Pentecoste

See also: pentecoste

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Proper noun

Pentecoste f

1. Pentecost, Whit Sunday

Proper noun

Pentecoste m or f by sense

1. a surname

Derived terms

• pentecostale

Descendants

• → Cimbrian: Pentekòste

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024

Latin

Alternative forms

• pentēcostē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pen.teːˈkos.teː/, [pɛn̪t̪eːˈkɔs̠t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pen.teˈkos.te/, [pen̪t̪eˈkɔst̪e]

Proper noun

Pentēcostē f sg (genitive Pentēcostēs); first declension

1. (Christianity, Late Latin) Pentecost (Christian festival)

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pentēcostē
Genitive	Pentēcostēs
Dative	Pentēcostae
Accusative	Pentēcostēn
Ablative	Pentēcostē
Vocative	Pentēcostē

Descendants

• → Catalan: Pentecosta
• → French: Pentecôte
  • → Turkish: pankot
• → Galician: Pentecoste
• → Hungarian: pünkösd
• → Italian: Pentecoste
  • → Cimbrian: Pentekòste
• → Middle Dutch: pinxter, pinxteren
  • Dutch: Pinksteren, Pinkster
    • Negerhollands: pinstu
    • → Lokono: Pinkstdaka
    • → English: Pinkster
    • → Papiamentu: pinkster (dated)
• → Middle High German: phingesten
  • Cimbrian: finchésten
  • German: Pfingsten
  • Hunsrik: Pingste
  • Luxembourgish: Päischten
• → Middle Low German: pinxten
  • → Danish: pinse
  • → Norwegian: pinse, pins
  • → Swedish: pingst
• → Norman: Pentecôte
• → Occitan: Pentacosta
• → Old English: pentecosten
  • Middle English: Pentecoste
    • English: Pentecost
      • → Japanese: ペンテコステ (Pentekosuto)
      • → Maori: Petekoha
    • Scots: Penthicost
• → Old Saxon: pinkost
• → Portuguese: Pentecoste, Pentecostes
  • → Indonesian: pentakosta
  • → Malayalam: പെന്തക്കൊസ്താ (pentakkostā) (see alt forms there)
• → Scottish Gaelic: Caingis
• → Spanish: Pentecostés, pentecostés
  • → Tagalog: Pentekostes
• → West Frisian: Pinkster

References

• “Pentecoste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pentecoste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Pentcost, Pentecost, pentecoste, pentecostes, Pentecostes, pentycost, pentycoste
• (early ME) Pentecosten

Etymology

Inherited from Old English pentecosten, from Latin Pentecoste, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnt(ə)ˌkɔst(ə)/, /ˈpɛntɛˌkɔst(ə)/

Proper noun

Pentecoste

1. Pentecost (Christian holiday)
2. Pentecost (specific day 49 days after Jesus' resurrection)
3. Shavuot (Jewish holiday)

Descendants

• English: Pentecost
• Scots: Penthicost

References

• “pente-cost(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Pentecostes

Etymology

From Latin Pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Proper noun

Pentecoste m

1. Pentecost (Christian festival)

Related terms

• pentecostal

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pentakosta
• → Malayalam: പെന്തക്കൊസ്താ (pentakkostā) (see alt forms there)