PINKSTER


Meaning of PINKSTER in English

noun

or pinx·ter ˈpiŋ(k)stə(r), -ŋzt-

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Dutch pinkster from Middle Dutch pinxter, alteration of pinxten; akin to Old Frisian pinxtera Whitsuntide, Old Saxon pinkoston, Middle High German pfingesten; all from a prehistoric continental West Germanic word borrowed from Gothic paintekuste Pentecost, from Greek pentēkostē — more at pentecost

: whitsuntide

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