English
Noun
Shrove Tuesday (plural Shrove Tuesdays)
- The day before the beginning of Lent, when pancakes are traditionally eaten, originally to use up milk and eggs that would otherwise spoil because of not being eaten during Lent.
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Translations
day before the beginning of Lent
- Armenian: բարեկենդան (hy) (barekendan)
- Belarusian: масьленіца f (másʹlenica)
- Danish: hvide tirsdag c
- Finnish: laskiaistiistai (fi), (colloquial) laskiainen (fi)
- German: Faschingsdienstag m
- Hungarian: húshagyókedd (hu)
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- Polish: tłusty czwartek (pl) m
- Russian: ма́сленица (ru) f (máslenica)
- Skolt Sami: maiddpââʹzzlâšttam
- Spanish: martes de carnaval m
- Swedish: fettisdag (sv) c
- Ukrainian: масниця f (másnycja)
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