BOSSA NOVA

Meaning of BOSSA NOVA in English

/ ˌbɒsə ˈnəʊvə; NAmE ˌbɔːsə ˈnoʊvə/ noun

[ U , C ] a Brazilian dance; a piece of music for this dance

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WORD ORIGIN

1960s: from Portuguese , from bossa tendency and nova (feminine of novo ) new.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BOSSA NOVA — noun Etymology: Portuguese, literally, new trend Date: 1962 popular music of Brazilian origin that is rhythmically related to the samba …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOSSA NOVA — ˌbäsəˈnōvə, ˌbȯs- noun Etymology: Portuguese, literally, new trend 1. : a Brazilian dance characterized by the sprightly step pattern of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOSSA NOVA — /bos"euh noh"veuh, baw"seuh/ 1. jazz-influenced music of Brazilian origin, rhythmically related to the samba. 2. a dance performed to this …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOSSA NOVA — n. type of rhythmic music similar to samba
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BOSSA NOVA — noun Etymology: Portuguese, literally, new trend Date: 1962 1. : popular music of Brazilian origin that is rhythmically related to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOSSA NOVA — [ ˌbɒsə'nəʊvə ] ■ noun a dance like the samba, originating in Brazil. ↘a piece of music for the ~. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BOSSA NOVA — [bos.sa no.va] n [Pg, lit., new trend] (1962) 1: popular music of Brazilian origin that is rhythmically related to the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOSSA NOVA — (Portuguese: new trend), Brazilian popular music that evolved in the late 1950s from a union of samba (a Brazilian dance …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOSSA NOVA — bossa nova BrE AmE ˌbɒs ə ˈnəʊv ə AmE \ ˌbɑːs ə ˈnoʊv ə
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BOSSA NOVA — n. 1 a dance like the samba, originating in Brazil. 2 a piece of music for this or in its …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BOSSA NOVA — n. 1 a dance like the samba, originating in Brazil. 2 a piece of music for this or in its …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BOSSA NOVA — n.1 a dance like the samba, originating in Brazil. 2 a piece of music for this or in its rhythm. …
Oxford English vocab
BOSSA NOVA — боссанова (музыкальный ритм и танец)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOSSA NOVA — Босса-нова
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BOSSA NOVA — боссанова ( музыкальныйритм и танец )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOSSA NOVA — Pronunciation: ˌ bä-s ə - ' n ō -v ə Function: noun Etymology: Portuguese, literally, new trend Date: 1962 1 …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BOSSA NOVA — боссанова ( музыкальный ритм и танец )
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BOSSA NOVA — боссанова ( музыкальныйритм и танец )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BOSSA NOVA — боссанова (музыкальный ритм и танец)
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NOVA — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Apparently a nova is a close binary system, made up of a cool, normal star …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NOVA — n piece of news; novas news
Interlingua English vocab
NOVA — I. noun (plural ~s or ~e) Etymology: New Latin, feminine of Latin novus new Date: 1927 a star that suddenly …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NOVA — Any of a class of star s whose luminosity temporarily increases by several thousand up to a million times normal. …
Английский словарь Британика
NOVA — ˈnōvə noun ( plural no·vas -vəz ; or no·vae -ˌvē, -ˌvī) Etymology: New Latin, feminine of Latin novus new : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOVA — (n.) A new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. Such appearances are …
Английский словарь Webster
NOVA — /noh"veuh/ , n. 1. Also called Nova Salmon . a Pacific salmon cured in the style of Nova Scotia salmon. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOVA — — novalike , adj. /noh"veuh/ , n. , pl. novas, novae /-vee/ . Astron. a star that suddenly becomes thousands …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOVA — n. star which suddenly becomes very bright and then returns to its previous brightness over a period of time (Astronomy)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NOVA — I. ˈnō-və noun ( plural novas or no·vae -(ˌ)vē, -ˌvī) Etymology: New Latin, feminine of Latin novus new Date: 1927 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOVA — add. ·noun a new star, usually appearing suddenly, shining for a brief period, and then sinking into obscurity. such appearances …
Webster English vocab
NOVA — [ 'nəʊvə ] ■ noun ( plural ~e -vi: or ~s ) Astronomy a star showing a sudden large increase …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NOVA — [no.va] n, pl novas or no.vae [NL, fem. of L novus new] (1927): a star that suddenly increases its light …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NOVA — False-colour composite image of nova T Pyxidis. The nova is surrounded by plural Novas, or Novae, any of a class …
Britannica English vocabulary
NOVA — nov|a, Nov|a BrE AmE ˈnəʊv |ə AmE ˈnoʊv |ə ▷ nov|ae iː ▷ nov|as əz ▶ ˌ Nova ˈ Scotia …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NOVA — / ˈnəʊvə; NAmE ˈnoʊvə/ noun ( pl. novae / -viː; NAmE / or novas ) ( astronomy ) a star …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NOVA — no ‧ va /ˈnəʊvə $ ˈnoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural novas or novae /-viː/) [countable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NOVA — n. (pl. novae or novas) a star showing a sudden large increase of brightness and then subsiding. [L, fem. of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NOVA — n. (pl. novae or novas) a star showing a sudden large increase of brightness and then subsiding. [ L, fem. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NOVA — n. (pl. novae or novas) a star showing a sudden large increase of brightness and then subsiding. Etymology: L, fem. …
Oxford English vocab
NOVA — n. Any of a class of star s whose luminosity temporarily increases by several thousand up to a million times …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NOVA — Synonyms and related words : Beehive, Cepheid variable, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, Hyades, Messier catalog, NGC, Pleiades, Seven Sisters, absolute magnitude, binary …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NOVA — < processor > A minicomputer (?) introduced by Data General in 1969, with four 16-bit accumulators , AC0 to AC3, …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
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Англо-Русский словарь Britain
NOVA — avon
Anagrams English vocabulary
NOVA — лат.; сущ.; астр. 'новая звезда' (астрономия) новая звезда nova (pl ae, s; лат.) астр. "новая звезда" ~ новинка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOVA — nova.ogg ʹnəʋ|və n ( pl -vae, -vas -ʹnəʋvəz ) астр. новая звезда
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NOVA — новая, астрон. звезда новая - nova outburst
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NOVA — см Chevrolet Nova
NOVA — см. Chevrolet Nova
NOVA — лат.; сущ.; астр. 'новая звезда' (астрономия) новая звезда nova (pl ae, s; лат.) астр. "новая звезда" ~ новинка
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