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Definition: Whitsun |
WhitsunNoun1. Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Whitsun" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
- Another name for Pentecost
- Whitsun, a poem by Sylvia Plath
- The Whitsun Weddings, a poem by Philip Larkin
- A Whitsun Ale (esp., English) is a county fair, with competitions, dancing (traditionally, morris dancing), music, and socialising, usually sponsored by a local pub or tavern.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Whitsun."
Synonyms: WhitsunSynonyms: Whitsuntide (n), Whitweek (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Whitsun |
| English words defined with "Whitsun": Whitson, Whittuesday. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Whitsun": Manningtree. (references) |
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Political Economy | DENMARK | The Whitsun package, which aimed at curbing private consumption and restoring a balance of payments surplus, includes reduction of tax credits for debt interest payments in order to discourage new loan taking. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Whitsun" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.65% of the time. "Whitsun" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.65% | 59 | 44,010 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.76% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.59% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 63 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Whitsun": whitsun eve ♦ whitsun Monday ♦ whitsun Tuesday. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Whitsun": whitsun-gift. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
whitsun | 19 |
the whitsun wedding | 4 |
larkin philip wedding whitsun | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Whitsun"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | петдесетница (pentecost, whitsunday). (various references) | |
Danish | Pinse (Pentecost, Whitsunday). (various references) | |
Dutch | Sinksen (Pentecost, Whitsuntide), Pinksterzondag (Pentecost, Whitsuntide), Pinksteren (Pentecost, Whitsunday), Eerste Pinksterdag (Pentecost, Whitsuntide). (various references) | |
French | Pentecôte (Whitsunday), dimanche de Pentecôte (Whitsuntide). (various references) | |
German | Pfingsten (pentecost, Whitsunday, whitsuntide). (various references) | |
Greek | πεντηκοστή (pentecost, whitsunday). (various references) | |
Italian | pentecoste (pentecost, whitsunday, whitsuntide). (various references) | |
Manx | Yn chingeesh (Pentecost, Whitsuntide). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itsunwhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Pentecostes (pentecost, Whitsunday). (various references) | |
Russian | канун Троицы (Whitsun eve), неделя после Троицы (Whitsun week), приходский праздник в Троицын день (Whitsun ale). (various references) | |
Spanish | Pentecostés (pentecost, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide). (various references) | |
Swedish | pingst-, pingst (pentecost, whitsum, Whitsunday, Whitsuntide). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Dominica Pentecostis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "Whitsun" (pronounced 'Whit"sun'): Upsun. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-n-s-t-u-w" | |
-1 letter: unwish, unwits. | |
-2 letters: hints, hunts, shunt, suint, swith, thins, twins, units, unwit, whins, whist, whits. | |
-3 letters: hins, hint, hisn, hist, hits, huns, hunt, huts, nits, nuts, shin, shun, shut, sinh, sith, snit, stun, suit, thin, this, thus, tins, tuis, tuns, tush, twin, unit, whin, whit, wins, wish, wist, with, wits. | |
-4 letters: hin, his, hit. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-n-s-t-u-w" | |
+2 letters: unweights, whodunits. | |
+3 letters: outwishing, unswathing, unworthies, whodunnits. | |
+4 letters: unworthiest. | |
+5 letters: underweights, unworthiness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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