Shrove Tuesday

English

Etymology

From shrove, past tense of shrive (“to receive a confession”), from the mediaeval practice of priests hearing confessions before Lent, and Tuesday.

Noun

Shrove Tuesday (plural Shrove Tuesdays)

1. The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday, when pancakes are traditionally eaten, originally to use up milk and eggs that would otherwise spoil because of not being eaten during Lent.

   Coordinate term: Fat Thursday

Synonyms

• Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday
• Pancake Day
• Pancake Tuesday
• Carnival

See also

• Shrovetide

Translations

day before the beginning of Lent

• Arabic: الثلاثاء البدين, ثلاثاء المرافع, يوم البان كيك هي
• Armenian: բարեկենդան (hy) (barekendan)
• Belarusian: ма́сьленіца f (másʹljenica)
• Breton: Meurlarjez (br), Mallarje, Mallarjez, Mallarde, Meurzh al Lard, an Ened
• Catalan: dimarts de carnaval m
• Danish: hvide tirsdag c
• Dutch: vastenavond m
• Estonian: vastlapäev, vastlad
• Finnish: laskiaistiistai (fi), (colloquial) laskiainen (fi)
• French: mardi gras (fr) m
• Galician: martes de entroido m
• German: Faschingsdienstag m, Fastnachtsdienstag (de) m
• Hungarian: húshagyókedd (hu)
• Indonesian: Selasa Gemuk
• Irish: Máirt Inide f, Máirt na hInide f
• Italian: martedì grasso m
• Japanese: パンケーキ・デイ (pankēki-dei)
• Korean: 팬케이크 데이 (paenkeikeu dei)
• Manx: Jemayrt Innyd m, Oie Innyd f
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fetetirsdag c, feitetirsdag c, feittirsdag c, grautatirsdag c, hvitetirsdag c

  Nynorsk: feitetysdag c, feittysdag c

• Pennsylvania German: Faschtnachtsdaag m, Faasnachtdaag m, Fassnacht f
• Persian: سه‌شنبه اعتراف
• Polish: tłusty czwartek (pl) m
• Portuguese: terça-feira gorda f, terça-feira de carnaval f
• Romanian: lăsatul secului de carne
• Russian: ма́сленица (ru) f (máslenica)
• Rusyn: фашенґі (fašengi)
• Scottish Gaelic: Dimàirt Inide m, Dimàirt na h-Inide m
• Skolt Sami: maiddpââʹzzlâšttam
• Slovak: Fašiangy
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: zapust m

• Spanish: martes de carnaval m
• Swedish: fettisdag (sv) c
• Turkish: Tövbe Salısı
• Ukrainian: ма́сниця f (másnycja)
• Welsh: Dydd Mawrth Ynyd m
• West Frisian: Fêsteljûn

Further reading

• Shrove Tuesday on Wikipedia.Wikipedia