Pentecoste

See also: pentecoste

Italian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Pentecoste f

1. Pentecost, Whit Sunday
2. A surname​.

Derived terms

• pentecostale

Descendants

• → Cimbrian: Pentekòste

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2022

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Latin

Alternative forms

• pentēcostē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pen.teːˈkos.teː/, [pɛn̪t̪eːˈkɔs̠t̪eː]
• (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).

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

Descendants

All descendants are borrowed.

• Catalan: Pentecosta
• French: Pentecôte
  • → Turkish: pankot
• Galician: Pentecoste
• Hungarian: pünkösd
• Italian: Pentecoste
  • → Cimbrian: Pentekòste
• Middle Dutch: pinxter, pinxteren
  • Dutch: Pinksteren, Pinkster
    • Negerhollands: pinstu
    • → Arawak: 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
  • → Westrobothnian: peinnesj
• 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
• Scottish Gaelic: Caingis
• Spanish: Pentecostés, pentecostés
  • → Tagalog: Pentekostes
• West Frisian: Pinkster

References

• “Pentecoste”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Pentecoste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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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.

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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