advent

See also Advent

English

Etymology

From Latin adventus (“coming to”), perfect passive participle form of verb advenire (“come to”), from prefix ad- (“to”), + verb venire (“come”). Cognate to French avenir (“future”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈæd.vɛnt/

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Noun

advent (plural advents)

1. Coming; coming to; approach; arrival.
   • 1853, Herman Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener," in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin, 1968; reprinted 1995 as Bartleby, ISBN 0146000129, p. 3:

     At the period just preceding the advent of Bartleby, I had two persons as copyists in my employment, and a promising lad as an office-boy.

2. (religion, Christianity, always capitalized) See Advent.

Synonyms

• (coming): arrival, approach, oncome, onset

Related terms

Terms related to advent (noun)

Advent advene Adventist

Advent Sunday adventual Advent wreath

Translations

coming, arrival

• Armenian: գալուստ (hy) (galust)
• Bulgarian: поява (bg) (pojava), идване (bg) (idvane)
• Chinese: 

  Mandarin: 到來 (cmn), 到来 (cmn) (dàolái), 出現 (cmn), 出现 (cmn) (chūxiàn), 來臨 (cmn), 来临 (cmn) (láilín)

• Danish: komme (da) n, ankomst (da) c
• Finnish: saapuminen (fi)
• French: arrivée (fr) f
• German: Ankunft (de) f
• Hebrew: ביאה (he) f, ביאת המשיח (he)

• Italian: avvento (it) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ده‌رپه‌ڕین

• Oriya: ଆଗମନ (or)
• Polish: nadejście (pl)
• Spanish: advenimiento (es) m, venida (es) f
• Welsh: dyfodiad (cy) m

Christianity — see Advent

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /advɛnt/, [ˈaðˌvɛnˀd̥]

Noun

advent c (singular definite adventen, plural indefinite adventer)

1. Advent (the period from Advent Sunday to Christmas)

Inflection

    Inflection of advent

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	advent	adventen	adventer	adventerne
genitive	advents	adventens	adventers	adventernes

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑdʋɛnt/

Noun

advent m (Bokmål), f (Nynorsk)

1. Advent

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Old Frisian

Noun

advent m

1. advent

Declension

Declension of advent (strong a-stem, masculine)

	singular	plural
nominative	advent	adventar, adventa
accusative	advent	adventar, adventa
genitive	adventes	adventa
dative	advente	adventum, adventem

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Swedish

Noun

advent n

1. Advent

Declension

Declension of advent

	uncountable		uncountable
Neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	advent	adventet
genitive	advents	adventets

Related terms

• adventskalender
• adventsljusstake
• adventssöndag
• adventsstjärna