Lent

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

Cuaresma

cuaresma

ayuno

Lent

Sinónimos

Lententide

fast

fasting

lento

Traducciones

Fastenzeit

carême

quaresima

Carême

Quaresma

quaresma

vasten

Σαρακοστή

vastentijd

Fasten

Quaresma

quadragesima

Fastenzeiten

fasten

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/lɛnt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés antiguo: lencten

Cognado con alemán: Lenz

Cognado con neerlandés: 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”).