English Explanatory Dictionary

lent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Lent.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of lend
noun
  1. A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
  2. The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week.
  3. The 46 days preceding Easter, reckoned as 40 days by excluding Sundays.
  4. Ellipsis of Lent term.
  5. vassa, period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/lɛnt/ En-us-lent.ogg

Word forms

lent lents

Etymology

Shortened form of Lenten, from Old English lencten, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn (“spring”), as in a season into which days lengthen as it progresses. Cognate with Alemannic German langsé, Langssi (“spring”), Bavarian longas, lòngas, longast (“spring”), Cimbrian langaz, langhes, långez (“spring”), lentz (“March”), Dutch lente (“spring”), German Lenz, Lenze (“spring”), Mòcheno langes (“spring”).

Synonyms

Lententide Lent season Lenten season season of Lent Quadragesima Great Lent Lent term

Derived words

unlent

Translations

Arabic: الصَّوْم الْأَرْبَعِينِيّ Arabic: اَلصَّوْم اَلْكَبِير Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܐܲܪܒܥܝܼ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܵܘܡܵܐ ܓܘܼܪܵܐ Armenian: Մեծ Պահք Aromanian: preasinj Aromanian: preasinji Aromanian: pãreasinj Asturian: Cuaresma Basque: Garizuma Belarusian: Вялі́кі по́ст Bulgarian: Вели́к по́ст Catalan: Quaresma Chinese Mandarin: 大齋期 /大斋期 Chinese Mandarin: 四旬节 Chinese Mandarin: 四旬節 /四旬节 Czech: velký půst Czech: postní doba Danish: faste Dutch: veertigdagentijd Dutch: vastentijd Esperanto: Fastsezono Esperanto: Karesmo Farefare: nõor-lʋa Finnish: paasto Finnish: paastonaika Finnish: suuri paasto French: carême Friulian: coresime Friulian: cresime Galician: coresma Georgian: დიდი მარხვა German: Fastenzeit Greek: Σαρακοστή Greek: Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή Hawaiian: Kalema Hebrew: הַתַּעֲנִית Hindi: चालीसा काल Hungarian: nagyböjt Ido: karesmo Indonesian: Prapaskah Ingrian: Suurpyhä Ingrian: Pääsiänpaasto Ingrian: Äijäpyhä Irish: Carghas Italian: Quaresima Japanese: 四旬節 Konkani: कोरेज्म Korean: 사순절 Ladin: carëisema Latin: quādrāgēsima Latvian: Lielais gavēnis Lithuanian: Gavėnia Luxembourgish: Faaschtenzäit Malay: Pra-Paskah
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