Lent

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

quaresima

Quaresima

quadragesima

Lent

sinonimi

Lententide

fast

fasting

lento

Traduzioni

carême

Fastenzeit

Carême

Cuaresma

Quaresma

vasten

vastentijd

Fasten

Σαρακοστή

quaresma

cuaresma

Quaresma

quadragesima

Fastenzeiten

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/lɛnt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese antico: lencten

Affine tedesco: Lenz

Affine olandese: 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”).