Shavuot

English

Alternative forms

• Shabuos, Shabuot, Shabuoth, Shavuos, Shavuoth, Shevuoth

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת (shavu'ót).

Pronunciation

• Israeli/Sephardic Hebrew influenced:
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ʃɑvuˈoʊt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʃævuˈɒt/
• Yiddish/Ashkenazic Hebrew influenced:
  • IPA^(key): /ʃəˈvuːəs/

Proper noun

Shavuot

1. A Jewish holiday that occurs in the spring, a harvest festival, also commemorating the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses and the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
   • 1971, United States Congress: Senate: Foreign Relations, Public Financing of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty:

     Major Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Simchat Torah, Succoth, Chanukah, Passover and Shavuot have been celebrated with Hebrew prayers and songs.

   • 1975, Israel Zinberg, Old Yiddish Literature from Its Origins to the Haskalah Period:

     On the first day of Shavuot the Ten Commandments were explained to the people homiletically in the vernacular.

Synonyms

• (Jewish holiday): Shavuos, Feast of Weeks, Pentecost

Translations

Jewish holiday

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can

  Judeo-Arabic: שבועות (shabuʕot)

• Catalan: Pentecosta f
• Dutch: Wekenfeest (nl) n
• Finnish: šavuot, helluntai (fi)
• French: Chavouot
• German: Schawuot (de) n pl, Wochenfest n, Erntefest (de) n
• Hebrew: שָׁבוּעוֹת (he) m (shavu'ót)
• Italian: Pentecoste (it) f
• Lishana Deni: איד זיארא (ʾeḏ-zyāṛa), איז זיארא (ʾezyāṛa) (Zakho)
• Luxembourgish: Päischten (lb)
• Maori: Petekoha
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: pinse (no) m or f

  Norwegian Nynorsk: pins m or f, pinse m or f

• Polish: Pięćdziesiątnica (pl) f, Szawuot m, Święto Tygodni n, Święto Zbiorów n, Święto Żniw n
• Portuguese: Shavuot m
• Russian: шавуо́т m (šavuót)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: שבֿועות m (shvues)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁבוּעוֹת.

Proper noun

Shavuot m

1. (Judaism) Shavuot; Pentecost (Jewish spring festival)