Easter

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Etymology

From Old English ēastre, apparently from Ēastre, the name of a goddess whose festival was celebrated at the vernal equinox, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ. Compare German Ostern.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈiː.stə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈiː.stɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːstə(r)

Noun

Easter (plural Easters)

1. (Christianity) A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Christ; the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, neither earlier than March 22 nor later than April 25.

   We spent each of the past five Easters together as a family.

2. Eastertide
3. (obsolete) The Jewish passover.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark XIV:

     After two dayes folowed ester, and the dayes of swete breed.

4. (paganism) A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara and celebrated at the spring equinox or within the month of April. Also known as Eostre.

Related terms

• Easter Bunny
• Easter egg
• Easter Monday
• Easter Sunday

Translations

Christian holiday

• Afrikaans: Paasfees (af)
• Albanian: Pashkët (sq)
• Alutiiq: Paas'kaaq
• American Sign Language: E@SideNeckhigh-PalmAcross-E@SideNeckhigh-PalmAcross E@SideNeckhigh-PalmForward-E@SideNeckhigh-PalmForward
• Amharic: ፋሲካ (am) (Fasika)
• Arabic: عيد الفصح (ar) (ʿīd al-fiṣḥ) m
• Armenian: զատիկ (hy) (zatik)
• Azeri: Pasxa (az), Fish (az)
• Belarusian: Вялікдзень (be) (Vjalikdzénʹ) m, Пасха (be) (Pásxa) f
• Bengali: ইস্টার (bn)
• Bulgarian: Великден (bg) (Velikden) m, Възкресение Христово (bg) (Văzkresenie Hristovo) n
• Catalan: Pasqua (ca) f, Pasqua de Resurrecció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 復活節 (cmn), 复活节 (cmn) (Fùhuójié)

• Cornish: Pask (kw)
• Czech: Velikonoce (cs) f pl
• Danish: påske (da) c
• Dutch: Pasen (nl) n, Paasfeest (nl) n
• Esperanto: Pasko (eo)
• Estonian: Lihavõtted (et), ülestõusmispühad (et)
• Faroese: páskir (fo) f pl
• Finnish: pääsiäinen (fi)
• French: Pâques (fr)
• Georgian: აღდგომა (ka) (aĝdgoma), ზადიკი (ka) (zadiki)
• German: Ostern (de) n
• Greek: Πάσχα (el) (Páscha) f
• Hebrew: פסחא (he) (paskha) f
• Hindi: ईस्टर (hi) (īsṭar)
• Hungarian: húsvét (hu)
• Hunsrik: Oostre
• Icelandic: páskar (is) m pl
• Indonesian: Paskah (id)
• Irish: An Cháisc (ga) f
• Italian: Pasqua (it) f
• Japanese: 復活祭 (ja) (ふっかつさい, Fukkatsu-sai), 聖大パスハ (ja) (Seidai-Pasuha), イースター (ja) (Īsutā)
• Jèrriais: Pâques f pl
• Korean: 부활절 (ko) (Buhwaljeol)

• Lakota: Woekicetuanpetu
• Latin: pascha (la) f, festa paschālia (la) f
• Latvian: Lieldienas (lv)
• Lithuanian: Velykos (lt)
• Livonian: Lejāvõtāmõd
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Poaske (Gronings)

• Macedonian: Велигден (mk) (Véligden) m
• Malayalam: പെശഹ (ml) (pæsaha)
• Maltese: Għid il-Kbir (mt)
• Manx: Caisht (gv) f
• Maori: Aranga (mi)
• Navajo: Jesus Daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ Náádiidzáhígíí Bééhániih
• North Ndebele: Pasika
• Norwegian: påske (no)
• Old English: ēastre (ang)
• Old Irish: Cásc f
• Ossetian: куадзæн (kuadzæn)
• Persian: عید پاک (fa) (Eyd-e Pâk), ایستر (fa) (Istar)
• Polish: Wielkanoc (pl) f, Pascha (pl) f
• Portuguese: Páscoa (pt)
• Romanian: Paști (ro), Paște (ro)
• Russian: Пасха (ru) (Pásxa) f
• Scottish Gaelic: a' Chàisg (gd) f, Caisg (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ускрс (sh) m, Васкрс (sh) m, Вазам (sh) m, Вeликден (sh) m (arch.)

  Roman: Uskrs (sh) m, Vaskrs (sh) m, Vazam (sh) m, Velikden (sh) m (arch.)

• Skolt Sami: Ee´jjpei´vv
• Slovak: Veľká Noc (sk) f
• Slovene: Velika noč (sl)
• Spanish: pascua (es) f, Pascua (es)
• Swedish: påsk (sv) c
• Tagalog: Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay (tl)
• Thai: อีสเตอร์ (th) (èet-dtêr)
• Tongan: Pekia
• Turkish: paskalya (tr)
• Ukrainian: Великдень (uk) (Velykden’) m, Паска (uk) (Páska) f, Пасха (uk) (Pásxa) f
• Vietnamese: Lễ Phục Sinh (vi), Phục Sinh (vi)
• Welsh: Pasg (cy)
• Yiddish: פּאַסכע (yi) (Paskhe)

See also

• pace
• Pasch
• Passover
• Passion Sunday

• Palm Sunday
• Maundy Thursday
• Good Friday

Anagrams

• arêtes, aretes, eaters, reseat, saeter, seater, staree, teaser, Teresa