pinse

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pensə/, [ˈpʰensə]

Noun

pinse c (singular definite pinsen, not used in plural form)

1. Pentecost (Christian festival)

Further reading

• pinse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Italian

Verb

pinse

1. third-person singular past historic of pingere

Anagrams

• pensi, spine

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Latin

Participle

pīnse

1. vocative masculine singular of pīnsus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Low German or German Low German pinxten

Noun

pinse f or m (definite singular pinsa or pinsen, indefinite plural pinser, definite plural pinsene)

1. Whitsun or Pentecost (Christian festival seven weeks after Easter)

References

• “pinse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• pins

Etymology

Possibly from Middle Low German or German Low German pinxten

Noun

pinse f (definite singular pinsa, indefinite plural pinser, definite plural pinsene)

pinse m (definite singular pinsen, indefinite plural pinsar, definite plural pinsane)

1. Whitsun or Pentecost (Christian festival seven weeks after Easter)

References

• “pinse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 硼砂 (phêng-se, “borax”).

Noun

pinse

1. borax; sodium borate (used in traditional medicine)