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Advent
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advent
English
,<dab!>
Pronunciation
en /ˈæd.vɛnt/ /ˈæd.vənt/
en En-advent.ogg US
en En-us-advent.ogg US
Etymology 1
en from onset-referent origins
By proprialization from en advent.
Proper noun
en Christianity The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
en Christianity The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.
en Christmas season Christmastime Christmastide yuletide
en holiday season
en unincorporated community co/Jackson County s/West Virginia c/USA, named after a local church, itself named after the Christian concept.
Derived terms
en Adventism adventual Advent Bay Advent calendar Advent candle Advent crown Adventist Advent Sunday Advent wreath
Translations
coming of the Christ
Bulgarian: bg прише́ствие n
Catalan: ca Advent m
Esperanto: eo Kristalveno
Finnish: fi Kristuksen tuleminen
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Ἔλευσις f
Ido: io advento
Indonesian: id adven
Macedonian: mk пришествие n
Plautdietsch: pdt Adwent m
Pohnpeian: pon Adwendo
Polish: pl Adwent m
Russian: ru прише́ствие n
Spanish: es Adviento m
Tagalog: tl Adbiyento
season before Christmas
Basque: eu Abendualdia
Catalan: ca Advent m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 將臨期 zoeng1 lam4 kei4, yue 降臨節 gong3 lam4 zit3, yue 待降節 doi6 gong3 zit3
Mandarin: cmn 將臨期 jiānglínqī, cmn 降臨節 Jiànglínjié, cmn 待降節 Dàijiàngjié
Cimbrian: cim Avént
Cornish: kw Asvens m
Czech: cs advent m
Danish: da advent
Dutch: nl advent m
Esperanto: eo Advento
Faroese: fo advent f, fo atvent f, fo jólaføsta f
Finnish: fi adventti
French: fr Avent m
Galician: gl advento m
Georgian: ka ადვენტი
German: de Advent m
Greek: el Δευτέρα Έλευση f
Hungarian: hu advent
Icelandic: is aðventa f, is jólafasta f
Indonesian: id adven
Irish: ga Aidbhint f
Italian: it Avvento m
Japanese: ja 降臨節 こうりんせつ, kōrinsetsu
Korean: ko 대림절
Latin: la adventus m
Latvian: lv Advente
Lithuanian: lt Adventas
Luxembourgish: lb Advent m
Maltese: mt Avvent
Māori: mi Haerenga mai
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb advent m
Nynorsk: nn advent f
Plautdietsch: pdt Adwent m
Polish: pl adwent m
Portuguese: pt Advento m
Romanian: ro Advent n
Russian: ru Адве́нт m
Serbo-Croatian: sh došašće
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb adwent m
Spanish: es Adviento m
Swahili: sw Majilio, sw Adventi
Swedish: sv advent
Tagalog: tl Adbiyento
Vietnamese: vi Mùa Vọng
Welsh: cy Adfent m, cy Dyfodiad m
Etymology 2
en from Adwenna-referent origins
From Adwen Saint Adwen (Saint Adwenna).
Proper noun
en cpar near moor/Bodmin Moor co/Cornwall cc/England.
en Calendar Roman Catholicism
Catalan
Alternative forms
ca advent
Etymology
ca :lbor la:adventus
ca la adventus.
Pronunciation
é
ca ent 2
Proper noun
m
en Advent
German
de:
Etymology
de :inh gmh:advent<id:Advent> season before Christmas
From de gmh advent, borrowed from de la adventus.
Pronunciation
de /ʔatˈvɛnt/
de De-Advent.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(e)s
Advent
de Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt. Advent, advent, a light is burning.
de Erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier; First one, then two, then three, then four;
de Dann steht das Christkind vor der Tür. Then the Christkind is at the door. (A nursery rhyme.)
Sunday in Advent
de Adventssonntag
de Am ersten Advent, wenn die erste Kerze brennt. On the first Sunday in Advent, when the first candle is burning.
Declension
m,(e)s
Derived terms
de adventlich
de Adventskalender, de Adventkalender
de Adventskranz
de Adventslied
de Adventszeit
Related terms
de advenieren
de Adventismus
de adventiv
Descendants
hrx Advent 1
See also
de Vorweihnachtszeit
de Wintersonnenwende
de Mittwinter
de Dreikönigsfest
Further reading
de Christianity
de Christmas
Hunsrik
Etymology
hrx :bor de:Advent<id:season before Christmas> ++ season before Christmas9 1
Pronunciation
Advént
Noun
m Advente
hrx Christianity en Advent season before Christmas
References
hrx Christmas
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Borrowed from lb la adventus.
Pronunciation
lb [ɑtˈvænt]
Noun
m -
Advent
lb Christianity
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
sh Àdvenat
Etymology
sh la adventus coming to, perfect passive participle form of verb la advenīre come to.
Pronunciation
sh /ǎdʋent/
sh Ad vent
Noun
Àdvent m-in
sh Christianity en Advent the first or the expected second coming of Christ
Declension
Advent Adventa Adventu Advent Advente Adventu Adventom
Related terms
sh àdvent
References
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