Mardi Gras

Mar·di Gras

 (mär′dē grä′)

n.

1.

a. Shrove Tuesday, celebrated as a holiday in many places with carnivals, masquerade balls, and parades of costumed merrymakers.

b. A carnival period coming to a climax on this day.

2. An occasion of great festivity and merrymaking.

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[French : mardi, Tuesday + gras, fat (from the feasting on Mardi Gras before Lenten fasting).]

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Mardi Gras

(ˈmɑːdɪ ˈɡrɑː)

n

the festival of Shrove Tuesday, celebrated in some cities with great revelry

[French: fat Tuesday]

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Mar•di Gras

(ˈmɑr di ˌgrɑ, ˈgrɑ)
n.

1. the day before Lent celebrated, as in New Orleans, as a day of carnival; Shrove Tuesday.

2. a pre-Lenten carnival period climaxing on this day.

[1690–1700; < French: literally, fat Tuesday]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Mardi Gras - the last day before Lent     pancake day, Shrove Tuesday Christian holy day - a religious holiday for Christians Shrovetide - immediately preceding Lent
	2.	Mardi Gras - a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans Fat Tuesday carnival - a festival marked by merrymaking and processions New Orleans - a port and largest city in Louisiana; located in southeastern Louisiana near the mouth of the Mississippi river; a major center for offshore drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; jazz originated here among black musicians in the late 19th century; Mardi Gras is celebrated here each year

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Translations

ثُلَاثَاءُ الـمَرْفَع

masopustní úterý

fastelavnstirsdag

Fastnachtsdienstag

τελευταία μέρα της Αποκριάς (Δυτικών)

martes de Carnaval

laskiaistiistai

mardi gras

pokladni utorak

martedì grasso

告解火曜日

오순절의 화요일

Vastenavond

fetetirsdal

ostatki

terça-feira de carnaval

вторник на Масленой неделе

fettisdagen

วันเทศกาลสารภาพบาป

büyük perhizin arife günü

ngày thứ Ba trước tuần chay

忏悔节

Mardi Gras

[ˌmɑː^rdiˈgrɑː] n → mardi gras m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Mardi Gras

n → Karneval m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Mardi Gras

→ ثُلَاثَاءُ الـمَرْفَع masopustní úterý fastelavnstirsdag Fastnachtsdienstag τελευταία μέρα της Αποκριάς (Δυτικών) martes de Carnaval laskiaistiistai mardi gras pokladni utorak martedì grasso 告解火曜日 오순절의 화요일 Vastenavond fetetirsdal ostatki terça-feira de carnaval вторник на Масленой неделе fettisdagen วันเทศกาลสารภาพบาป büyük perhizin arife günü ngày thứ Ba trước tuần chay 忏悔节

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