slovo | definícia |
mardi gras (encz) | Mardi Gras, |
Mardi gras (gcide) | Mardi gras \Mar"di` gras"\, n. [F., literally, fat Tuesday.]
1. The last day of Carnival; the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
(the beginning of Lent and fasting); Shrove Tuesday; -- in
some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking; in
the United States it is especially associated with New
Orleans.
Syn: pancake day.
[1913 Webster]
2. The series of festival events celebrated on {Mardi
Gras}[1].
[PJC] |
mardi gras (wn) | Mardi Gras
n 1: the last day before Lent [syn: Mardi Gras, {Shrove
Tuesday}, pancake day]
2: a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last
day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans [syn: {Mardi
Gras}, Fat Tuesday] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
mardi gras (encz) | Mardi Gras, |
Mardi gras (gcide) | Mardi gras \Mar"di` gras"\, n. [F., literally, fat Tuesday.]
1. The last day of Carnival; the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
(the beginning of Lent and fasting); Shrove Tuesday; -- in
some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking; in
the United States it is especially associated with New
Orleans.
Syn: pancake day.
[1913 Webster]
2. The series of festival events celebrated on {Mardi
Gras}[1].
[PJC] |
mardi gras (wn) | Mardi Gras
n 1: the last day before Lent [syn: Mardi Gras, {Shrove
Tuesday}, pancake day]
2: a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday (the last
day before Lent) but especially in New Orleans [syn: {Mardi
Gras}, Fat Tuesday] |
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