Shrove Tuesday

English Etymology The second element is en Tuesday; the first element may be a reflex of en ang *scrāf “confession” (related to the modern verb en shrive), from the medieval practice of priests hearing confessions on this day.Shrovetide n 2819425396 September 2024 Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shrove Tuesday.wav Southern England Noun Shrove Tuesday The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. en Fat Thursday en 1712 Erra Pater A Prognostication for Ever, Made by Erra Pater 7 Observe when the Moon is new in February, the next Tuesday after is Shrove-tuesday: but if it change on Tuesday, then the next Tuesday following is Shrove-tuesday https://books.google.com/books?id=-4aG92I3K8UC&pg=PP7 en 1779 David Dalyrymple Annals of Scotland From the Accenssion of Robert I 283 The day appointed for this extraordinary hunting-party was Shrove Tuesday. The Protestants of Paisley, in whose neighbourhood this story may be said to have originated, cannot discern the difference betwixt Shrove Tuesday and any other Tuesday; but if a Roman Catholic Princess, even in our free times, should be invited to a hunting-match on Shrove Tuesday, she would be shocked at the profane invitation. https://books.google.com/books?id=POMUSyU9KfoC&pg=PA283 Synonyms en Mardi Gras, en Fat Tuesday en Pancake Day en Pancake Tuesday en Carnival Translations day before the beginning of Lent Arabic: ar الثلاثاء البدين, ar ثلاثاء المرافع, ar يوم البان كيك هي Armenian: hy բարեկենդան Belarusian: be ма́сьленіца f Breton: br Meurlarjez, br Mallarje, br Mallarjez, br Mallarde, br Meurzh al Lard, br an Ened Carpathian Rusyn: rue фашенґі Catalan: ca dimarts de carnaval m Danish: da hvide tirsdag c Dutch: nl vastenavond m Estonian: et vastlapäev, et vastlad Finnish: fi laskiaistiistai, colloquial fi laskiainen French: fr mardi gras m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Fêsteljûn Galician: gl martes de entroido m German: de Faschingsdienstag m, de Fastnachtsdienstag m Hungarian: hu húshagyókedd Indonesian: id Selasa Gemuk Ingrian: izh Liukupäivä Irish: ga Máirt Inide f, ga Máirt na hInide f Italian: it martedì grasso m Japanese: ja パンケーキ・デイ pankēki-dei Korean: ko 팬케이크 데이 Ladin: lld merdi de carnescià m Louisiana Creole: lou Maddi Gra Manx: gv Jemayrt Innyd m, gv Oie Innyd f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb fetetirsdag c, nb feitetirsdag c, nb feittirsdag c, nb grautatirsdag c, nb hvitetirsdag c Nynorsk: nn feitetysdag c, nn feittysdag c Pennsylvania German: pdc Faschtnachtsdaag m, pdc Faasnachtdaag m, pdc Fassnacht f Persian: fa سه‌شنبه اعتراف Polish: pl tłusty czwartek m, pl ostatki n Portuguese: pt terça-feira gorda f, pt terça-feira de carnaval f Romanian: ro lăsatul secului de carne Russian: ru ма́сленица f Sami: Skolt Sami: sms maiddpââʹzzlâšttam Scottish Gaelic: gd Dimàirt Inide m, gd Dimàirt na h-Inide m Slovak: sk Fašiangy Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb zapust m Spanish: es martes de carnaval m Swedish: sv fettisdag c Turkish: tr Tövbe Salısı Ukrainian: uk ма́сниця f Welsh: cy Dydd Mawrth Ynyd m See also en Shrovetide References Further reading en Holidays