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novena.

a period of nine days

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/noˈvẽ.nɐ/Brazil/nuˈve.nɐ/Portugal/nuˈbe.nɐ/Northern, Portugal[nuˈβe.nɐ]Northern, Portugal

  1. a period of nine days

    feminine

  2. a set of nine things

    feminine

  3. novena (a recitation of prayers for nine days)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin novēna. By surface analysis, nove (“nine”) + -ena.

adj/noˈvẽ.nɐ/Brazil/nuˈve.nɐ/Portugal/nuˈbe.nɐ/Northern, Portugal[nuˈβe.nɐ]Northern, Portugal

  1. feminine singular of noveno

    feminine · form-of · singular
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin novēna. By surface analysis, nove (“nine”) + -ena.

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