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Ash_Wednesday

Ash Wednesday

English

Noun

Ash Wednesday ‎(plural Ash Wednesdays)

A Christian day of penitence, the first day of Lent. It is a movable feast which takes place 40 days before Easter (excluding Sundays).

Translations

a Christian day of penitence

Catalan: Dimecres de cendra m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大齋首日, 大斋首日 ‎(dàzhāi-shǒurì), 聖灰星期三, 圣灰星期三 ‎(shèng-huī-xīngqīsān)
Czech: Popeleční středa f
Danish: askeonsdag c
Dutch: Aswoensdag (nl) m
Faroese: øskudagur m
Finnish: tuhkakeskiviikko
French: mercredi des Cendres (fr)
German: Aschermittwoch (de) m
Greek: Καθαρά Δευτέρα (el) f ‎(Kathará Deftéra)

Hungarian: hamvazószerda (hu)
Italian: Mercoledì delle Ceneri m, Ceneri f pl
Japanese: 灰の水曜日 ‎(はいのすいようび, hai-no suiyōbi)
Maltese: l-Erbgħa ta' l-Irmied, Ras ir-Randan
Norwegian:

Bokmål: askeonsdag m

Nynorsk: oskeonsdag m
Polish: Środa Popielcowa (pl) f
Portuguese: quarta-feira de cinzas f
Russian: Пе́пельная среда́ f ‎(Pépelʹnaja sredá)
Spanish: miércoles de Ceniza m
Swedish: askonsdag c
Tagalog: Miyerkules ng Abo