Shrovetide

English

Etymology

shrove +‎ -tide

Noun

Shrovetide (plural Shrovetides)

The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.

Synonyms

fastens
fasterns-een
fastgang-tide

Translations

period of three days

Belarusian: масленіца f (máslenica), масьленіца f (másʹlenica)
Danish: fastelavn c
Erzya: мастя (mastja)
Estonian: vastlad pl
Faroese: føstuinngangur m, fastalávint f, føstulávint f
Finnish: laskiainen (fi)
Galician: entroido (gl) m, antroido m, entruido m

German: Fastnachtszeit f, Fastnacht (de) f, Fasching (de) m, Karneval (de) m
Ingrian: laskiain
Manx: Yn Ynnyd f
Old Danish: fastelaghen
Russian: ма́сленица (ru) f (máslenica), ма́сленая неде́ля f (máslenaja nedélja)
Swedish: fastlag c
Ukrainian: масниця f (másnycja)

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