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Etymology [ edit ] From Old English ēastre Ēastre Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ Ostern
Pronunciation [ edit ] Easter (plural Easters
( 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.
Eastertide ( obsolete ) The Jewish passover .
1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark XIV:
After two dayes folowed ester , and the dayes of swete breed.
( 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 [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
Christian holiday
Afrikaans: Paasfees
Albanian: Pashkët
Alutiiq: Paas'kaaq
American Sign Language: E@SideNeckhigh-PalmAcross-E@SideNeckhigh-PalmAcross E@SideNeckhigh-PalmForward-E@SideNeckhigh-PalmForward
Amharic: ፋሲካ Fasika )
Arabic: عيد الفصح m ʿīd al-fiṣḥ )
Armenian: զատիկ zatik )
Azeri: Pasxa Fish
Belarusian: Вялікдзень m Vjalikdzjenʹ ), Пасха f Pasxa )
Bengali: ইস্টার
Bulgarian: Великден m Velikden ), Възкресение Христово n Vǎzkresenie Hristovo )
Catalan: Pasqua f Pasqua de Resurrecció f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 復活節 复活节 (zh) (Fùhuójié )
Cornish: Pask
Czech: Velikonoce (cs) f pl
Danish: påske (da) c
Dutch: Pasen (nl) n Paasfeest n
Esperanto: Pasko
Estonian: Lihavõtted ülestõusmispühad
Faroese: páskir f pl
Finnish: pääsiäinen (fi)
French: Pâques (fr)
Georgian: აღდგომა (ka) (aḡdgoma ), ზადიკი zadiki )
German: Ostern (de) n
Greek: Πάσχα (el) f Páscha )
Hebrew: פסחא f paskha )
Hindi: ईस्टर īsṭar )
Hungarian: húsvét (hu)
Hunsrik: Oostre
Icelandic: páskar (is) m pl
Indonesian: Paskah
Irish: An Cháisc f
Italian: Pasqua (it) f
Japanese: 復活祭 ふっかつさい, Fukkatsu-sai ), 聖大パスハ Seidai-Pasuha ), イースター Īsutā )
Jèrriais: Pâques f pl
Korean: 부활절 (ko) (Buhwaljeol )
Lakota: Woekicetuanpetu
Latin: pascha f festa paschālia f
Latvian: Lieldienas
Lithuanian: Velykos (lt)
Livonian: Lejāvõtāmõd
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: Poaske ( Gronings )
German Low German: Oostern (nds)
Macedonian: Велигден m Veligden )
Malayalam: പെശഹ pæsaha )
Maltese: Għid il-Kbir
Manx: Caisht f
Maori: Aranga
Navajo: Jesus Daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ Náádiidzáhígíí Bééhániih
Northern Ndebele: Pasika
Norwegian: påske (no)
Old English: ēastre
Old Irish: Cásc f
Ossetian: куадзæн kwaʒæn )
Persian: عید پاک Eyd-e Pâk ), ایستر Istar )
Polish: Wielkanoc (pl) f Pascha (pl) f
Portuguese: Páscoa (pt)
Romanian: Paști (ro) , Paște (ro)
Russian: Пасха (ru) f Pasxa )
Scottish Gaelic: a' Chàisg f Caisg
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ускрс m Васкрс m Вазам m Вeликден m arch. )
Roman: Uskrs m Vaskrs m Vazam m Velikden m arch. )
Skolt Sami: Ee´jjpei´vv
Slovak: Veľká Noc f
Slovene: Velika noč (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jatšy pl
Spanish: pascua f Pascua
Swedish: påsk (sv) c
Tagalog: Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay
Thai: อีสเตอร์ èet-dtêr )
Tongan: Pekia
Turkish: paskalya (tr)
Ukrainian: Великдень m Velykdenʹ ), Паска f Paska ), Пасха f Pasxa )
Vietnamese: Lễ Phục Sinh Phục Sinh
Welsh: Pasg
Yiddish: פּאַסכע Paskhe )
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