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I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras.
Poppy Z. Brite

Meaning of "Mardi Gras" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MARDI GRAS

French: fat Tuesday.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MARDI GRAS

Mardi Gras  [ˈmɑːdɪ ˈɡrɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARDI GRAS

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Mardi Gras is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MARDI GRAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras /ˈmɑrdiɡrɑː/, also Fat Tuesday in English, refers to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Epiphany or Kings day and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday," reflecting the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season. Related popular practices are associated with celebrations before the fasting and religious obligations associated with the penitential season of Lent. The date of Fat Tuesday coincides with that of celebrations of Shrove Tuesday, from the word shrive, meaning "confess."...

Definition of Mardi Gras in the English dictionary

The definition of Mardi Gras in the dictionary is the festival of Shrove Tuesday, celebrated in some cities with great revelry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MARDI GRAS


Accra
əˈkrɑː
ancora
æŋˈkɔːrɑː
arar
ˈɑːrɑː
Aymara
ˌaɪməˈrɑː
baccarat
ˈbækəˌrɑː
Biskra
ˈbɪskrɑː
bra
brɑː
bura
buːˈrɑː
Fra
frɑː
hurrah
hʊˈrɑː
Kra
krɑː
Kura
kʊˈrɑː
mara
məˈrɑː
marah
ˈmɑːrɑː
mudra
məˈdrɑː
parapara
ˈpɑːrɑːpɑːrɑː
rah
rɑː
registrar
ˌrɛdʒɪˈstrɑː
ta-ra
tæˈrɑː
tara
ˈtɑːrɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MARDI GRAS

Marciano
Marcionism
Marco Polo
Marconi
Marconi rig
Marconi-rigged
marconigram
marconigraph
Marcos
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Marcuse
Marduk
mardy
mare
mare clausum
Mare Internum

WORDS THAT END LIKE MARDI GRAS

Algeciras
apsaras
Aras
arras
Banaras
Barras
Carreras
Duras
Esdras
extras
foie gras
Gulf of Honduras
Hatteras
Honduras
madras
Patras
Protagoras
Pythagoras
sassafras
teras

Synonyms and antonyms of Mardi Gras in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Mardi Gras» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MARDI GRAS

Find out the translation of Mardi Gras to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Mardi Gras from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Mardi Gras» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

狂欢节
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mardi Gras
570 millions of speakers

English

Mardi Gras
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मार्डी ग्रास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ماردي غرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Mardi Gras
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mardi Gras
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মারি গ্রাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Mardi Gras
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mardi Gras
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Karneval
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マルディグラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

마디 그라
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mardi Gras
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Mardi Gras
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மார்டி க்ராஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मार्डी ग्रास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mardi Gras
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Mardi Gras
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mardi Gras
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Mardi Gras
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mardi Gras
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Mardi Gras
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Mardi Gras
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mardi Gras
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mardi Gras
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Mardi Gras

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MARDI GRAS»

The term «Mardi Gras» is very widely used and occupies the 18.790 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MARDI GRAS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Mardi Gras

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7 QUOTES WITH «MARDI GRAS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Mardi Gras.
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Bryan Batt
In the dining room, next to my collection of colorful papier-mache Mardi Gras float art, hang draperies made of the New Orleans toile fabric that I designed pre-Katrina for Hazelnut.
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Bryan Batt
My family's business was actually an amusement park in New Orleans. My grandfather had started that, and my grandmother was a dance maven in New Orleans. It was just the theatricality and the Mardi Gras and the pageantry that I fell in love with at an early age.
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Poppy Z. Brite
I like visiting people's homes on Saint Joseph's Day, when people set up altars, serve food as a tribute to the saint, and invite the public - I enjoy that much more than Mardi Gras.
4
Sung Kang
It's always on everyone's list, like, 'What's New Orleans like?' I think people have a pre-conceived idea, like it's just Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street. But really, there's so much culture, the music's great, the food's great. It's not good for the waistline! But I'm actually from the South, I'm from Georgia, so the weather doesn't bother me.
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Adam Richman
The first Mardi Gras I went to, I stayed at the Tulane AE Pi house on Broadway. Slept on a pool table one night, slept under it the next.
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Christian Scott
At Mardi Gras, the different tribes will basically play war games, and so my brother is what you call a Flag Boy, which is more of less like a tribe's diplomat. He carries the game's standard and is really the line of where the game starts.
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Jacki Weaver
I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARDI GRAS»

