Lent

(Englisch)

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.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/lɛnt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Altenglisch: lencten

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Lenz

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: 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”).

Konzepte

Fastenzeit

Fasten

fasten

Fastenzeiten

Synonyme

Lententide

fast

fasting

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