nuovo

Italian

Alternative forms

• novo (Tuscan^[1] or archaic)

Etymology

From Latin novus, from Proto-Italic *nowos, from Proto-Indo-European *néwos, from the root *new-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnwɔ.vo/

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• Rhymes: -ɔvo
• Hyphenation: nuò‧vo

Adjective

nuovo (feminine nuova, masculine plural nuovi, feminine plural nuove, superlative nuovissimo)

1. new

   Antonym: vecchio

Related terms

• di nuovo (“again”)
• innovare
• novella
• novello
• novità
• novizio
• nuovamente
• Nuovo Testamento
• rinnovare

References

1. AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1579: “nuovo; nuova; nuovi; nuove” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Further reading

• nuovo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin novus.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈnwoːvə], (feminine) [ˈnɔːvə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː(ə̆)və], (feminine) [ˈnoːvə]

Adjective

nuovo (feminine singular nova, masculine plural nuove, feminine plural nove)

1. new

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1579: “nuovo; nuova; nuovo; nuove” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Andreoli, Raffaele (1887) “nuovo”, in Vocabolario napoletano-italiano (in Italian), page 455
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “nuovo-nova”, in Schedario Napoletano