu̯iː]
• nōvī: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.vi/, [ˈnɔːvi]

Adjective

novī

1. inflection of novus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Verb

nōvī

1. first-person singular perfect active indicative of nōscō

Usage notes

This verb is almost always perfect in form but present in meaning.

References

• “novi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “novi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• novi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to introduce a new word into the Latin language: inducere novum verbum in latinam linguam
    
  • (ambiguous) to hold revolutionary opinions: novis rebus studere
    
• “novi”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

nȍvi

1. inflection of nov:
   1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
   2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
   3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Noun

novi (Cyrillic spelling нови)

1. dative/locative singular of nȏva

Sicilian

Sicilian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : novi     Ordinal : nonu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔvi/, [ˈnɔː.vɪ̟]
• Hyphenation: nò‧vi

Etymology 1

From Latin novem.

Numeral

novi

1. nine

Etymology 2

From Latin novus, novī.

Adjective

novi

1. plural of novu (“new”)

Venetan

Adjective

novi

1. masculine plural of novo