Lent

(lĕnt)

,

imp.

&

p.

of

Lend

.

Lent

,

Noun.

[OE.

lente

,

lenten

,

leynte

, AS.

lengten

,

lencten

, spring, lent, akin to D.

lente

, OHG.

lenzin

,

langiz

, G.

lenz

, and perh. fr. AS.

lang

long, E.

long

, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.]

(Eccl.)

A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.

Lent lily

(Bot.)

,

the daffodil; – so named from its blossoming in spring.

Lent

,

Adj.

[L.

lentus

; akin to

lenis

soft, mild: cf. F.

lent

. See

Lenient

.]

1.

Slow; mild; gentle;

as,

lenter

heats

.

[Obs.]

B. Jonson.

2.

(Mus.)

See

Lento

.

Lent

LENT

,

pp.

of lend.

LENT

, n.

The quadragesimal fast, or fast of forty days observed by the christian church before Easter, the festival of our Savior's resurrection. It begins at Ash Wednesday, and continues till Easter.

Lent

See also: lent

English

Noun

Lent ‎(plural Lents)

Period of penitence for Christians before Easter.

Translations

period of penitence for Christians before Easter

Arabic: اَلصَّوْم اَلْكَبِير m ‎(aṣ-ṣawm al-kabīr)
Armenian: Մեծ Պահք ‎(Mec Pahkʿ)
Aromanian: preasinj, preasinji, pãreasinj
Belarusian: Вялікі пост m ‎(Vjalíki post)
Bulgarian: Велик пост m ‎(Velík post)
Catalan: Quaresma f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大齋期 (zh), 大斋期 (zh) ‎(dàizhāiqī), 四旬节 (zh) ‎(sìxúnjié), 四旬節 (zh)
Czech: Velký půst m
Dutch: vasten (nl) m, vastentijd (nl) m
Esperanto: Fastsezono
Finnish: paasto (fi)
French: carême (fr) m
Georgian: დიდი მარხვა ‎(didi marxva)
German: Fasten (de) n, Fastenzeit (de) f
Greek: Σαρακοστή (el) f ‎(Sarakostí)
Hawaiian: Kalema
Hebrew: התענית
Hungarian: nagyböjt (hu)
Ido: karesmo (io)
Ingrian: Suurpühä
Irish: Carghas
Italian: Quaresima f
Japanese: 四旬節 ‎(しじゅんせつ, shijunsetsu)
Norman: Tchithême m

Korean: 사순절 (ko) ‎(sasunjeol) (四旬節 (ko))
Latin: quadragesima
Maltese: Randan
Persian: چله روزه ‎(čelleh ruzeh)
Polish: Wielki Post (pl) m
Portuguese: quaresma (pt)
Romanian: postul mare (ro), postul Paștelui, postul Paștilor, păresimi (ro)
Russian: Вели́кий пост m ‎(Velíkij post)
Scottish Gaelic: Carghas m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: коризма f, Велики пост m

Roman: korizma (sh) f, Veliki post m
Slovak: Veľký pôst m
Slovene: véliki pôst m
Spanish: Cuaresma f
Swedish: fastan (sv) c, påskfastan c
Turkish: Büyük Perhiz
Ukrainian: Великий піст (uk) m ‎(Velýkyj pist)
Vietnamese: Mùa Chay
Welsh: grawys m

lent

See also: Lent

English

Verb

lent

simple past tense and past participle of lend

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin lentus.

Adjective

lent m ‎(feminine lenta, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)

slow

Derived terms

lentament

Etymology 2

From Latin lēns.

Noun

lent f ‎(plural lents)

lens

French

Etymology

From Latin lentus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lent m ‎(feminine singular lente, masculine plural lents, feminine plural lentes)

slow

Antonyms

rapide

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lentus.

Adjective

lent

slow, sluggish

Related terms

lentece

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɛnt]
Hyphenation: lent

Adverb

lent

down

Synonyms

lenn

Norman

Etymology

From Latin lentus ‎(“slow, sluggish”).

Adjective

lent m

(Jersey) slow

Derived terms

lentement ‎(“slowly”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

lenet

Verb

lent

past participle of lene

Swedish

Adjective

lent

absolute indefinite neuter form of len.

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French

Etymology

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Friulian

Etymology

Adjective

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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