Lent

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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /lɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

NounEdit

Lent ‎(plural Lents)

1. Period of penitence for Christians before Easter.

TranslationsEdit

period of penitence for Christians before Easter

• Arabic: اَلصَّوْم اَلْكَبِير m ‎(aṣ-ṣawm al-kabīr)
• Armenian: Մեծ Պահք ‎(Mec Pahkʿ)
• Aromanian: preasinj, preasinji, pãreasinj
• Belarusian: Вялікі пост m ‎(Vjalíki post)
• Bulgarian: Велик пост m ‎(Velík post)
• Catalan: 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: vasten (nl) m, vastentijd (nl) m
• Esperanto: Fastsezono
• Finnish: paasto (fi)
• French: carême (fr) m
• Georgian: დიდი მარხვა ‎(didi marxva)
• German: Fasten (de) n, 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)
• Norman: Tchithême m

• Korean: 사순절 (ko) ‎(sasunjeol) (四旬節 (ko))
• Latin: quadragesima
• Maltese: Randan
• Persian: چله روزه ‎(čelleh ruzeh)
• Polish: Wielki Post (pl) m
• Portuguese: quaresma (pt)
• Romanian: postul mare (ro), postul Paștelui, postul Paștilor, păresimi (ro)
• Russian: Вели́кий пост m ‎(Velíkij post)
• Scottish Gaelic: Carghas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: коризма f, Велики пост m

  Roman: korizma (sh) f, Veliki post m

• 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)
• Vietnamese: Mùa Chay
• Welsh: grawys m