Advent

See also advent

English

Etymology

See advent

Proper noun

Advent

1. (Christianity) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
2. (Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas.

Synonyms

• (season): Christmas season, Christmastide, yuletide; holiday season (secular)

Related terms

Related terms

Adventist Advent Sunday

Advent wreath

Translations

coming of the Christ

• Bulgarian: пришествие (bg) (prišéstvie) n 
• Catalan: Advent (ca) m
• Finnish: ‎Kristuksen tuleminen

• Russian: пришествие (ru) (prišéstvije) n 
• Spanish: Adviento (es) m

season before Christmas

• Catalan: Advent (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 將臨期 (cmn), 将临期 (cmn) (jiānglínqī)

• Danish: advent (da)
• Faroese: advent (fo) f, atvent (fo) f, jólaføsta (fo) f
• Finnish: adventti (fi)
• French: Avent (fr) m
• German: Advent (de) m
• Icelandic: aðventa (is) f, jólafasta (is) f
• Italian: Avvento (it) m
• Japanese: 降臨節 (ja) (こうりんせつ, kōrinsetsu)

• Luxembourgish: Advent (lb) m
• Maltese: Avvent (mt)
• Norwegian Bokmål: advent (nb) m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: advent (nn) f
• Polish: adwent (pl) m
• Portuguese: Advento (pt) m
• Romanian: Advent (ro) n
• Russian: Адвент (ru) (Advént) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: došašće (sh)
• Spanish: Adviento (es) m
• Swedish: advent (sv)

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Catalan

Proper noun

Advent m

1. Advent

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German

Wikipedia ^de

Etymology

From Middle High German advente, from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔatˈvɛnt/

Noun

Advent m (genitive Advents or Adventes, plural Advente)

1. (Christianity) Advent

Declension

declension of Advent

	singular			plural
m gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Advent	die	Advente
genitive	eines	des	Adventes, Advents	der	Advente
dative	einem	dem	Advent, Advente (archaic)	den	Adventen
accusative	einen	den	Advent	die	Advente

Derived terms

• Adventskalender
• Adventskranz

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Luxembourgish

Noun

Advent f (uncountable)

1. Advent