novena

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English

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Etymology

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From Ecclesiastical Latin novēna, from Latin novēnus (nine [each]).

Noun

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novena (plural novenas or novenae)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.

Translations

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Asturian

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Adjective

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novena

  1. feminine singular of novenu

Catalan

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Etymology

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From Latin novēnus (nine).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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novena

  1. feminine singular of novè

Noun

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la novena major
la novena menor

novena f (plural novenes)

  1. (music) ninth
  2. (Roman Catholicism) novena

Derived terms

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Galician

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Noun

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novena f (plural novenas)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) novena

Adjective

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novena

  1. feminine singular of noveno

Italian

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Noun

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novena f (plural novene)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) novena
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Anagrams

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Latin

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Noun

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novēna f (genitive novēnae); first declension

  1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) novena (recitation of prayers for nine days)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative novēna novēnae
Genitive novēnae novēnārum
Dative novēnae novēnīs
Accusative novēnam novēnās
Ablative novēnā novēnīs
Vocative novēna novēnae

Numeral

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novēna

  1. inflection of novēnus:
    1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Numeral

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novēnā

  1. ablative feminine singular of novēnus

References

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin novēna.[1] By surface analysis, nove (nine) +‎ -ena.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: no‧ve‧na

Noun

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novena f (plural novenas)

  1. a period of nine days
  2. a set of nine things
  3. (Roman Catholicism) novena (a recitation of prayers for nine days)

Adjective

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novena

  1. feminine singular of noveno

References

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  1. ^ novena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /noˈbena/ [noˈβ̞e.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: no‧ve‧na

Noun

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novena f (plural novenas)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) novena

Adjective

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novena

  1. feminine singular of noveno

Further reading

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