MARDI GRAS

Meaning of MARDI GRAS in English

(French: Fat Tuesday), festive day celebrated in France on the Tuesday (Shrove Tuesday; q.v.) before Ash Wednesday, which marks the close of the pre-Lenten season. In the United States the festival is most elaborately celebrated in New Orleans. See carnival.

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MARDI GRAS — -ˌgrȯ noun Etymology: French, literally, fat Tuesday Date: 1699 1. a. : Shrove Tuesday often observed (as in New Orleans) …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MARDI GRAS — [Mar.di Gras] n [F, lit., fat Tuesday] (1699) 1 a: Shrove Tuesday often observed (as in New Orleans) with parades …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MARDI GRAS — a popular US carnival (= public festival) held in New Orleans during the week before the first day of Lent …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
MARDI GRAS — noun Etymology: French, literally, fat Tuesday Date: 1699 1. Shrove Tuesday often observed (as in New Orleans) with parades and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MARDI GRAS — (French: "Fat Tuesday") Lent . Traditionally, households consumed all the remaining foods that would be forbidden during Lent (e.g., eggs) …
Английский словарь Британика
MARDI GRAS — Mardi Gras BrE AmE ˌmɑːd i ˈɡrɑː AmE \ ˈmɑːrd i ɡrɑː -ɡrɔː; ˌ••ˈ•
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MARDI GRAS — Mardi Gras is the Christian festival of Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent, which people in some places celebrate by …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARDI GRAS — |märdē|grä, |mȧdē|grȧ, -di|- noun Usage: usually capitalized M&G Etymology: French, literally, fat Tuesday 1. a. : the last day before …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARDI GRAS — (n.) The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking.
Английский словарь Webster
MARDI GRAS — ( n. ) The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MARDI GRAS — /mahr"dee grah', grah"/ 1. the day before Lent, celebrated in some cities, as New Orleans and Paris, as a day …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MARDI GRAS — last day before Lent (celebrated with parades in New Orleans, USA)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MARDI GRAS — noun the last day of carnival; shrove tuesday; in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking.
Webster English vocab
MARDI GRAS — Pronunciation: ' mär-d ē - ˌ grä, in New Orleans commonly - ˌ gro ̇ Function: noun Etymology: F, literally, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MARDI GRAS — [ ˌmα:dɪ'grα: ] ■ noun a carnival held in some countries on Shrove Tuesday. Origin Fr., lit. 'fat Tuesday', alluding …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MARDI GRAS — / ˌmɑːdi ˈgrɑː; NAmE ˈmɑːrdi grɑː/ noun [ U ] (from French ) the day before the beginning of Lent, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MARDI GRAS — Mar ‧ di Gras /ˌmɑːdi ˈɡrɑː $ ˈmɑːrdi ɡrɑː/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MARDI GRAS — n. 1 a Shrove Tuesday in some Catholic countries. b merrymaking on this day. 2 the last day of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MARDI GRAS — n. 1 a Shrove Tuesday in some Catholic countries. b merrymaking on this day. 2 the last day of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MARDI GRAS — n.1 a Shrove Tuesday in some Catholic countries. b merrymaking on this day. 2 the last day of a carnival …
Oxford English vocab
MARDI GRAS — ~ is the Christian festival of Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent, which people in some places celebrate by wearing …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MARDI GRAS — (French: "Fat Tuesday") Carnival celebrated on or culminating on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MARDI GRAS — Synonyms and related words : Advent, Allhallowmas, Allhallows, Allhallowtide, Annunciation, Annunciation Day, Ascension Day, Ash Wednesday, Candlemas, Candlemas Day, Carnival, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MARDI GRAS — масленица
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARDI GRAS — Жирный вторник
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MARDI GRAS — Марди грас ( вторник на масленой неделе - народный праздник в некоторых городах )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MARDI GRAS — Марди грас ( вторник на масленой неделе - народный праздник в некоторых городах )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MARDI GRAS — Марди грас ( вторник на масленой неделе - народный праздник в некоторых городах )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MARDI GRAS — вторник на масляной неделе
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MARDI GRAS — вторник на масляной неделе
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
MARDI GRAS — Марди-Гра (Вторник на масленой неделе) Праздник в Новом Орлеане и других городах Луизианы, с красочным карнавалом, балами и парадами с участием …
MARDI GRAS — Марди-Гра (Вторник на масленой неделе) Праздник в Новом Орлеане и других городах Луизианы, с красочным карнавалом, балами и парадами с …
MARDI GRAS — Марди Грас - праздник, преимущественно католический, проводится во вторник на Масленицу, перед Великим постом; в США наиболее пышно отмечается в …
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
MARDI GRAS — Марди Грас - праздник, преимущественно католический, проводится во вторник на Масленицу, перед Великим постом; в США наиболее пышно отмечается в …
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
MARDI GRAS — масленица
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARDI
Cambridge English vocab
GRAS — abbreviation generally recognized as safe; generally regarded as safe
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GRAS — abbreviation generally recognized as safe
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRAS — /gras/ generally recognized as safe: a status label assigned by the FDA to a listing of substances (GRASlist) not known …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GRAS — harmless, not dangerous to one's health (label assigned by the FDA to food additives that are considered safe)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
GRAS — generally recognized as safe; generally regarded as safe
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GRAS — [GRAS] abbreviation generally recognized as safe
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GRAS — A public domain graph-oriented database system for software engineering applications from RWTH Aachen .
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
GRAS — Generally Recognized as Safe
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
MARDI — Mardi
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARDI — Mardi
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRAS — безвредный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GRAS — безвредный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
GRAS — (Generally Recognized as Safe) Признанный безвредным. Официальная маркировка США на лекарствах и пищевых продуктах.
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
MARDI — Mardi
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MARDI — Mardi
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PÂTÉ DE FOIE GRAS — noun (plural pâtés de foie gras) Etymology: French, literally, pâté of fat liver Date: 1827 a pâté of fat goose …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PÂTÉ DE FOIE GRAS — (|)pä|tādəf|wäˈgrä also (|)pa|t- sometimes |päd.ēd- or |pad.ēd- noun ( plural pâ·tés de foie gras -ā(z)d-, -ē(z)d-) Etymology: French, goose-liver pastry …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PÂTÉ DE FOIE GRAS — /pah tay" deuh fwah' grah", pa tay"/ ; Fr. /pah taydeu fwann grddah"/ , pl. pâtés de foie gras /pah …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOIE GRAS — /fwah grah"/ ; Fr. /fwah grddah"/ the liver of specially fattened geese or ducks, used as a table delicacy, esp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PÂTÉ DE FOIE GRAS — noun ( plural pâ·tés de foie gras -ˌtā(z)-) Etymology: French, literally, pâté of fat liver Date: 1827 : a pâté …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PATE DE FOIE GRAS — [pa.te de foie gras] n, pl pa.tes de foie gras [F, lit., pate of fat liver] (1827): a pate of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOIE GRAS — (French: fat liver), a delicacy of French cuisine, the liver of a goose or duck that has been fattened by …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOIE GRAS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Happily there was no pâté de foie gras to alarm her and certainly no truffles …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TUESDAY — mardí
English interlingue dictionary
SHROVE TUESDAY — grass mardí
English interlingue dictionary
HOME — hem (-atri); domicilie; pais natal; (institution) asil. MRS. N. IS AT ~ ON TUESDAY: Sra. N. accepte chascun mardi. AT …
English interlingue dictionary
KREWE — noun Etymology: alteration of crew Date: 1936 a private organization staging festivities (as parades) during Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FAT TUESDAY — noun Date: 1866 Mardi Gras 1a
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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