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Shrovetide

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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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2

noun

Meaning 2

immediately preceding Lent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: season

History

Etymology

From shrove + -tide.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: ма́сленіца (másljenica) — period of three days
  • Belarusian: ма́сьленіца (másʹljenica) — period of three days
  • Catalan: Carnestoltes — period of three days
  • Cornish: ynys — period of three days
  • Czech: masopust — period of three days
  • Danish: fastelavn — period of three days
  • Old Danish: fastelaghen — period of three days
  • Erzya: мастя (masťa) — period of three days
  • Estonian: vastlad — period of three days
  • Estonian: võinädal — period of three days
  • Faroese: føstuinngangur — period of three days
  • Faroese: fastalávint — period of three days
  • Faroese: føstulávint — period of three days
  • Finnish: laskiainen — period of three days
  • Finnish: voiviikko — period of three days
  • Galician: entroido — period of three days
  • German: Fastnachtszeit — period of three days
  • German: Fastnacht — period of three days
  • German: Fasching — period of three days
  • German: Karneval — period of three days
  • Ingrian: Maslitsa — period of three days
  • Irish: an Inid — period of three days
  • Manx: Yn Ynnyd — period of three days
  • Middle English: fastingang — period of three days
  • Polish: ostatki — period of three days
  • Polish: zapusty — period of three days
  • Polish: mięsopust — period of three days
  • Portuguese: entrudo — period of three days
  • Russian: ма́сленица (máslenica) — period of three days
  • Russian: ма́сленая неде́ля (máslenaja nedélja) — period of three days
  • Slovak: fašiangy — period of three days
  • Slovak: mäsopust — period of three days
  • Lower Sorbian: zapust — period of three days
  • Spanish: carnestolendas — period of three days
  • Swedish: fastlagen — period of three days
  • Ukrainian: ма́сниця (másnycja) — period of three days
  • Welsh: Ynyd — period of three days