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Shrovetide
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English
Etymology
en :af shrove -tide<id:time> + 1
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shrovetide.wav Southern England
Noun
The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.
Synonyms
en fastens
en fasterns-een
en fastgang-tide
Derived terms
en Royal Shrovetide football Shrovetide football
Translations
period of three days
Belarusian: be ма́сленіца f, be ма́сьленіца f
Catalan: ca Carnestoltes m-p
Cornish: kw ynys m
Czech: cs masopust m
Danish: da fastelavn c
Old Danish: gmq-oda fastelaghen
Erzya: myv мастя
Estonian: et vastlad p; Orthodox et võinädal
Faroese: fo føstuinngangur m, fo fastalávint f, fo føstulávint f
Finnish: fi laskiainen; Orthodox fi voiviikko
Galician: gl entroido m
German: de Fastnachtszeit f, de Fastnacht f, de Fasching m, de Karneval m
Ingrian: izh Maslitsa
Irish: ga an Inid f
Manx: gv Ynnyd f Yn Ynnyd
Middle English: enm fastingang
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb fastelavn m
Nynorsk: nn fastelavn m
Polish: pl ostatki m, pl zapusty m, pl mięsopust m
Portuguese: pt entrudo m
Russian: ru ма́сленица f, ru ма́сленая неде́ля f
Slovak: sk fašiangy m-p, sk mäsopust m dated
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb zapust m
Spanish: es carnestolendas f-p
Swedish: sv fastlagen c
Ukrainian: uk ма́сниця f
Welsh: cy Ynyd m
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