novena
English
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Latin novēnus (“nine [each]”).
Noun
novena (plural novenas or novenae)
- (Roman Catholicism) A recitation of prayers and devotions for nine consecutive days, especially one to a saint to ask for their intercession.
Translations
a recitation of prayers for nine days
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
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novena f (plural novenes)
- (music) ninth
- (Roman Catholicism) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- novena major (“major ninth”)
- novena menor (“minor ninth”)
Galician
Noun
novena f (plural novenas)
- (Roman Catholicism) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Italian
Noun
novena f (plural novene)
- (Roman Catholicism) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Related terms
Latin
Noun
novēna f (genitive novēnae); first declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) novena (recitation of prayers for nine days)
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Adjective
novēna
- inflection of novēnus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
References
- novena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈvẽ.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /noˈve.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /nuˈve.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /nuˈbe.nɐ/ [nuˈβe.nɐ]
- Hyphenation: no‧ve‧na
Noun
novena f (plural novenas)
- a period of nine days
- a set of nine things
- (Roman Catholicism) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (a recitation of prayers for nine days)
References
- “novena” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noˈbena/ [noˈβ̞e.na]
- Rhymes: -ena
- Syllabification: no‧ve‧na
Noun
novena f (plural novenas)
- (Roman Catholicism) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “noveno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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