Advent

See also:advent

English

Etymology

Seeadvent.

Proper noun

Advent

1. (Christianity)The first or the expectedsecond comingofChrist.
2. (Christianity)The period or season of the Christian church year betweenAdvent SundayandChristmas.
3. Acivil parishnearBodmin Moor,Cornwall,England;derived from SaintAdwenor Adwenna.
4. AnunincorporatedcommunityinJackson County,West Virginia,United States,named after a local church.

Synonyms

• (season):Christmas season,Christmastide,yuletide;holiday season(secular)

Derived terms

• Advent calendar
• Advent candle
• Advent crown
• Advent Sunday
• Advent wreath

Related terms

• Adventist

Translations

coming of the Christ

• Bulgarian:прише́ствиеn(prišéstvie)
• Catalan:Advent(ca)m
• Esperanto:Kristalveno
• Finnish:Kristuksentuleminen
• Greek:

  Ancient:Ἔλευσιςf(Éleusis)

• Ido:advento(io)
• Indonesian:adven(id)
• Macedonian:пришествиеn(prišestvie)
• Plautdietsch:Adwentm
• Pohnpeian:Adwendo
• Russian:прише́ствие(ru)n(prišéstvije)
• Spanish:Advientom
• Tagalog:Adbiyento

season before Christmas

• Basque:Abendualdia
• Catalan:Advent(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Tương lâm kỳ／Tương lâm kỳ(zoeng¹lam⁴kei⁴),Hàng lâm tiết／Hàng lâm tiết(gong³lam⁴zit³),Đãi hàng tiết／Đãi hàng tiết(doi⁶gong³zit³)

  Mandarin:Tương lâm kỳ／Tương lâm kỳ(zh)(jiānglínqī),Hàng lâm tiết／Hàng lâm tiết(zh)(Jiànglínjié),Đãi hàng tiết／Đãi hàng tiết(Dàijiàngjié)

• Cimbrian:Avént
• Czech:advent(cs)m
• Danish:advent(da)
• Dutch:advent(nl)m
• Esperanto:Advento
• Faroese:adventf,atventf,jólaføstaf
• Finnish:adventti(fi)
• French:Avent(fr)m
• Galician:adventom
• Georgian:ადვენტი(advenṭi)
• German:Advent(de)m
• Greek:Δευτέρα Έλευσηf(Deftéra Élefsi)
• Hungarian:advent(hu)
• Icelandic:aðventa(is)f,jólafastaf
• Indonesian:adven(id)
• Irish:Aidbhintf
• Italian:Avventom
• Japanese:Hàng lâm tiết(ja)(こうりんせつ, kōrinsetsu)
• Korean:대림절(daerimjeol)
• Latin:adventus(la)m
• Latvian:Advente
• Lithuanian:Adventas(lt)
• Luxembourgish:Advent(lb)m
• Maltese:Avvent
• Maori:Haerenga mai
• Norwegian Bokmål:advent(no)m
• Norwegian Nynorsk:adventf
• Plautdietsch:Adwentm
• Polish:adwent(pl)m
• Portuguese:Advento(pt)m
• Romanian:Advent(ro)n
• Russian:Адве́нт(ru)m(Advént)
• Serbo-Croatian:došašće
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian:adwentm

• Spanish:Advientom
• Swahili:Majilio,Adventi
• Swedish:advent(sv)
• Tagalog:Adbiyento
• Vietnamese:Mùa Vọng
• Welsh:Adfentm,Dyfodiadm

Further reading

• Adventon Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Advent (disambiguation)on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Catalan

Alternative forms

• advent

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinadventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[ədˈben]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[ədˈvent]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[adˈvent]
• Rhymes:-ent

Proper noun

Adventm

1. Advent

German

Etymology

FromMiddle High Germanadvente,borrowed fromLatinadventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ʔatˈvɛnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Adventm(strong,genitiveAdventesorAdvents,pluralAdvente)

1. (Christianity)Advent

   Advent,Advent,ein Lichtlein brennt.―Advent,advent,a light is burning.

   Erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier;―First one, then two, then three, then four;

   Dann steht das Christkind vor der Tür.―Then theChristkindis at the door. (A nursery rhyme.)

Declension

Declension ofAdvent[masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Advent	die	Advente
genitive	eines	des	Adventes,Advents	der	Advente
dative	einem	dem	Advent,Advente1	den	Adventen
accusative	einen	den	Advent	die	Advente

¹Now rare,see notes.

Derived terms

• Adventskalender,Adventkalender
• Adventskranz

See also

• Vorweihnachtszeit
• Wintersonnenwende
• Mittwinter
• Dreikönigsfest

Further reading

• “Advent”inDudenonline
• “Advent”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatinadventus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ɑtˈvænt]

Noun

Adventm(uncountable)

1. Advent

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Àdvenat

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinadventus(“coming to”),perfect passive participle form of verbadvenīre(“come to”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ǎdʋent/
• Hyphenation:Ad‧vent

Noun

Àdventm(Cyrillic spellingА̀двент)

1. (Christianity)Advent(the first or the expected second coming of Christ)

Declension

Declension ofAdvent

	singular
nominative	Advent
genitive	Adventa
dative	Adventu
accusative	Advent
vocative	Advente
locative	Adventu
instrumental	Adventom

Related terms

• àdvent

References

• “Advent”inHrvatski jezični portal