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The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
immediately preceding Lent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: season
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
ма́сленіца
(másljenica)
— period of three days
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Belarusian:
ма́сьленіца
(másʹljenica)
— period of three days
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Catalan:
Carnestoltes
— period of three days
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Cornish:
ynys
— period of three days
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Czech:
masopust
— period of three days
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Danish:
fastelavn
— period of three days
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Old Danish:
fastelaghen
— period of three days
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Erzya:
мастя
(masťa)
— period of three days
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Estonian:
vastlad
— period of three days
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Estonian:
võinädal
— period of three days
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Faroese:
føstuinngangur
— period of three days
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Faroese:
fastalávint
— period of three days
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Faroese:
føstulávint
— period of three days
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Finnish:
laskiainen
— period of three days
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Finnish:
voiviikko
— period of three days
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Galician:
entroido
— period of three days
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German:
Fastnachtszeit
— period of three days
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German:
Fastnacht
— period of three days
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German:
Fasching
— period of three days
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German:
Karneval
— period of three days
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Ingrian:
Maslitsa
— period of three days
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Irish:
an Inid
— period of three days
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Manx:
Yn Ynnyd
— period of three days
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Middle English:
fastingang
— period of three days
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Polish:
ostatki
— period of three days
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Polish:
zapusty
— period of three days
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Polish:
mięsopust
— period of three days
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Portuguese:
entrudo
— period of three days
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Russian:
ма́сленица
(máslenica)
— period of three days
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Russian:
ма́сленая неде́ля
(máslenaja nedélja)
— period of three days
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Slovak:
fašiangy
— period of three days
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Slovak:
mäsopust
— period of three days
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Lower Sorbian:
zapust
— period of three days
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Spanish:
carnestolendas
— period of three days
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Swedish:
fastlagen
— period of three days
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Ukrainian:
ма́сниця
(másnycja)
— period of three days
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Welsh:
Ynyd
— period of three days