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: прише́ствие n (prišéstvie)
• Catalan: Advent m
• Finnish: Kristuksen tuleminen
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἔλευσις f (Éleusis)

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• Indonesian: adven (id)
• Pohnpeian: Adwendo
• Russian: прише́ствие (ru) n (prišéstvije)
• Spanish: Adviento m
• Tagalog: Adbiyento

season before Christmas

• Basque: Abendualdia
• Catalan: Advent m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 將臨期／将临期 (zoeng¹ lam⁴ kei⁴), 将临期 (zoeng¹ lam⁴ kei⁴), 降臨節／降临节 (gong³ lam⁴ zit³), 降临节 (gong³ lam⁴ zit³), 待降節／待降节, 待降节 (doi⁶ gong³ zit³)

  Mandarin: 將臨期／将临期 (jiānglínqī), 将临期 (jiānglínqī), 降臨節／降临节 (zh) (jiànglínjié), 降临节 (zh) (Jiànglínjié), 待降節／待降节, 待降节 (Dàijiàngjié)

• Cimbrian: Avént
• Czech: advent (cs) m
• Danish: advent (da)
• Esperanto: Advento
• Faroese: advent f, atvent f, jólaføsta f
• Finnish: adventti (fi)
• French: Avent (fr) m
• Galician: advento m
• German: Advent (de) m
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: advent (hu)
• Icelandic: aðventa (is) f, jólafasta f
• Indonesian: adven (id)
• Irish: Aidbhint f
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• Italian: Avvento m
• Japanese: 降臨節 (こうりんせつ, kōrinsetsu)
• Korean: 대림절 (daerimjeol)
• Latvian: Advente
• Lithuanian: Adventas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: Advent m
• Maltese: Avvent
• Maori: Haerenga mai
• Norwegian Bokmål: advent (no) m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: advent f
• Plautdietsch: Adwent m
• Polish: adwent (pl) m
• Portuguese: Advento (pt) m
• Romanian: Advent (ro) n
• Russian: Адве́нт (ru) m (Advént)
• Serbo-Croatian: došašće (sh)
• Spanish: Adviento m
• Swedish: advent (sv)
• Tagalog: Adbiyento
• Welsh: Adfent m, Dyfodiad m

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əbˈben]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əbˈvent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [abˈvent]

Proper noun

Advent m

1. Advent

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German advente, from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔatˈvɛnt/

• Audio:

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Noun

Advent m (genitive Adventes or Advents, plural Advente)

1. (Christianity) Advent

   Advent, Advent, ein Lichtlein brennt. ― Advent, advent, a light is burning.

   Erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier; ― First one, then two, then three, then four;

   Dann steht das Christkind vor der Tür. ― Then the Christkind is at the door. (A nursery rhyme.)

Derived terms

• Adventskalender, Adventkalender
• Adventskranz

See also

• Vorweihnachtszeit
• Wintersonnenwende
• Mittwinter
• Dreikönigsfest

Further reading

• “Advent” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atˈvænt/, [ɑdˈvænt]

Noun

Advent f (uncountable)

1. Advent

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Àdvenat

Etymology

From Latin adventus (“coming to”), perfect passive participle form of verb advenīre (“come to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎdʋent/
• Hyphenation: Ad‧vent

Noun

Àdvent m (Cyrillic spelling А̀двент)

1. (Christianity) Advent (the first or the expected second coming of Christ)

Declension

Declension of Advent

	singular
nominative	Advent
genitive	Adventa
dative	Adventu
accusative	Advent
vocative	Advente
locative	Adventu
instrumental	Adventom

Related terms

• àdvent

References

• “Advent” in Hrvatski jezični portal