"Shrove Tuesday" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Shrove Tuesdays [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{lg|reflex}} reflex, {{inh|en|ang|*scrāf}} Old English *scrāf Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Shrove Tuesday}} Shrove Tuesday (plural Shrove Tuesdays)
  1. The day before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Categories (topical): Holidays Synonyms: Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Pancake Day, Pancake Tuesday, Carnival Related terms: Shrovetide Translations (day before the beginning of Lent): الثلاثاء البدين (Arabic), ثلاثاء المرافع (Arabic), يوم البان كيك هي (Arabic), բարեկենդան (barekendan) (Armenian), ма́сьленіца (másʹljenica) [feminine] (Belarusian), Meurlarjez (Breton), Mallarje (Breton), Mallarjez (Breton), Mallarde (Breton), Meurzh al Lard (Breton), an Ened (Breton), фашенґі (fašengi) (Carpathian Rusyn), dimarts de carnaval [masculine] (Catalan), hvide tirsdag [common-gender] (Danish), vastenavond [masculine] (Dutch), vastlapäev (Estonian), vastlad (Estonian), laskiaistiistai (Finnish), laskiainen [colloquial] (Finnish), mardi gras [masculine] (French), martes de entroido [masculine] (Galician), Faschingsdienstag [masculine] (German), Fastnachtsdienstag [masculine] (German), húshagyókedd (Hungarian), Selasa Gemuk (Indonesian), Liukupäivä (Ingrian), Máirt Inide [feminine] (Irish), Máirt na hInide [feminine] (Irish), martedì grasso [masculine] (Italian), パンケーキ・デイ (pankēki-dei) (Japanese), 팬케이크 데이 (paenkeikeu dei) (Korean), Maddi Gra (Louisiana Creole), zapust [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), Jemayrt Innyd [masculine] (Manx), Oie Innyd [feminine] (Manx), fetetirsdag [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), feitetirsdag [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), feittirsdag [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), grautatirsdag [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), hvitetirsdag [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), feitetysdag [common-gender] (Norwegian Nynorsk), feittysdag [common-gender] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Faschtnachtsdaag [masculine] (Pennsylvania German), Faasnachtdaag [masculine] (Pennsylvania German), Fassnacht [feminine] (Pennsylvania German), سهشنبه اعتراف (Persian), tłusty czwartek [masculine] (Polish), terça-feira gorda [feminine] (Portuguese), terça-feira de carnaval [feminine] (Portuguese), lăsatul secului de carne (Romanian), ма́сленица (máslenica) [feminine] (Russian), Dimàirt Inide [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), Dimàirt na h-Inide [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), maiddpââʹzzlâšttam (Skolt Sami), Fašiangy (Slovak), martes de carnaval [masculine] (Spanish), fettisdag [common-gender] (Swedish), Tövbe Salısı (Turkish), ма́сниця (másnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Dydd Mawrth Ynyd [masculine] (Welsh), Fêsteljûn (West Frisian)
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
          "word": "laskiaistiistai"
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "word": "mardi gras"
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          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "word": "martes de entroido"
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "word": "Faschingsdienstag"
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "word": "Fastnachtsdienstag"
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
          "word": "Selasa Gemuk"
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "word": "Máirt na hInide"
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "word": "martedì grasso"
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
          "word": "パンケーキ・デイ"
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "word": "terça-feira gorda"
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "word": "terça-feira de carnaval"
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
          "word": "lăsatul secului de carne"
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          "code": "sms",
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
          "word": "maiddpââʹzzlâšttam"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
          "word": "Fašiangy"
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          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "word": "zapust"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "martes de carnaval"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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          "word": "fettisdag"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
          "word": "Tövbe Salısı"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "másnycja",
          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ма́сниця"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dydd Mawrth Ynyd"
        },
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          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
          "word": "Fêsteljûn"
        }
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  "word": "Shrove Tuesday"
}
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        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
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        "Terms with French translations",
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        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Ingrian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
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        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
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          "text": "Coordinate term: Fat Thursday"
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          "text": "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",
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          "ref": "1779, David Dalyrymple, Annals of Scotland From the Accenssion of Robert I, page 283:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "ثلاثاء المرافع"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "يوم البان كيك هي"
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      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "բարեկենդան"
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      "word": "ма́сьленіца"
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      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "Meurlarjez"
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      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "Mallarjez"
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "Mallarde"
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "Meurzh al Lard"
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "an Ened"
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      "roman": "fašengi",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "фашенґі"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dimarts de carnaval"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hvide tirsdag"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vastenavond"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "vastlapäev"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "vastlad"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "laskiaistiistai"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "laskiainen"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "mardi gras"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "martes de entroido"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Faschingsdienstag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Fastnachtsdienstag"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "húshagyókedd"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "Selasa Gemuk"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "Liukupäivä"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Máirt Inide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Máirt na hInide"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "martedì grasso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pankēki-dei",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "パンケーキ・デイ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "paenkeikeu dei",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "팬케이크 데이"
    },
    {
      "code": "lou",
      "lang": "Louisiana Creole",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "Maddi Gra"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Jemayrt Innyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Oie Innyd"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "fetetirsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "feitetirsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "feittirsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "grautatirsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "hvitetirsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "feitetysdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "feittysdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdc",
      "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Faschtnachtsdaag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdc",
      "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Faasnachtdaag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdc",
      "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fassnacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "سهشنبه اعتراف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tłusty czwartek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "terça-feira gorda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "terça-feira de carnaval"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "lăsatul secului de carne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "máslenica",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́сленица"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dimàirt Inide"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dimàirt na h-Inide"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "maiddpââʹzzlâšttam"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "Fašiangy"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zapust"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "martes de carnaval"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fettisdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "Tövbe Salısı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "másnycja",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́сниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dydd Mawrth Ynyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "day before the beginning of Lent",
      "word": "Fêsteljûn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Shrove Tuesday"
}

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