Easter Bunny

English

Etymology

From Easter +‎ bunny, calque of German Osterhase (literally “Easter hare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːs.tə ˈbʌ.ni/
• IPA^(key): /ˈiːs.tɚ ˈbʌ.ni/

Proper noun

Easter Bunny

An Easter Bunny.

1. A symbolic rabbit sometimes depicted delivering Easter eggs to children.
   • 1905 April, Mary Dawson, “An Easter Bunny Party”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 40, page 461:

     An Easter Bunny Party

   • 1915 April 1, The Christian Advocate, volume 90, page 438:

     One day the old Easter Bunny looked out of his winter covert and Said to his Bunny-wife, who was busy coloring Easter eggs, “It is high time we set out to look for the Easter Lily.”

Synonyms

• Easter Rabbit

Translations

Symbolic rabbit sometimes depicted delivering Easter eggs to children

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 復活節兔／复活节兔, 复活节兔 (Fùhuójié tù)

• Dutch: paashaas (nl) m
• Esperanto: Paska leporo
• Finnish: pääsiäispupu (fi)
• French: lapin de Pâques (fr) m
• German: Osterhase (de) m
• Greek: πασχαλινό λαγουδάκι n (paschalinó lagoudáki)
• Hungarian: húsvéti nyúl (hu)
• Irish: coinín na Cásca m
• Italian: coniglietto pasquale m
• Japanese: イースターバニー (Īsutā Banī)
• Korean: 부활절 토끼 (Buhwaljeol tokki)
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• Luxembourgish: Ouschterhues m
• Norwegian: påskehare
• Pennsylvania German: Oschderhaas m
• Polish: zając wielkanocny m
• Portuguese: coelhinho da Páscoa (pt) m
• Russian: пасха́льный за́яц m (pasxálʹnyj zájac)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: jatšowny wuchac m

• Spanish: conejo de Pascua m
• Swedish: påskhare (sv) c
• Thai: กระต่ายอีสเตอร์
• Turkish: paskalya tavşanı (tr)

Further reading

• Easter Bunny on Wikipedia.Wikipedia