WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
-nov-, root.
- -nov- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "new.'' This meaning is found in such words as: innovate, innovation, nova, novel, novelette, novelist, novella, novelty, novice, novitiate, renovate, renovation.
- November.
'-nov-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Albertus Magnus
- All Saints' Day
- All Souls' Day
- Armistice Day
- Cecilia
- Chrysostom
- Clement I
- Edmund
- Elizabeth
- Elizabeth of Hungary
- Gregory of Tours
- Hammerfest
- Malachy
- Margaret of Scotland
- Martin
- Martinmas
- Matthew
- Michael
- Nicholas I
- Nov
- Sagittarius
- Scorpio
- Stanley
- Tobruk
- World War I
- Angola
- curate's egg
- dime novel
- epistolary novel
- ergonovine
- Grand Ole Opry
- graphic novel
- historical novel
- Nov.
- novel
- novelistic
- novelize
- novelty siding
- November
- novice
- psychological novel
- renovate
- saga