noun
or sha·bu·ot or sha·vu·oth or sha·vu·ot or sha·vu·os or she·vu·oth or she·vu·os shəˈvüˌōt(h), -ˌōs, -_əs
( plural shabuoths or shabuots or shavuoths or shavuots -ˌōt(h)s, -ˌōs, -_əs ; or shavuos·es -ˌōsə̇z, -_əsə̇z ; or shevuoths -ˌōt(h)s, -ˌōs, -_əs ; or shevuos·es -ˌōsə̇z, -əsə̇z)
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Hebrew shābhū'ōth, plural of shābhūa' week
: a Jewish holiday observed on the 6th and 7th of Sivan and commemorating the revelation of the Law at Mt. Sinai and the wheat festival celebrated in biblical times 7 weeks or 50 days after the 16th of Nisan — called also Feast of Weeks, Pentecost