Shrove Tuesday

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The second element is Tuesday; the first element may be a reflex of Old English *scrāf “confession” (related to the modern verb shrive), from the medieval practice of priests hearing confessions on this day.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: الثلاثاء البدين — day before the beginning of Lent
• Arabic: ثلاثاء المرافع — day before the beginning of Lent
• Arabic: يوم البان كيك هي — day before the beginning of Lent
• Armenian: բարեկենդան (barekendan) — day before the beginning of Lent
• Belarusian: ма́сьленіца (másʹljenica) — day before the beginning of Lent
• Breton: Meurlarjez — day before the beginning of Lent
• Breton: Mallarje — day before the beginning of Lent
• Breton: Mallarjez — day before the beginning of Lent
• Breton: Mallarde — day before the beginning of Lent
• Breton: Meurzh al Lard — day before the beginning of Lent
• Breton: an Ened — day before the beginning of Lent
• Carpathian Rusyn: фашенґі (fašengi) — day before the beginning of Lent
• Catalan: dimarts de carnaval — day before the beginning of Lent
• Danish: hvide tirsdag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Dutch: vastenavond — day before the beginning of Lent
• Estonian: vastlapäev — day before the beginning of Lent
• Estonian: vastlad — day before the beginning of Lent
• Finnish: laskiaistiistai — day before the beginning of Lent
• Finnish: laskiainen — day before the beginning of Lent
• French: mardi gras — day before the beginning of Lent
• West-Frisian: Fêsteljûn — day before the beginning of Lent
• Galician: martes de entroido — day before the beginning of Lent
• German: Faschingsdienstag — day before the beginning of Lent
• German: Fastnachtsdienstag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Hungarian: húshagyókedd — day before the beginning of Lent
• Indonesian: Selasa Gemuk — day before the beginning of Lent
• Ingrian: Liukupäivä — day before the beginning of Lent
• Irish: Máirt Inide — day before the beginning of Lent
• Irish: Máirt na hInide — day before the beginning of Lent
• Italian: martedì grasso — day before the beginning of Lent
• Japanese: パンケーキ・デイ (pankēki-dei) — day before the beginning of Lent
• Korean: 팬케이크 데이 (paenkeikeu dei) — day before the beginning of Lent
• Louisiana Creole: Maddi Gra — day before the beginning of Lent
• Manx: Jemayrt Innyd — day before the beginning of Lent
• Manx: Oie Innyd — day before the beginning of Lent
• Norwegian Bokmål: fetetirsdag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Norwegian Bokmål: feitetirsdag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Norwegian Bokmål: feittirsdag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Norwegian Bokmål: grautatirsdag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvitetirsdag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feitetysdag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: feittysdag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Pennsylvania German: Faschtnachtsdaag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Pennsylvania German: Faasnachtdaag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Pennsylvania German: Fassnacht — day before the beginning of Lent
• Persian: سهشنبه اعتراف — day before the beginning of Lent
• Polish: tłusty czwartek — day before the beginning of Lent
• Polish: ostatki — day before the beginning of Lent
• Portuguese: terça-feira gorda — day before the beginning of Lent
• Portuguese: terça-feira de carnaval — day before the beginning of Lent
• Romanian: lăsatul secului de carne — day before the beginning of Lent
• Russian: ма́сленица (máslenica) — day before the beginning of Lent
• Skolt-Sami: maiddpââʹzzlâšttam — day before the beginning of Lent
• Scottish Gaelic: Dimàirt Inide — day before the beginning of Lent
• Scottish Gaelic: Dimàirt na h-Inide — day before the beginning of Lent
• Slovak: Fašiangy — day before the beginning of Lent
• Lower Sorbian: zapust — day before the beginning of Lent
• Spanish: martes de carnaval — day before the beginning of Lent
• Swedish: fettisdag — day before the beginning of Lent
• Turkish: Tövbe Salısı — day before the beginning of Lent
• Ukrainian: ма́сниця (másnycja) — day before the beginning of Lent
• Welsh: Dydd Mawrth Ynyd — day before the beginning of Lent