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lent¹
- /lɛnt/
Sounds like leant, Lent · Rhymes with -ɛnt
noun lents
- Alternative letter-case form of Lent
verb
- simple past and past participle of lend
Lent²
- /lɛnt/
Sounds like leant, lent, lint (pin–pen merger) · Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
Shortened form of Lenten, from Old English lencten, from Proto-West Germanic *langatīn (“spring”), as in a season into which days lengthen as it progresses.
Cognate with Alemannic German langsé, Langssi (“spring”), Bavarian longas, lòngas, longast (“spring”), Cimbrian langaz, langhes, långez (“spring”), lentz (“March”), Dutch lente (“spring”), German Lenz, Lenze (“spring”), Mòcheno langes (“spring”).
noun Lents
- A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures. Hezekiah gave up vaping for Lent.
- The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week.
- The 46 days preceding Easter, reckoned as 40 days by excluding Sundays. This Tuesday and Wednesday, four holidays from different cultures and religions overlap in a rare calendar year. The celebrations of Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) and Lunar New Year both occur on Tuesday, Feb. 17 [2026]. This won't happen again until Feb. 13, 2029, according to the websites chinahighligh
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Ellipsis of Lent term
Similar: Lententide, Lent season, Lenten season, season of Lent, Quadragesima, Great Lent, Lent term
- vassa, period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season
Lent³
Where it comes from
Two main origins:
* Reduced form of Dutch van Lent, a habitational surname for someone from Lent, in Gelderland.
* Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Lenth, from a personal name related to the noun Land.
proper noun Lents
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lententide, devoted, been, advanced, printed, taken, donated, delivered, paid, ready, prepared, sworn, loan, extended, granted, given
Translations
Every language
noun Christian period of penitence before Easter
| Español | Cuaresma |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사순절 sasunjeol |
| 日本語 | 四旬節 shijunsetsu |
| 中文 | 大齋期 /大斋期 dàizhāiqī, 四旬节 sìxúnjié, 四旬節 /四旬节 |
| हिन्दी | चालीसा काल cālīsā kāl |
| Kiswahili | kwaresima |
| Português | quaresma |
| Français | carême |
| Deutsch | Fastenzeit |
| Italiano | Quaresima |
| Ελληνικά | Σαρακοστή Sarakostí, Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή Megáli Tessarakostí |
| Română | postul mare, postul Paștelui, postul Paștilor, păresimi, Păresimi |
| Русский | Вели́кий пост Velíkij post |
| Tiếng Việt | Mùa Chay |
| العربية | الصَّوْم الْأَرْبَعِينِيّ aṣ-ṣawm al-ʔarbaʕīniyy, اَلصَّوْم اَلْكَبِير aṣ-ṣawm al-kabīr |
| עברית | הַתַּעֲנִית hata'anít |
Talk about this word "lent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lent. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lent. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lent "lent." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lent.Cite this
@misc{lent_2026,
title = {lent},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lent},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
