Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maslenitsa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: maslen-it-sa
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An East Slavic festival of pre-Christian origin celebrated during the last week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter; analogous to Shrovetide.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In pre-revolutionary Russia the pagan associations had already been lost to a large extent, and Maslenitsa had become a popular communal, jolly celebration dedicated to the seeing-off of winter."

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ма́сленица (Máslenica).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Ма́сленица

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Maslenitsas (plural)

Synonyms

Butter Week Cheese Week

Questions

What does maslenitsa mean?: An East Slavic festival of pre-Christian origin celebrated during the last week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter; analogous to Shrovetide.
Where does maslenitsa come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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