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

• fettisdagsbulle

See also

• semla

References

• fettisdag in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fettisdag in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fettisdag in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)