[ ʃə'vu:əs , ʃα:vʊ'ɒt ]
(also Shavuot )
■ noun a major Jewish festival held fifty days after the second day of Passover, originally a harvest festival but now also commemorating the giving of the Torah.
Origin
from Heb. šā ḇ ū῾ōṯ 'weeks', with ref. to the weeks between Passover and Pentecost.