Easter

easter English 2021 April 4 Etymology en 1 :inh enm:ester noun The noun is derived from en enm ester, from en ang ēastre, seemingly from ang Ēastre, a proposed Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival is thought to have been celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from en gmw-pro *Austrā, from en gem-pro *Austrǭ, derived from either en ine-pro *h₂ews- dawn; eastCompare n.1 1 59097 December 2020 1; n or, more semantically plausible, from gem-pro *austrą, *auzrą, a metathesized form of gem-pro *wazrą spring (season), gem-pro *-ǭ, from en ine-pro *wósr̥ spring. The English word is cognate with nds-de Oostern Easter, goh ōstarūn (modern de Ostern) and is possibly a en east 1. Despite a modern folk etymology, not related to en Ishtar. The verb is derived from the noun.v.2 1 277044 September 2018 Pronunciation en /ˈiːstə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Easter.wav Southern England en /ˈistəɹ/ GA en En-us-easter.ogg GA en iːstə(ɹ) 2 en Eas ter Noun ~ en Christianity en Q21196A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8. en Easter Day<id:Q21196> Easter Sunday<id:Q21196> en We spent each of the past five Easters together as a family. en APRIL 15, 2022 w:Anne Applebaum; w:Jeffrey Goldberg w:Volodymyr Zelensky LIBERATION WITHOUT VICTORY https://web.archive.org/web/20220415125656/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/04/zelensky-kyiv-russia-war-ukrainian-survival-interview/629570/ 15 April 2022 w:The Atlantic During the Easter season, the Russians are planning “a great battle in Donbas,” the Russian-occupied region in Ukraine’s far east. “This is not Christian behavior at all, as I understand it. On Easter they will kill, and they will be killed.” en Q867783 en Eastertide the period from Easter to Whitsun. en Easter Day<id:Q21196> Easter Sunday<id:Q21196> en specifically Roman Catholicism dated now chiefly figuratively Usually preceded by an inflection of make: the act of receiving the Eucharist during Easter. en UK Ireland law education en Easter term. en paganism A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara. en obsolete The Jewish Passover. full Mark 14 1 lxv 1 After two dayes folowed eſter⸝ and the dayes of ſwete breed. And the hye preſtꝭ [prestis] and ſcrybꝭ [scrybis] ſought meanes⸝ howe they myght take hym [Jesus] by crafte and putt hym to deeth. Derived terms en Christmas and Easter Christian Cheaster Chreaster Easter basket Easter bilby Easter Bunny,Easter Rabbit Easter cactus Easter daisy Easter Day Easter egg Easter Egger Easter Even Easter egg hunt Easter egg roll Easterfest Easter flower Easter giant Easter grass Easter Island Easter Islander Easter lily Easter Monday Eastermonth Easter Friday Easter Saturday Easter Thursday Easter Tuesday Easter Wednesday Easter Moon Easter Rising Easter Sunday Easter term Eastertide Easter break Eastertime Eastery empty as the tomb on Easter Octave Day of Easter Octave of Easter Russian Easter bread Second Sunday of Easter Ukrainian Easter egg white Easter Related terms en paschal Descendants cic Iista' 1 uli Istoer 1 Translations Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ Afrikaans: af Paasfees Aghwan: xag 𐔰𐕇𐕚𐔼𐔱𐔰𐔺, xag 𐔰𐕇𐕂𐔼𐔱𐔰𐔺 Albanian: sq Pashkët Alutiiq: ems Paas'kaaq American Sign Language: ase E@SideNeckhigh-PalmAcross-E@SideNeckhigh-PalmAcross E@SideNeckhigh-PalmForward-E@SideNeckhigh-PalmForward Amharic: am ፋሲካ Arabic: ar عِيد الْفِصْح