novena

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Asturian

Adjective

novena

  1. feminine singular of novenu

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin novēnus (nine).

Pronunciation

Adjective

novena

  1. feminine singular of novè

Noun

novena f (plural novenes)

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

Derived terms

  • novena major (major ninth)
  • novena menor (minor ninth)

Galician

Noun

novena f (plural novenas)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) novena

Adjective

novena

  1. feminine singular of noveno

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /noˈvena/ [noˈfe.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: no‧ve‧na

Noun

novena (plural novena-novena)

  1. (Catholicism) novena

Further reading

Italian

Noun

novena f (plural novene)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) novena

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

novēna f (genitive novēnae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative novēna novēnae
genitive novēnae novēnārum
dative novēnae novēnīs
accusative novēnam novēnās
ablative novēnā novēnīs
vocative novēna novēnae

Numeral

novēna

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

Numeral

novēnā

  1. ablative feminine singular of novēnus

References

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈvẽ.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈve.na/
 

  • Hyphenation: no‧ve‧na

Noun

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

novena

  1. feminine singular of noveno

References

  1. ^ novena”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

novena f (plural novenas)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) novena

Adjective

novena

  1. feminine singular of noveno

Further reading