Advent — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæɾɚpˌɪlɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈeɪnɪzəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈeɪnɪzəm/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæɾɚpˌɪlɚ/.

Examples

the advent of the computer

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Second Advent Second Coming of Christ Second Coming coming Parousia

Parts of Speech

noun	arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) “the advent of the computer”
noun	the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
noun	(Christian theology) the reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment

Word Forms

come

verb

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

avènement

arrivée attendue (surtout de quelque chose de capital)

🇪🇸Spanish

adviento

llegada que se ha esperado (especialmente de algo trascendental)

🇮🇹Italian

Avvento

arrivo atteso (soprattutto di qualcosa di importante)

🇳🇱Dutch

komst

aankomst waarop is gewacht (vooral van iets gedenkwaardigs)

🇵🇹Portuguese

advento

chegada que foi esperada (especialmente de algo importante)

🇷🇺Russian

появление

долгожданное прибытие (особенно чего-то важного)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आगमन

वह आगमन जिसकी प्रतीक्षा की जा रही थी (विशेषकर किसी महत्वपूर्ण चीज़ का)

🇧🇩Bengali

আবির্ভাব

আগমন যা প্রতীক্ষিত হয়েছে (বিশেষ করে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ কিছুর)

🇮🇳Tamil

வருகை

காத்திருக்கும் வருகை (குறிப்பாக முக்கியமான ஒன்று)

🇮🇳Telugu

ఆగమనం

వేచి ఉన్న రాక (ముఖ్యంగా ముఖ్యమైనది)

🇮🇳Marathi

आगमन

वाट पाहत असलेले आगमन (विशेषत: काहीतरी महत्त्वाचे)

🇮🇳Gujarati

આગમન

આગમન કે જેની રાહ જોવામાં આવી રહી છે (ખાસ કરીને કંઈક મહત્વપૂર્ણ)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಆಗಮನ

ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಆಗಮನ (ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಏನಾದರೂ ಮಹತ್ವದ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

വരവ്

കാത്തിരിക്കുന്ന വരവ് (പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് സുപ്രധാനമായ എന്തെങ്കിലും)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਆਗਮਨ

ਆਗਮਨ ਜਿਸਦੀ ਉਡੀਕ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ (ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਕਿਸੇ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਣ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੀ)

🇵🇰Urdu

آمد

آمد جس کا انتظار کیا جا رہا ہے (خاص طور پر کسی اہم چیز کی)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

来临

等待已久的到来（尤其是一些重要的事情）

🇯🇵Japanese

降臨

待ち望んでいた到着（特に重大なものの）

🇰🇷Korean

출현

기다려온 도착(특히 중대한 일의 도착)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự xuất hiện

sự đến đã được chờ đợi (đặc biệt là một điều gì đó quan trọng)

🇹🇭Thai

การปรากฎตัว

การมาถึงที่รอคอย (โดยเฉพาะสิ่งที่สำคัญยิ่ง)

🇮🇩Indonesian

kedatangan

kedatangan yang ditunggu-tunggu (apalagi sesuatu yang penting)

🇵🇭Filipino

pagdating

pagdating na pinakahihintay (lalo na sa isang mahalagang bagay)

🇲🇾Malay

kedatangan

ketibaan yang telah ditunggu-tunggu (terutama sesuatu yang penting)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مجيء

الوصول الذي تم انتظاره (خصوصًا شيء بالغ الأهمية)

🇮🇷Persian

ظهور

ورود که در انتظار بوده است (مخصوصاً چیزی مهم)

🇹🇷Turkish

geliş

beklenen geliş (özellikle önemli bir şeyin)

🇮🇱Hebrew

הִתגַלוּת

הגעה שחיכו לה (במיוחד של משהו משמעותי)

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