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Shrove Tuesday en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

The second element is Tuesday; the first element may be a reflex of Old English *scrāf “confession” (related to the modern verb shrive), from the medieval practice of priests hearing confessions on this day.

Meanings

1. The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
   • The day appointed for this extraordinary hunting-party was Shrove Tuesday. The Protestants of Paisley, in whose neighbourhood this story may be said to have originated, cannot discern the difference betwixt Shrove Tuesday and any other Tuesday; but if a Roman Catholic Princess, even in our free times, should be invited to a hunting-match on Shrove Tuesday, she would be shocked at the profane invitation. 1779, David Dalyrymple, Annals of Scotland From the Accenssion of Robert I, page 283:
   • Observe when the Moon is new in February, the next Tuesday after is Shrove-tuesday: but if it change on Tuesday, then the next Tuesday following is Shrove-tuesday 1712, Erra Pater, A Prognostication for Ever, Made by Erra Pater, page 7:

Forms

Coordinates

Fat Thursday

Relateds

Shrovetide

Synonyms

Mardi Gras · Pancake Tuesday · Fat Tuesday · Pancake Day · Carnival

Translations (63)

fi laskiaistiistai (day before the beginning of Lent) · hy բարեկենդան (day before the beginning of Lent) · ro lăsatul secului de carne (day before the beginning of Lent) · ar الثلاثاء البدين (day before the beginning of Lent) · dsb zapust (day before the beginning of Lent) · gv Jemayrt Innyd (day before the beginning of Lent) · fa سهشنبه اعتراف (day before the beginning of Lent) · nn feitetysdag (day before the beginning of Lent) · gv Oie Innyd (day before the beginning of Lent) · br Mallarde (day before the beginning of Lent) · tr Tövbe Salısı (day before the beginning of Lent) · nb feittirsdag (day before the beginning of Lent) · da hvide tirsdag (day before the beginning of Lent) · uk ма́сниця (day before the beginning of Lent) · ru ма́сленица (day before the beginning of Lent) · hu húshagyókedd (day before the beginning of Lent) · sms maiddpââʹzzlâšttam (day before the beginning of Lent) · br an Ened (day before the beginning of Lent) · lou Maddi Gra (day before the beginning of Lent) · pl tłusty czwartek (day before the beginning of Lent) · et vastlad (day before the beginning of Lent) · gd Dimàirt Inide (day before the beginning of Lent) · fy Fêsteljûn (day before the beginning of Lent) · ar ثلاثاء المرافع (day before the beginning of Lent) · nb fetetirsdag (day before the beginning of Lent) · id Selasa Gemuk (day before the beginning of Lent) · be ма́сьленіца (day before the beginning of Lent) · ga Máirt Inide (day before the beginning of Lent) · izh Liukupäivä (day before the beginning of Lent) · br Meurlarjez (day before the beginning of Lent) · gd Dimàirt na h-Inide (day before the beginning of Lent) · ja パンケーキ・デイ (day before the beginning of Lent) · cy Dydd Mawrth Ynyd (day before the beginning of Lent) · rue фашенґі (day before the beginning of Lent) · gl martes de entroido (day before the beginning of Lent) · nb hvitetirsdag (day before the beginning of Lent) · fi laskiainen (day before the beginning of Lent) · pl ostatki (day before the beginning of Lent) · pt terça-feira de carnaval (day before the beginning of Lent) · pdc Fassnacht (day before the beginning of Lent) · sv fettisdag (day before the beginning of Lent) · et vastlapäev (day before the beginning of Lent) · nn feittysdag (day before the beginning of Lent) · ca dimarts de carnaval (day before the beginning of Lent) · ar يوم البان كيك هي (day before the beginning of Lent) · pt terça-feira gorda (day before the beginning of Lent) · br Mallarjez (day before the beginning of Lent) · fr mardi gras (day before the beginning of Lent) · nb grautatirsdag (day before the beginning of Lent) · pdc Faschtnachtsdaag (day before the beginning of Lent) · br Mallarje (day before the beginning of Lent) · br Meurzh al Lard (day before the beginning of Lent) · es martes de carnaval (day before the beginning of Lent) · ga Máirt na hInide (day before the beginning of Lent) · sk Fašiangy (day before the beginning of Lent) · ko 팬케이크 데이 (day before the beginning of Lent) · nl vastenavond (day before the beginning of Lent) · de Fastnachtsdienstag (day before the beginning of Lent) · lld merdi de carnescià (day before the beginning of Lent) · nb feitetirsdag (day before the beginning of Lent) · de Faschingsdienstag (day before the beginning of Lent) · it martedì grasso (day before the beginning of Lent) · pdc Faasnachtdaag (day before the beginning of Lent)