Advent

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English

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Etymology 1

By proprialization from advent.

Proper noun

Advent

  1. (Christianity) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
  2. (Christianity) The period or season of the Christian church year between Advent Sunday and Christmas: the period of the advent (approaching) of Christmas.
    Synonyms: Christmas season, Christmastime, Christmastide, yuletide
    Hypernym: holiday season
  3. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, named after a local church, itself named after the Christian concept.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Saint Adwen (Saint Adwenna).

Proper noun

Advent

  1. A civil parish near Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England.

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adventus.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Advent m

  1. Advent

German

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Etymology

    From Middle High German advent, borrowed from Latin adventus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʔatˈvɛnt/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    Advent m (strong, genitive Adventes or Advents, plural Advente)

    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 the Christkind is at the door. (A nursery rhyme.)

    Declension

    Declension of Advent
    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

    Descendants

    • → Hunsrik: Advent

    See also

    Further reading

    • “Advent” in Duden online
    • “Advent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

    Hunsrik

    Etymology

      Borrowed from German Advent, from Middle High German advent, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin adventus, from Latin adveniō + -tus.[1]

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /atˈvɛnt/
      • Rhymes: -ɛnt
      • Syllabification: Ad‧vent

      Noun

      Advent m (plural Advente)

      1. (Christianity) Advent (season before Christmas)

      References

      1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Advent”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 9, column 1

      Luxembourgish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Latin adventus.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      Advent m (uncountable)

      1. Advent

      Serbo-Croatian

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Latin adventus (“coming to”), perfect passive participle form of verb advenīre (“come to”).

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      Àdvent m (Cyrillic spelling А̀двент)

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

      Declension

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

      References

      • “Advent”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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