Lent

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
2. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
3. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
4. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Lent term.
5. (Myanmar) vassa, period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season

Name

A surname.

Sinonieme

Lententide

fast

fasting

lento

Vertalings

Fastenzeit

carême

Carême

quaresima

Quaresma

Cuaresma

quaresma

vasten

Σαρακοστή

vastentijd

Fasten

Quaresma

cuaresma

quadragesima

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/lɛnt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Old English: lencten

Verwante met Duits: Lenz

Verwante met Nederlands: lente

In summary

Shortened form of Lenten, from Old English lencten, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn (“spring”), as in a season into which days lengthen as it progresses.
Cognate with Alemannic German langsé, Langssi (“spring”), Bavarian longas, lòngas, longast (“spring”), Cimbrian langaz, langhes, långez (“spring”), lentz (“March”), Dutch lente (“spring”), German Lenz, Lenze (“spring”), Mòcheno langes (“spring”).