advent
/ˈæd.vɛnt/noun, verb
advent is spelled A-D-V-E-N-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, advent means “Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of advent is advents.
How many letters and syllables are in advent?
| Letters | 6: A-D-V-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is advent?
Advent appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce advent?
- /ˈæd.vɛnt/
- /ˈæd.vənt/
Advent has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-advent.ogg, En-us-advent.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of advent
- advents plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- adventing participle, present
- advented participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does advent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
verb
- 1
To arrive or begin, especially at the first coming or appearance of something.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Advent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense coming, arrival:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does advent come from?
Borrowed from Latin adventus (“arrival, approach”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).