m; ecclesiastical, Lebanon, alternatively ar الْعِيد الْكَبِير, ar عِيد الْقِيَامَة m Egyptian Arabic: arz عيد القيامة m ʕīd il-ʔiyāma Aragonese: an Pascua Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܕܩܝܵܡܬܵܐ m ʿēda d-qyamta, aii ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܓܘܼܪܵܐ m ʿēda gura Classical Syriac: syc ܥܐܕܐ ܪܒܐ m ʿēḏā rabbā, syc ܥܐܕܐ ܕܩܝܡܬܐ m ʿēḏā d-qyamta Armenian: hy զատիկ Aromanian: rup Pashti f, rup Grailu-Mari m, rup Ngrei-Mari m Asturian: ast Pascua f Azerbaijani: az Pasxa, az Fish, az fəsh, az eydi-fəsh Bashkir: ba Пасха, ba Пасха Basque: eu Pazkoa Belarusian: be Вялі́кдзень m, be Па́сха f Bengali: bn ইস্টার, bn পুনরুত্থান পার্বণ Bidayuh: Biatah Bidayuh: bth Paskaa Breton: br pask Bulgarian: bg Вели́кден m, bg Възкресе́ние Христо́во n Burmese: my အီစတာ Carpathian Rusyn: rue Великдень Catalan: ca Pasqua f, ca Pasqua de Resurrecció f Chechen: ce Пасхаляь Cherokee: chr ᏥᏌ ᏚᎴᎯᏌᏅ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 復活節 fuk6 wut6 zit3, fau6 wut6 zit3 Hakka: hak 復活節 fu̍k-fa̍t-chiet Hokkien: nan-hbl 閣活節 koh-oa̍h-cheh, koh-oa̍h-choeh Mandarin: cmn 復活節 Chuvash: cv Мункун, cv Mӑнкун Circassian: East Circassian: kbd ӀутӀыж Cornish: kw Pask Corsican: co Pasqua Crow: cro Alihkaluusúu Czech: cs Velikonoce f-p Dalmatian: dlm puoscua f, dlm puasc, dlm puosc, dlm pasc Danish: da påske c Dinka: din Aköljonbɛ̈nyrɔt Dutch: nl Pasen n, nl Paasfeest n Elfdalian: ovd påsker f-p Emilian: egl Pasqua Esperanto: eo Pasko Estonian: et lihavõtted p, et ülestõusmispühad Farefare: gur Paska Faroese: fo páskir f-p Finnish: fi pääsiäinen Franco-Provençal: frp Pâques French: fr Pâques f-p Frisian: North Frisian: frr Puask West Frisian: fy Peaske c Friulian: fur Pasche f Gagauz: gag Paskellä Galician: gl Pascua f Georgian: ka აღდგომა, ka ზადიკი German: de Ostern n-p, de Osterfest n Alemannic German: gsw Oschtere n-p Bavarian: bar Ostan Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Ostere Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Oschdere Silesian East Central German: gmw-ecg Ustern Gothic: got 𐍀𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 Greek: el Πάσχα n Pontic Greek: pnt Λαμπρίν Greenlandic: kl poorski Gujarati: gu ઈસ્ટર Gutnish: gmq-gut pāskar m Hebrew: he פַּסְחָא f páskha Hindi: hi ईस्टर m Hungarian: hu húsvét Hunsrik: hrx Oostre Icelandic: is páskar m-p Ido: io Pasko Indonesian: id Paskah Irish: ga Cáisc An Cháisc f Old Irish: sga Cásc f Italian: it Pasqua f Japanese: ja 復活祭 ふっかつさい, fukkatsusai, ja 聖大パスハ seidai pasuha, ja イースター īsutā Karelian: krl Äijypäivy Kashubian: csb Jastrë f-p Kazakh: kk Пасха Khmer: km អ៊ីស្ទើរ Komi: Komi-Permyak: koi ыджытлун Korean: ko 부활절(復活節) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr hêkesork Kyrgyz: ky Пасха Ladino: lad Paskalyá Lakota: lkt Woekicetuanpetu Lao: lo ອີສເຕີ Latgalian: ltg Leldīne Latin: la pascha n, la festa paschālia f Latvian: lv Lieldienas f-p Limburgish: li Paosje Lingala: ln Pasika Lithuanian: lt Velykos f-p Livonian: liv Lejāvõtāmõd Lombard: lmo pasqua Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Poaske Gronings German Low German: nds-de Austern Westphalian: Sauerländisch, Lippisch, nds-de Oostern, nds-de Oosterfest n, nds-de Paosken, nds-de Paasch, nds-de Poosch, nds-de Paaschen, nds-de Pooschen Lutuv: clt Thupakhaaning Luxembourgish: lb Ouschteren n Macedonian: mk Велигден m Malay: ms Paska Malayalam: ml പെശഹ Maltese: mt l-Għid; mt l-Għid il-Kbir Manx: gv Caisht f, gv Yn Chaisht Māori: mi Aranga