Advent

== English == === Etymology 1 === By proprialization from advent. ==== Proper noun ==== Advent (Christianity) The first or the expected second coming of Christ. (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 An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, named after a local church, itself named after the Christian concept. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Saint Adwen (Saint Adwenna). ==== Proper noun ==== Advent A civil parish near Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England. == Catalan == === Alternative forms === advent === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adventus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ədˈben] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ədˈvent] IPA(key): (Valencia) [adˈvent] Rhymes: -ent === Proper noun === Advent m Advent == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German advent, borrowed from Latin adventus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔatˈvɛnt/ === Noun === Advent m (strong, genitive Adventes or Advents, plural Advente) (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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Adventskalender, Adventkalender Adventskranz ==== Descendants ==== → Hunsrik: Advent === See also === Vorweihnachtszeit Wintersonnenwende Mittwinter Dreikönigsfest === Further reading === “Advent” in Duden online “Advent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Hunsrik == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Advent, from Middle High German advent, a learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin adventus, from adveniō + -tus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /atˈvɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt Syllabification: Ad‧vent === Noun === Advent m (plural Advente) (Christianity) Advent (season before Christmas) === References === == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin adventus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɑtˈvænt] === Noun === Advent m (uncountable) Advent == Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === Àdvenat === 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 inan (Cyrillic spelling А̀двент) (Christianity) Advent (the first or the expected second coming of Christ) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== àdvent === References === “Advent”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026