carnevale

Meaning

carnival; festival in the week before Lent

Concepts

carnival

Shrovetide

Synonyms

settimana grassa

Translations

carnaval

carnaval

Karneval

carnaval

carnaval

Fasching

Fastnacht

carnaval

كرنفال

carnaval

απόκριες

καρναβάλι

carnestoltes

sollemnia antequadragesimalia

Hyphenated as

car‧ne‧và‧le

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kar.neˈva.le/

Etymology

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”).