carnevale

Senso (Inglese)

carnival; festival in the week before Lent

sinonimi

settimana grassa

Traduzioni

carnival

carnaval

carnaval

Karneval

Fasching

carnaval

carnaval

Fastnacht

carnaval

كرنفال

καρναβάλι

απόκριες

carnaval

carnestoltes

Con il trattino come

car‧ne‧và‧le

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kar.neˈva.le/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Latin carnem levāre (“to take away/remove meat”), calque of Ancient Greek ἀπόκρεως (apókreōs). Compare Old Italian carnasciale (“carnival”) from carnem laxāre, Romanian cârneleagă from carnem ligat, Sicilian carnaluvari and carruali, Spanish carnestolendas (“three days preceding the beginning of Lent”) from carnis tollendus.
Other theories suggest it comes from Latin carneālis (“meaty”) or carnuālis (“feast”).