Lent

Etymology 1
Shortened form of, from , from , as in a season into which days as it progresses. Related to 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures.
 * 2)  The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week.
 * 3)  The 46 days preceding Easter, reckoned as 40 days by excluding Sundays.
 * , period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season
 * , period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season
 * , period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season

Synonyms

 * , Lent season,, season of Lent,

Translations

 * Arabic: الصَّوْم الْأَرْبَعِينِيّ, اَلصَّوْم اَلْكَبِير
 * Armenian: Մեծ Պահք
 * Aromanian: preasinj, preasinji, pãreasinj
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܐܲܪܒܥܝܼ, ܨܵܘܡܵܐ ܓܘܼܪܵܐ
 * Asturian: Cuaresma
 * Basque: Garizuma
 * Belarusian: Вялі́кі по́ст
 * Bulgarian: Вели́к по́ст
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: velký půst, postní doba
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: veertigdagentijd;
 * Esperanto: Fastsezono
 * Farefare: nõor-lʋa
 * Finnish:, paastonaika, suuri paasto
 * French:
 * Friulian: coresime, cresime
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: დიდი მარხვა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Kalema
 * Hebrew: הַתַּעֲנִית
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Ingrian: Suurpyhä, Pääsiänpaasto, Äijäpyhä
 * Irish: Carghas
 * Italian: Quaresima
 * Japanese: 四旬節
 * Korean:
 * Ladin: carëisema
 * Latin: quādrāgēsima
 * Latvian: Lielais gavēnis
 * Lithuanian: Gavėnia
 * Luxembourgish: Faaschtenzäit
 * Malay: Pra-Paskah
 * Maltese: Randan
 * Mòcheno: Vòst
 * Moore: no-loeere
 * Norman: Tchithême
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, fastetid, langfaste
 * Nynorsk: langfaste
 * Occitan: caresma
 * Persian: چله روزه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, postul Paștelui, postul Paștilor, , Păresimi
 * Romansch: curaisma, cureisma, curesma, quaraisma
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: caresima
 * Scottish Gaelic: Carghas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: коризма, Велики пост
 * Roman:, Veliki post
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: Veľký pôst
 * Slovene: véliki pôst
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: spót, spótny cas
 * Spanish: Cuaresma
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, påskfastan
 * Turkish: Büyük Perhiz
 * Ukrainian:
 * Venetian: cuaréxema, quaresima
 * Vietnamese: Mùa Chay
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: Grawys

Etymology 2
Two main origins:
 * Reduced form of, a habitational surname for someone from , in Gelderland.
 * Perhaps an Americanized spelling of, from a personal name related to the noun.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Lent is the 7652nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4341 individuals. Lent is most common among White (93.16%) individuals.

Etymology
First attested as in lente in 1196. Etymology. Potentially derived from 🇨🇬, from, or dialectal. Compare and.