fettisdag

Swedish

Etymology

fet (“fat”) +‎ tisdag (“Tuesday”). Compare English Fat Tuesday, French mardi gras.

Noun

fettisdag c

  1. (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

Declension of fettisdag
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fettisdag fettisdags
definite fettisdagen fettisdagens
plural indefinite fettisdagar fettisdagars
definite fettisdagarna fettisdagarnas

Synonyms

  • fastlagstisdag

Derived terms

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References

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