fettisdag

== Swedish == === Etymology === fet (“fat”) +‎ tisdag (“Tuesday”). Compare English Fat Tuesday, French mardi gras. === Noun === fettisdag c (usually in the definite "fettisdagen") Shrove Tuesday (the Tuesday before Lent) ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes jokingly analyzed and pronounced as fettis + dagen (roughly "the fatso day;" see fett (“fat”) and -is), due to semla traditionally being eaten on Shrove Tuesday in Sweden. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== fastlagstisdag ==== Derived terms ==== fettisdagsbulle ==== See also ==== semla === References === fettisdag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) fettisdag in Svensk ordbok (SO) fettisdag in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)