"Weiberfastnacht" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈvaɪ̯bɐˌfastnaχt/, /ˌvaɪ̯bɐˈfastnaχt/ Audio: De-Weiberfastnacht.ogg
Etymology: From Weiber (“women”) + Fastnacht (“carnival”). Etymology templates: {{compound|de|Weiber|Fastnacht|t1=women|t2=carnival}} Weiber (“women”) + Fastnacht (“carnival”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f,^e}} Weiberfastnacht f (genitive Weiberfastnacht, plural Weiberfastnächte) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,^e}} Forms: Weiberfastnacht [genitive], Weiberfastnächte [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Weiberfastnacht [nominative, singular], Weiberfastnächte [definite, nominative, plural], Weiberfastnacht [genitive, singular], Weiberfastnächte [definite, genitive, plural], Weiberfastnacht [dative, singular], Weiberfastnächten [dative, definite, plural], Weiberfastnacht [accusative, singular], Weiberfastnächte [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. A holiday celebrated mostly in the Rhineland on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday. Originally a special day for women’s carnival, but now celebrated by both sexes as the beginning of the six-day peak of the carnival season. Remnants of the original purpose are that women are allowed to cut off men's ties and to kiss (on the cheek) whomever they want. Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Holidays
    Sense id: en-Weiberfastnacht-de-noun-az~1XQpc Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: Altweiber, Altweiberfastnacht, ;, Fettdonnerstag[Fat Thursday]]>[Aachen]] region>, ;, Schmotziger Donnerstag, ;, Schwerdonnerstag[Cologne]]>, ;, Weiberfasching, ;, Weiberfasnet[Swabian]]>, ;, Wieverfastelovend[Colognian]] (Cologne dialect)>

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          "ref": "2010, Helga Resch, Der Karnevalsknigge: Feiern wie die echten Kölschen, Kiepenheuer & Witsch",
          "text": "Neben Rosenmontag ist Weiberfastnacht, auf Kölsch Wieverfastelovend, der wichtigste Tag im Karneval und gleichzeitig der erste der sechs Straßenkarnevalstage bis Aschermittwoch.",
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          "ref": "2014, Jens Baumeister, Karneval für Imis: Ein Survivalguide durch den Kölner Karneval, Emons Verlag",
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