Lent

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

Quaresma

Sinònims

Lententide

fast

fasting

lento

Traduccions

Fastenzeit

carême

quaresima

Carême

Quaresma

Cuaresma

quaresma

Fasten

vastentijd

Σαρακοστή

vasten

cuaresma

quadragesima

σαρακοστή

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/lɛnt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès antic: lencten

Cognat amb alemany: Lenz

Cognat amb neerlandès: 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”).