"Shavuot" meaning in English

See Shavuot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ʃɑvuˈoʊt/ [General-American], /ʃævuˈɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʃəˈvuːəs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת (shavu'ót). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|שָׁבוּעוֹת|tr=shavu'ót}} Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת (shavu'ót) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shavuot
  1. (Judaism) A Jewish holiday that occurs in the spring, a harvest festival, also commemorating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai. Wikidata QID: Q201196 Wikipedia link: Shavuot Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Holidays, Judaism Synonyms: Shabuos, Shabuot, Shabuoth, Shavuos, Shavuoth, Shevuoth Synonyms (Jewish holiday): Shavuos, Feast of Weeks, Pentecost Translations (Jewish holiday): Pentecosta [feminine] (Catalan), Wekenfeest [neuter] (Dutch), šavuot (Finnish), helluntai (Finnish), Chavouot (French), Schawuot [neuter, plural] (German), Wochenfest [neuter] (German), Erntefest [neuter] (German), שָׁבוּעוֹת (shavu'ót) [masculine] (Hebrew), Pentecoste [feminine] (Italian), שבועות (shabuʕot) (Judeo-Arabic), איד זיארא (ʾeḏ-zyāṛa) (Lishana Deni), איז זיארא (ʾezyāṛa) (Lishana Deni), Päischten (Luxembourgish), Petekoha (Maori), pinse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), pins [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pinse [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Pięćdziesiątnica [feminine] (Polish), Szawuot [masculine] (Polish), Święto Tygodni [neuter] (Polish), Święto Zbiorów [neuter] (Polish), Święto Żniw [neuter] (Polish), Shavuot [masculine] (Portuguese), шавуо́т (šavuót) [masculine] (Russian), שבֿועות (shvues) [masculine] (Yiddish)

Alternative forms

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      "word": "Święto Tygodni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Jewish holiday",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Święto Zbiorów"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Jewish holiday",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Święto Żniw"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Jewish holiday",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Shavuot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šavuót",
      "sense": "Jewish holiday",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шавуо́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shvues",
      "sense": "Jewish holiday",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שבֿועות"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Shavuot"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Shavuot meaning in English (6.0kB)

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Zakho vs. ʾezyāṛa",
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Shavuot",
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}

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