Shrovetide

English

Etymology

shrove +‎ -tide

Noun

Shrovetide (plural Shrovetides)

1. The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.

Synonyms

• fastens
• fasterns-een
• fastgang-tide

Derived terms

• Royal Shrovetide football

 

Translations

period of three days

• Belarusian: ма́сленіца f (másljenica), ма́сьленіца f (másʹljenica)
• Danish: fastelavn c
• Erzya: мастя (mastja)
• Estonian: vastlad pl; (Orthodox) võinädal
• Faroese: føstuinngangur m, fastalávint f, føstulávint f
• Finnish: laskiainen (fi); (Orthodox) voiviikko
• Galician: entroido (gl) m, antroido m, entruido m
• German: Fastnachtszeit f, Fastnacht (de) f, Fasching (de) m, Karneval (de) m
• Ingrian: laskiain

• Manx: Yn Ynnyd f
• Old Danish: fastelaghen
• Portuguese: entrudo (pt) m
• Russian: ма́сленица (ru) f (máslenica), ма́сленая неде́ля f (máslenaja nedélja)
• Spanish: Carnestolendas f pl
• Swedish: fastlag c
• Ukrainian: ма́сниця f (másnycja)