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- French · borrowed frommardi gras
- English todayMardi Gras
Borrowed from French mardi gras (literally “fat Tuesday”).
Words from the same roots
Frenchmardi gras all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
mardi gras
Today it means: The day when traditionally all fat and meat in the house were finished up, before Christians were banned from eating them during Lent, which commenced the following day on Ash Wednesday. Full definition →
French mardi gras