Advent calendar

English Etymology Probably a calque of en de Adventskalender, the modern tradition having originated in 19th-century Germany. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Advent calendar.wav Southern England Noun A calendar used to count down the days of Advent, having windows revealing a hidden picture or gift on each day. Derived terms en Ramadan calendar en reverse Advent calendar Translations calendar used to count down the days of Advent Catalan: ca calendari d'advent m Czech: cs adventní kalendář Danish: da adventskalender c, da julekalender c Dutch: nl adventskalender m Faroese: fo jólakalendari m Finnish: fi joulukalenteri, fi adventtikalenteri French: fr calendrier de l'Avent m German: de Adventskalender m; Austria de Adventkalender m; unusual de Weihnachtskalender m Greek: el Χριστουγεννιάτικο ημερολόγιο n Hungarian: hu adventi naptár, hu adventi kalendárium Italian: it calendario dell'avvento m Japanese: ja アドベントカレンダー adobento karendā Luxembourgish: lb Adventskalenner m Maltese: mt kalendarju ta' l-Avvent Norwegian: Bokmål: nb adventskalender m, nb julekalender m Nynorsk: nn adventskalender m, nn julekalender m Polish: pl kalendarz adwentowy m Portuguese: pt calendário do Advento m Russian: ru предрожде́ственский календа́рь m, ru рожде́ственский календа́рь m, ru адве́нт-календа́рь m note that since Christmas in Russia is in January and was prohibited in Soviet times Advent calendars are untraditional for Russians Sami: Inari Sami: smn juovlâkalender Northern Sami: se juovlakaleandar Skolt Sami: sms jooulkaʹlndar Spanish: es calendario de adviento m Swedish: sv julkalender, sv adventskalender Ukrainian: uk різдвя́ний календа́р m en Christmas