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Definition: Whitsuntide |
WhitsuntideNoun1. 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 "Whitsuntide" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Note: Whitsuntide \Whit"sun*tide`\, noun. [Whitsunday tide.]. (references) |
Synonyms: WhitsuntideSynonyms: Whitsun (n), Whitweek (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rite | Sabbath, Pentecost; Advent, Christmas, Epiphany; Lent; Passion week, Holy week; Easter, Easter Sunday, Whitsuntide; agape, Ascension Day, Candlemas, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Holy Thursday; Lammas, Martinmas, Michaelmas; All SAint's DAy, All Souls' Day |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Whitsuntide |
| English words defined with "Whitsuntide": Ascension Day ♦ Derby Day ♦ Pinkster. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Whitsuntide": Chad-pennies ♦ Smoke Farthings. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Whitsuntide" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Whitsuntide" is used about 26 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 (proper) | 100% | 26 | 68,323 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 |
whitsuntide | 20 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Whitsuntide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | Letnice. (various references) | |
Danish | Pinse (Pentecost, Whitsunday). (various references) | |
Dutch | Sinksen (Pentecost, Whitsun), Pinksterzondag (Pentecost, Whitsun), Pinksteren (Pentecost, Whitsunday), Eerste Pinksterdag (Pentecost, Whitsun). (various references) | |
Finnish | helluntai. (various references) | |
French | Pentecôte (Whitsunday), dimanche de Pentecôte (Whitsun). (various references) | |
German | Pfingsten (pentecost, whitsun, Whitsunday). (various references) | |
Greek | Εβδομάδα όετά Την εντηκοστήν. (various references) | |
Indonesian | hari pantekosta. (various references) | |
Italian | pentecoste (pentecost, Whitsun, whitsunday). (various references) | |
Manx | Yn chingeesh (Pentecost, Whitsun). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itsuntidewhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | Pentecostes (pentecost, Whitsunday). (various references) | |
Romanian | Rusalii. (various references) | |
Spanish | Pentecostés (pentecost, Whitsunday). (various references) | |
Swedish | pingst (pentecost, whitsum, whitsun, Whitsunday). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Тиждень Післа Трійці. (various references) | |
Welsh | Sulgwyn (Whitsunday). (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. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-i-i-n-s-t-t-u-w" | |
-2 letters: intwisted, untidiest, untwisted. | |
-3 letters: disunite, ditheist, intuited, nudities, stithied, twiniest, untidies, unwished, unwitted, whiniest, whitiest, windiest, withiest. | |
-4 letters: dentist, distent, ditties, dunites, entwist, indites, intuits, intwist, nitwits, shunted, stinted, student, stunted, tidiest, tineids, tiniest, tundish, twinset, twisted, unities, untwist, unwhite, wetsuit, wettish, whisted, whitens, whitest, whities, winiest, withies, withins. | |
-5 letters: dhutis, dunite, duties, dwines. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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