novia

See also: nòvia

Finnish

Noun

novia

1. partitive plural of nova

Anagrams

• aivon, avion, avoin, nivoa, oivan, ovina, vaino, vaoin, vinoa, voina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnobja/ [ˈno.β̞ja]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -obja
• Syllabification: no‧via

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *novia < Latin nova. Compare Portuguese noiva. See also novio.

Noun

novia f (plural novias)

1. female equivalent of novio, girlfriend
2. female equivalent of novio, fiancée

   Synonym: prometida

3. (wedding) female equivalent of novio, bride
4. (El Salvador) a type of sweet roll

Derived terms

• colchón de novia
• compuesto y sin novia
• noviecita
• velo de novia

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: nobya

Etymology 2

Verb

novia

1. inflection of noviar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “novio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• novia | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE