English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English Ester [1] [2] Eestour ēastre ( “ Easter ” ) ,[1] [2] Old High German ōstarūn [1] [2] Ēostre Ēastre [1] Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ east [1] [2] German Low German Oostern ( “ Easter ” ) , German Ostern German Osterfest ( “ Easter ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] Easter (countable and uncountable plural Easters
( Christianity ) A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Christ ; the first Sunday (and Monday ) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox , ranging from March 22 to 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, celebrated at the spring equinox or within the month of April , and also called Ostara or Eostre .Easter term Derived terms [ edit ]
Terms derived from Easter
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: عِيد اَلْفِصْح m ( ʿīd al-fiṣḥ ) ; ( ecclesiastical, Lebanon alternatively ) اَلْعِيد اَلْكَبِير ( al-ʿīd al-kabīr )
Armenian: զատիկ (hy) ( zatik )
Aromanian: Pashti f Grailu-Mari m Ngrei-Mari m
Asturian: Pascua (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Pasxa Fish
Belarusian: Вялі́кдзень m ( Vjalíkdzjenʹ ) , Па́сха f ( Pásxa )
Bengali: ইস্টার ( iśṭar )
Biatah Bidayuh: Paskaa
Bulgarian: Вели́кден m ( Velíkden ) , Възкресе́ние Христо́во n ( Vǎzkresénie Hristóvo )
Burmese: အီစတာ ( ica.ta )
Catalan: Pasqua (ca) f Pasqua de Resurrecció f
Cherokee: ᏥᏌ ᏚᎴᎯᏌᏅ ( tsisa dulehisanv )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 復活節 复活节 ( fuk6 wut6 zit3 , fau6 wut6 zit3 )
Hakka: 復活節 复活节 ( fu̍k-fa̍t-chiet )
Mandarin: 復活節 (zh) , 复活节 (zh) ( fùhuójié )
Min Nan: 閣活節 阁活节 ( koh-oa̍h-cheh, koh-oa̍h-choeh )
Chuvash: Мăн кун ( Măn kun )
Cornish: Pask
Czech: Velikonoce (cs) f pl
Dalmatian: puoscua f puasc puosc pasc
Danish: påske (da) c
Dinka: Aköljonbɛ̈nyrɔt
Dutch: Pasen (nl) n Paasfeest n
Elfdalian: påsker f pl
Esperanto: Pasko
Estonian: Lihavõtted ülestõusmispühad
Faroese: páskir f pl
Finnish: pääsiäinen (fi)
French: Pâques (fr) f pl
Friulian: Pasche f
Galician: Pascua (gl) f
Georgian: აღდგომა (ka) ( aɣdgoma ) , ზადიკი ( zadiḳi )
German: Ostern (de) n Osterfest (de) n
Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰 ( paska )
Greek: Πάσχα (el) n ( Páscha )
Greenlandic: poorski
Hebrew: פַּסְחָא f ( páskha )
Hindi: ईस्टर m ( īsṭar )
Hungarian: húsvét (hu)
Hunsrik: Oostre
Icelandic: páskar (is) m pl
Ido: Pasko (io)
Indonesian: Paskah
Irish: An Cháisc f
Italian: Pasqua (it) f
Japanese: 復活祭 ( ふっかつさい, fukkatsusai ) , 聖大パスハ ( seidai pasuha ) , イースター ( īsutā )
Karelian: Äijypäivy
Komi-Permyak: ыджытлун ( ydžytlun )
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) n Paasch f Poosch f Paaschen f Pooschen f Oosterfest n
Luxembourgish: Ouschteren n
Macedonian: Велигден m ( Veligden )
Malay: Paska
Malayalam: പെശഹ ( peśaha )
Maltese: Għid il-Kbir
Manx: Caisht f
Maori: Aranga
Mari:
Western Mari: когечӹ ( kogečə̈ )
Moksha: очижи ( očiži )
Navajo: Jesus Daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ Náádiidzáhígíí Bééhániih
Norman: Pâques f pl
Northern Ndebele: Pasika
Northern Sami: beassážat
Norwegian:
Bokmål: påske (no) m , f
Nynorsk: påske m , f
Occitan: Pasqua f
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)
Romansch: Pasca f Pasqua f
Russian: Па́сха (ru) f ( Pásxa )
Sardinian: Pasca f
Scottish Gaelic: a' Chàisg f Caisg
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ускрс m Васкрс m Вазам m Вeликден m arch. )
Roman: Uskrs (sh) m Vaskrs (sh) m Vazam (sh) m Velikden m arch. )
Sicilian: Pasqua f
Skolt Sami: Ee´jjpei´vv
Slovak: Veľká Noc f
Slovene: Velika noč (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jatšy pl
Upper Sorbian: jutry pl
Spanish: pascua (es) f Pascua
Swedish: påsk (sv) c
Tagalog: Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay
Thai: อีสเตอร์ ( íis-dtə̂ə )
Tongan: Pekia
Turkish: paskalya (tr)
Ukrainian: Вели́кдень m ( Velýkdenʹ ) , Па́ска f ( Páska ) , Па́сха f ( Pásxa )
Venetian: Pàscua (vec) f
Vietnamese: Lễ Phục Sinh Phục Sinh
Walloon: Påke (wa) f
Welsh: Pasg
Yiddish: פּאַסכע ( paskhe )
Yup'ik: Paaskaaq
See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] Anagrams [ edit ] Teresa aretes arsete arêtes asteer earset eaters ratees reseat saeter seater staree teares teaser
