"firstfruit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: firstfruits [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first + fruit. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|firste fruyt}} Middle English firste fruyt, {{af|en|first|fruit}} first + fruit Head templates: {{en-noun}} firstfruit (plural firstfruits)
  1. An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits. Translations (offering of the first of a harvest): uutiset [plural] (Finnish), primicias [feminine, plural] (Galician), bkir (Maltese), tūāpora (Maori), pierwocina [feminine] (Polish), pârgă [neuter] (Romanian), primicia [feminine] (Spanish), primicias [feminine, plural] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-firstfruit-en-noun-IHezAtqe Disambiguation of 'offering of the first of a harvest': 65 10 25
  2. The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message. Translations (first growth): ensisato (Finnish), uutinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-firstfruit-en-noun-ZcS9sBRP Disambiguation of 'first growth': 9 87 4
  3. Ceremony in Southern Africa, notably among the Zulu and Swazi peoples, in which the paramount chief is the first to eat from the new harvest.
    Sense id: en-firstfruit-en-noun-h~YYIXXl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 19 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: first fruit, first-fruit Related terms: forefruit

Inflected forms

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