Lent

Lent  (lnt)

n.

The 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday until Easter observed by Christians as a season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter.

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[Middle English lenten, lente, spring, Lent, from Old English lencten; see del-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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lent  (lnt)

v.

Past tense and past participle of lend.

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lent [lɛnt]

vb

(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) the past tense and past participle of lend

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Lent [lɛnt]

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity the period of forty weekdays lasting from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday, observed as a time of penance and fasting commemorating Jesus' fasting in the wilderness

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (modifier) falling within or associated with the season before Easter Lent observance

3. (Team Sports / Rowing) (plural) (at Cambridge University) Lent term boat races

[Old English lencten, lengten spring, literally: lengthening (of hours of daylight)]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Lent - a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday Lententide church calendar, ecclesiastical calendar - a calendar of the Christian year indicating the dates of fasts and festivals Good Friday - Friday before Easter Ash Wednesday - the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`Fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance season - a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"

Translations

Lent [lent] N → Cuaresma f

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Lent [ˈlɛnt] n → carême m

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Lent

n → Fastenzeit f

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Lent [lɛnt] n → Quaresima
I'm giving it up for Lent → vi rinuncio come fioretto (quaresimale)

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lent lend

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Lent → الصَوْم الكبير půst faste Fastenzeit Μεγάλη Σαρακοστή Cuaresma paastonaika Carême Lenta Quaresima 四旬節 사순절 Vasten faste Wielki Post quaresma Великий пост fastan ฤดูถือบวชโดยอดอาหารประจำปีก่อนวันอีสเตอร์ของชาวคริสต์ 40 günlük Paskalya dönemi Tuần ăn chay 四旬斋