noun
Meaning 1
An offering of the first of the harvest; firstfruits.
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firstfruit
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noun
Meaning 2
The first growth, allegory for the first people to receive the message.
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noun
Meaning 3
Ceremony in Southern Africa, notably among the Zulu and Swazi peoples, in which the paramount chief is the first to eat from the new harvest.
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History
Etymology
From Middle English firste fruyt, equivalent to first + fruit.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: uutiset — offering of the first of a harvest
- Galician: primicias — offering of the first of a harvest
- Indonesian: sulung — offering of the first of a harvest
- Maltese: bkir — offering of the first of a harvest
- Māori: tūāpora — offering of the first of a harvest
- Polish: pierwocina — offering of the first of a harvest
- Portuguese: primícia — offering of the first of a harvest
- Portuguese: primícias — offering of the first of a harvest
- Romanian: pârgă — offering of the first of a harvest
- Spanish: primicia — offering of the first of a harvest
- Spanish: primicias — offering of the first of a harvest
- Chinese Mandarin: 初熟的果子 (chūshú de guǒzǐ) — first growth
- Finnish: ensisato — first growth
- Finnish: uutinen — first growth