Discover the use of Mardi Gras in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Mardi Gras and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mardi Gras
"Read about Mardi Gras and see how it is celebrated in the United States and around the world"--Provided by publisher.
Dianne M. MacMillan, 2008
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Dinosaur Mardi Gras
She thinks Carnival is cool and the best way to celebrate is to let the good times roar! This is the fifth book Gentry has dreamed up with Dianne de Las Casas. She lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Dianne de Las Casas, 2011
3
Mardi Gras and Carnival
Explore the history of Mardi Gras, and Carnival, and all its different customs taken from around the world!
Molly Aloian, 2009
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Mardi Gras: New Orleans
Carnival artist and historian Henri Schindler offers a stunning panorama of Mardi Gras' evolution and its exuberant diversity - the early Creole cavalcades; the torchlit processions of the Mistick Krewe of Comus; the rise of Rex, King of ...
Henri Schindler, 1997
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Mardi Gras in New Orleans: An Alphabet Book
Having experienced teaching Kindergarten, I always searched for books specific to themes. Mardi Gras in New Orleans can also be used with older students to review alliteration. Any reader can predict what might be on the next page.
Karen Jansen, 2008
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Mardi Gras, Gumbo, and Zydeco: Readings in Louisiana Culture
Crystalizing its rich diversity and character, these sharply focused essays are a precise introduction to aspects that too often are diffused in sundry discussions of general Deep South culture.
Marcia G. Gaudet, James C. McDonald, 2003
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Cajun Mardi Gras Masks
A study of Cajun Mardi Gras and its traditional mask making
Carl Lindahl, Carolyn Ware, 1997
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Cajun Women and Mardi Gras: Reading the Rules Backward
How Cajun women have creatively refashioned the tradition of rural Mardi Gras runs
Carolyn Ware, 2007
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Mardi Gras: A City's Masked Parade
Describes the origins, symbols, and celebration of Mardi Gras, the pre-Lenten festivities held each year in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lisa Gabbert, 1999
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Mardi Gras!: true stories
This collection of articles about the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras tells of scene queens, love affairs and legends and presents the recollections of a range of contributors including Wendy Harmer, Tina Arena and Tottie Goldsmith.
Richard Wherrett, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARDI GRAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Mardi Gras is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pandora, a possible new krewe for Jefferson Parish Mardi Gras
If all goes as hoped, a new all-female krewe called Pandora will roll in Jefferson Parish on the Monday before Mardi Gras 2016. Krewe Captain ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
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Grant to help build 'cultural campus' hub for Mardi Gras Indians in …
Advocate staff photo by JOHN McCUSKER -- Jay Williams, spy boy with the Buffalo Hunters Mardi Gras Indians, races down Third Street in ... «The New Orleans Advocate, Jul 15»
3
Future Mardi Gras Indian Cultural Campus fueled by $500000 grant
At the future campus, The Mardi Gras Indian Council will present "classes and hands-on workshops about the Mardi Gras Indian traditional art ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
4
Christmas and Mardi Gras combine in Adrian
This year, the theme is “Mardi Gras,” and the festivities will begin today with the Rims and Ribs fundraiser. A free-will donation event, ... «Worthington Daily Globe, Jul 15»
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Fairhope Brewing shows off expansion, prepares for 'Mardi Gras in …
As it prepares to break out the beads (and brews) for its second annual "Mardi Gras in July" celebration on Saturday, Fairhope Brewing ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
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Mardi Gras kicks off
Mardi Gras 2015 was kicked off Saturday, July 11 with the Senior Miss, Miss Petite, Little Miss and Little Master pageants. Mardi Gras runs ... «Ladysmith News, Jul 15»
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Mardi Gras Queen crowned
Sarah Billings (left) is crowned 2015 Mardi Gras Queen by last year's queen Alyssia Geimer at the 56th annual Mardi Gras Queen Coronation ... «Ladysmith News, Jul 15»
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Woman sues Mardi Gras Casino & Resort for discrimination
CHARLESTON - A Poca woman is suing Mardi Gras Casino & Resort after she claims her employment was wrongfully terminated and she was ... «West Virginia Record, Jul 15»
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DIVA of DIY: Turning Mardi Gras beads into a family-friendly activity
Mardi Gras beads and family-friendly entertainment usually do not mix. However, the DIVA of DIY found a way to make it happen. WATCH: See ... «KSHB, Jul 15»
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Mardi Gras kicks off 35th Fun Fest
KINGSPORT — Hundreds of eager Fun Festers gathered downtown near Broad Street on Friday as Mardi Gras kicked off this year's lineup of ... «Kingsport Times News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Mardi Gras [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mardi-gras>. May 2024 ».
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