novena
Portuguese, noun/noˈvẽ.nɐ/
novena is spelled N-O-V-E-N-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Novena is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a period of nine days” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of noveno. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período de tempo correspondente a nove dias”.
What does novena mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea period of nine days
- 2
femininea set of nine things
- 3
femininenovena (a recitation of prayers for nine days)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of noveno
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período de tempo correspondente a nove dias 2. conjunto de nove elementos 3. conjunto de orações ou práticas religiosas feitas por nove dias consecutivos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of novena
- novenas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce novena?
- Brazil /noˈvẽ.nɐ/
- Portugal /nuˈve.nɐ/
- Portugal /nuˈbe.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to novena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is novena in Portuguese?
novena appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).