Lent

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

Lententide

fast

fasting

lento

Translations

Fastenzeit

carême

Carême

quaresima

Quaresma

Cuaresma

quaresma

vasten

Σαρακοστή

vastentijd

Fasten

Quaresma

cuaresma

quadragesima

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɛnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Old English: lencten

Cognate with German: Lenz

Cognate with Dutch: 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”).