English
Etymology
From shrove past tense of shrive Tuesday
Noun
Shrove Tuesday plural Shrove Tuesdays
The day before the beginning of Lent , when pancakes are traditionally eaten, originally to use up milk and eggs that would otherwise spoil because of not being eaten during Lent.
Synonyms
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
Danish: hvide tirsdag c
Dutch: vastenavond m
Finnish: laskiaistiistai (fi) , ( colloquial ) laskiainen (fi)
French: Mardi Gras m
Galician: martes de entroido m
German: Faschingsdienstag m
Hungarian: húshagyókedd (hu)
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
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fetetirsdag c feitetirsdag c feittirsdag c grautatirsdag c hvitetirsdag c
Nynorsk: feitetysdag c feittysdag c
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}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 )
Scottish Gaelic: Dimàirt Inide m Dimàirt na h-Inide m
Skolt Sami: maiddpââʹzzlâšttam
Spanish: martes de carnaval m
Swedish: fettisdag (sv) c
Turkish: Tövbe Salısı
Ukrainian: ма́сниця f ( másnycja )
Welsh: Dydd Mawrth Ynyd m
West Frisian: Fêsteljûn
