name · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈæd.vɛnt/
/ˈæd.vənt/
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name
Meaning 1
The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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name
Meaning 2
The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, named after a local church, itself named after the Christian concept.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A civil parish near Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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5
noun
Meaning 5
Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 6
To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1869 Grove Berry. Ritualism; Part II of An Enquiry. Pub: LONGMANS, GREEN et al. But suppose we depart from the suggestion there made, and, leaving the idea of the status quo from which He advented to Earth, we rise with Solomon (Prov. viii), to some stasis which must be indefinite to us, are we not presumptuous if not even unpractical, Gnostical, and merely scholastic?
1978 Mohammed Ahmad Qureshi. Marriage and Matrimonial Remedies: A Uniform Civil Code for India Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad in Tarjuman-ul-Quran says that in the seventh century when Islam was advented males had uncontrolled rights.
2014 Adam Pryor. The god who lives. In the flesh, self and world are always coming-to-be, adventing, in an intimate reciprocity to one another.
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7
noun
Meaning 7
arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the advent of the computer
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coming
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arrival, reaching
8
noun
Meaning 8
(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Second Coming, Second Coming of Christ, Second Advent, Parousia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: manifestation
9
noun
Meaning 9
the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: season
History
Etymology
By proprialization from advent.
From Saint Adwen (Saint Adwenna).
Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”).
Across languages
Translations
108 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
прише́ствие
(prišéstvie)
— coming of the Christ
Catalan:
Advent
— coming of the Christ
Esperanto:
Kristalveno
— coming of the Christ
Finnish:
Kristuksen tuleminen
— coming of the Christ
Ancient Greek:
Ἔλευσις
(Éleusis)
— coming of the Christ
Ido:
advento
— coming of the Christ
Indonesian:
adven
— coming of the Christ
Macedonian:
пришествие
(prišestvie)
— coming of the Christ
Plautdietsch:
Adwent
— coming of the Christ
Pohnpeian:
Adwendo
— coming of the Christ
Polish:
Adwent
— coming of the Christ
Russian:
прише́ствие
(prišéstvije)
— coming of the Christ
Spanish:
Adviento
— coming of the Christ
Tagalog:
Adbiyento
— coming of the Christ
Basque:
Abendualdia
— season before Christmas
Catalan:
Advent
— season before Christmas
Chinese Cantonese:
將臨期 /将临期
(zoeng1 lam4 kei4)
— season before Christmas
Chinese Cantonese:
降臨節 /降临节
(gong3 lam4 zit3)
— season before Christmas
Chinese Cantonese:
待降節 /待降节
(doi6 gong3 zit3)
— season before Christmas
Chinese Mandarin:
將臨期 /将临期
(jiānglínqī)
— season before Christmas
Chinese Mandarin:
降臨節 /降临节
(Jiànglínjié)
— season before Christmas
Chinese Mandarin:
待降節 /待降节
(Dàijiàngjié)
— season before Christmas
Cimbrian:
Avént
— season before Christmas
Cornish:
Asvens
— season before Christmas
Czech:
advent
— season before Christmas
Danish:
advent
— season before Christmas
Dutch:
advent
— season before Christmas
Esperanto:
Advento
— season before Christmas
Faroese:
advent
— season before Christmas
Faroese:
atvent
— season before Christmas
Faroese:
jólaføsta
— season before Christmas
Finnish:
adventti
— season before Christmas
French:
Avent
— season before Christmas
Galician:
advento
— season before Christmas
Georgian:
ადვენტი
(advenṭi)
— season before Christmas
German:
Advent
— season before Christmas
Greek:
Δευτέρα Έλευση
(Deftéra Élefsi)
— season before Christmas
Hungarian:
advent
— season before Christmas
Icelandic:
aðventa
— season before Christmas
Icelandic:
jólafasta
— season before Christmas
Indonesian:
adven
— season before Christmas
Irish:
Aidbhint
— season before Christmas
Italian:
Avvento
— season before Christmas
Japanese:
降臨節
(kōrinsetsu)
— season before Christmas
Korean:
대림절
(daerimjeol)
— season before Christmas
Latin:
adventus
— season before Christmas
Latvian:
Advente
— season before Christmas
Lithuanian:
Adventas
— season before Christmas
Luxembourgish:
Advent
— season before Christmas
Maltese:
Avvent
— season before Christmas
Māori:
Haerenga mai
— season before Christmas
Norwegian Bokmål:
advent
— season before Christmas
Norwegian Nynorsk:
advent
— season before Christmas
Plautdietsch:
Adwent
— season before Christmas
Polish:
adwent
— season before Christmas
Portuguese:
Advento
— season before Christmas
Romanian:
Advent
— season before Christmas
Russian:
Адве́нт
(Advént)
— season before Christmas
Serbo-Croatian:
došašće
— season before Christmas
Lower Sorbian:
adwent
— season before Christmas
Spanish:
Adviento
— season before Christmas
Swahili:
Majilio
— season before Christmas
Swahili:
Adventi
— season before Christmas
Swedish:
advent
— season before Christmas
Tagalog:
Adbiyento
— season before Christmas
Vietnamese:
Mùa Vọng
— season before Christmas
Welsh:
Adfent
— season before Christmas
Welsh:
Dyfodiad
— season before Christmas
Armenian:
գալուստ
(galust)
— coming, arrival
Bulgarian:
поява
(pojava)
— coming, arrival
Bulgarian:
идване
(idvane)
— coming, arrival
Chinese Mandarin:
到來 /到来
(dàolái)
— coming, arrival
Chinese Mandarin:
出現 /出现
(chūxiàn)
— coming, arrival
Chinese Mandarin:
來臨 /来临
(láilín)
— coming, arrival
Danish:
komme
— coming, arrival
Danish:
ankomst
— coming, arrival
Finnish:
saapuminen
— coming, arrival
French:
arrivée
— coming, arrival
German:
Ankunft
— coming, arrival
Greek:
έλευση
(élefsi)
— coming, arrival
Greek:
άφιξη
(áfixi)
— coming, arrival
Hebrew:
ביאה
— coming, arrival
Hebrew:
ביאת המשיח
— coming, arrival
Hindi:
आगमन
(āgman)
— coming, arrival
Hungarian:
eljövetel
— coming, arrival
Hungarian:
megérkezés
— coming, arrival
Italian:
avvento
— coming, arrival
Central Kurdish:
دەرپەڕین
(derperrîn)
— coming, arrival
