How to pronounce “mardi gras”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (usually uncountable) Shrove Tuesday: 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 mercredi des cendres
• (usually uncountable) Mardi Gras: the last day of a carnival, traditionally the celebration immediately before the start of Lent when joy could be out of place for Christians
• (countable) a person dressed up in a ridiculous disguise

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Similar Sounds

mardi gras, mardigras, mardis gras, mary grace, marti gra, yard grass, harding grass, marsh cress, marsh gas, mardis, meadow cress, sword grass