Lent

See also: lent

English

Etymology

Shortened form of Lenten, from Old English lencten, from Proto-Germanic *langatīnaz (“spring”). Related to German Lenz (“springtime”), which is derived from a word related to long, because of the longer days.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛnt/
Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

Lent (plural Lents)

(Christianity) Period of fasting and penitence before Easter, lasting from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday (Western Christianity).

Synonyms

Great Lent (Eastern Orthodoxy)

Translations

Christian period of penitence before Easter

Arabic: اَلصَّوْم اَلْكَبِير‎‎ m (aṣ-ṣawm al-kabīr)
Armenian: Մեծ Պահք (Mec Pahkʿ)
Aromanian: preasinj, preasinji, pãreasinj
Asturian: Cuaresma f
Belarusian: Вялікі пост m (Vjalíki post)
Bulgarian: Велик пост m (Velík post)
Catalan: Quaresma f, quaresma f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大齋期 (zh), 大斋期 (zh) (dàizhāiqī), 四旬节 (zh) (sìxúnjié), 四旬節 (zh)
Czech: Velký půst m
Dutch: veertigdagentijd m; vastentijd (nl) m
Esperanto: Fastsezono
Finnish: paasto (fi), paastonaika
French: carême (fr) m
Friulian: coresime f, cresime f
Galician: coresma f
Georgian: დიდი მარხვა (didi marxva)
German: Fastenzeit (de) f
Greek: Σαρακοστή (el) f (Sarakostí)
Hawaiian: Kalema
Hebrew: התענית‎‎
Hungarian: nagyböjt (hu)
Ido: karesmo (io)
Ingrian: Suurpühä
Irish: Carghas
Italian: Quaresima f
Japanese: 四旬節 (しじゅんせつ, shijunsetsu)
Korean: 사순절 (ko) (sasunjeol) (四旬節 (ko))
Ladin: carëisema f
Latin: quadragesima
Latvian: Lielais gavēnis m

Lithuanian: Gavėnia f
Malay: Puasa Agung
Maltese: Randan
Norman: Tchithême m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: faste (no) m, fastetid m, f, langfaste m, f

Nynorsk: langfaste f
Occitan: caresma f
Persian: چله روزه‎‎ (čelleh ruzeh)
Polish: Wielki Post (pl) m
Portuguese: quaresma (pt)
Romanian: postul mare (ro), postul Paștelui, postul Paștilor, păresimi (ro), Păresimi f pl
Romansch: curaisma f, cureisma f, curesma f, quaraisma f
Russian: Вели́кий пост m (Velíkij post)
Sardinian: caresima
Scottish Gaelic: Carghas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: коризма f, Велики пост m

Roman: korizma (sh) f, Veliki post m
Sicilian: Quarèsima (scn) f
Slovak: Veľký pôst m
Slovene: véliki pôst m
Spanish: Cuaresma f
Swedish: fastan (sv) c, påskfastan c
Turkish: Büyük Perhiz
Ukrainian: Великий піст (uk) m (Velýkyj pist)
Venetian: cuaréxema f, quaresima f
Vietnamese: Mùa Chay
Walloon: cwareme (wa) f
Welsh: grawys m

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