Marathi: mr ईस्टर Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Кугече Western Mari: mrj когечӹ Mingrelian: xmf თანაფა Mòcheno: mhn Oastern f Moksha: mdf очижи Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn улаан өндөгний баяр Moore: mos paka Navajo: nv Jesus Daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ Náádiidzáhígíí Bééhániih Ndebele: Northern Ndebele: nd Pasika Neapolitan: nap Pàsca Norman: nrf Pâques f-p Norwegian: Bokmål: nb påske m f Nynorsk: nn påske m f Occitan: oc Pasqua f Old English: ang ēastre Ossetian: os куадзӕн Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Велька ноц f, rsk Пасха f Pashto: ps ايسټر m isṭar, ps ايستر m istar Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira عِیْدِ پاک, fa-ira ایسْتَر Polabian: pox jostråi̯ f-p Polish: pl Wielkanoc f, pl Pascha f Portuguese: pt Páscoa Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਈਸਟਰ Romagnol: rgn Pàsqua f Romani: Vlax Romani: rmy Pašali Romanian: ro Paști, ro Paște Romansh: rm Pasca f, rm Pasqua f Russian: ru Па́сха f, ru Воскресе́ние Христо́во n Sami: Northern Sami: se beassážat Skolt Sami: sms Ee´jjpei´vv Sardinian: sc Pasca f Scots: sco pace Scottish Gaelic: gd Càisg f a' Chàisg, gd Caisg Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ускрс m, sh Васкрс m, sh Вазам m, sh Вeликден m archaic Latin: sh Uskrs m, sh Vaskrs m, sh Vazam m, sh Velikden m archaic Sicilian: scn Pasqua f Silesian: szl Wjelkanoc f Slovak: sk Veľká Noc f Slovene: sl Velika noč Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb jatšy p Upper Sorbian: hsb jutry p Southern Altai: alt јымыртка байрамы Spanish: es pascua f, es Pascua Swedish: sv påsk c Tagalog: tl Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay, tl Paskuwa Tajik: tg Писхо Tamil: ta உயிர்ப்பு ஞாயிறு Tatar: tt Пасха Thai: th อีสเตอร์ Tokelauan: tkl Ēheta Tongan: to Pekia Turkish: tr paskalya Turkmen: tk Pasha Udi: udi заьтӏикӏ, udi калаахсибай, udi калаахцӏима Udmurt: udm Быдӟымнунал, udm Великтэм, udm Акашка Ukrainian: uk Вели́кдень m, uk Па́ска f, uk Па́сха f, uk Велиґдень m Ulithian: uli Istoer Urdu: ur اِیسْٹَر m, ur فصح fash Uyghur: ug پاسخا, ug پاسخا بايرىمى Uzbek: uz Pasxa Venetan: vec Pàscua f Veps: vep Äipäiv Vietnamese: vi Phục sinh, vi lễ Phục sinh, vi Phục Sinh, vi lễ Phục Sinh Volapük: vo pasatazäl Võro: vro Lihavõttõq Walloon: wa Påke f Welsh: cy Pasg West Flemish: vls Poaschn Yakut: sah Паасха Yiddish: yi פּאַסכע f Yup'ik: esu Paaskaaq Eastertide act of receiving the Eucharist during Easter Bulgarian: bg Finnish: fi pääsiäisehtoollinen French: fr Easter term festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara Bulgarian: bg Finnish: fi ostara, see also fi kevätpäiväntasaus French: fr Ostara See also en Ash Wednesday Good Friday High Easter completely unrelated Holy Saturday Holy Week Lent Maundy Thursday Pasch Pascha Passover Passion Sunday Palm Sunday Proper noun en. Verb en intransitive To celebrate Easter. en intransitive To spend the Easter season in some place. Translations to celebrate Easter Bulgarian: bg празнувам Великден Finnish: fi viettää pääsiäistä French: fr to spend the Easter season somewhere Bulgarian: bg празнувам Великден Finnish: fi viettää pääsiäistä French: fr References Further reading Easter (surname) Anagrams en aeerst teares eaters Eastre teresa Teresa asteer saeter reseat teaser Teares aretes steare seater arsete ratees Trease arêtes Seater sæter earset Taseer staree en Calendar Easter Holidays Judaism