easter

CEFRA2

/ˈiːstə/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Eastertide (“the period from Easter to Whitsun”).

Examples

  • Easter will always be celebrated on a Sunday.

  • Easter will soon come around.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Usually preceded by an inflection of make: the act of receiving the Eucharist during Easter.

  2. An easterly wind (a wind blowing from the east); especially, a strong one; a storm of such winds.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. comparative form of east: more east

More examples

In context

  • Warmest Easter wishes for you.

  • At 5 the wind eastered and came E. by N., that we went 2 knots […] .

  • We spent each of the past five Easters together as a family.

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Origin

noun

The noun is derived from Middle English Ester, from Old English ēastre, seemingly from Ēastre, a proposed Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival is thought to have been celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from Proto-West Germanic *Austrā, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ, derived from either Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn; east”) or, more semantically plausible, from *austrą, *auzrą, a metathesized form of *wazrą (“spring (season)”), *-ǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”). The English word is cognate with German Low German Oostern (“Easter”), Old High German ōstarūn (modern German Ostern) and is possibly a doublet of east. Despite a modern folk etymology, not relat...