Palm Sunday

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From the palm fronds supposedly laid before Jesus during his entrance to Jerusalem preceding his crucifixion. Originally Old English Palmsunnandæg or palm-sunnandæg. The current spelling dates to the 17th century.

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܕܐܘܿܫܲܥܢܹ̈ܐ (ʿēdā d-ošaʿnē) — the Sunday before Easter
• Armenian: Ծաղկազարդ (Caġkazard) — the Sunday before Easter
• Armenian: ծառզարդար (caṙzardar) — the Sunday before Easter
• Basque: Erramu Igandea — the Sunday before Easter
• Belarusian: Ве́рбная нядзе́ля (Vjérbnaja njadzjélja) — the Sunday before Easter
• Bulgarian: цве́тница (cvétnica) — the Sunday before Easter
• Catalan: Diumenge de Rams — the Sunday before Easter
• Chinese Mandarin: 棕枝主日 (Zōngzhī Zhǔrì) — the Sunday before Easter
• Chinese Mandarin: 聖枝主日 /圣枝主日 (Shèngzhī Zhǔrì) — the Sunday before Easter
• Czech: květná neděle — the Sunday before Easter
• Danish: palmesøndag — the Sunday before Easter
• Dutch: Palmzondag — the Sunday before Easter
• Esperanto: palmodimanĉo — the Sunday before Easter
• Esperanto: palmofesto — the Sunday before Easter
• Ewe: Debaya Kɔsiɖa — the Sunday before Easter
• Faroese: pálmasunnudagur — the Sunday before Easter
• Finnish: palmusunnuntai — the Sunday before Easter
• French: Dimanche des Rameaux — the Sunday before Easter
• Galician: Domingo de Ramos — the Sunday before Easter
• Georgian: ბზობა (bzoba) — the Sunday before Easter
• Georgian: ბაიაობა (baiaoba) — the Sunday before Easter
• German: Palmsonntag — the Sunday before Easter
• German: Sonntag Palmarum — the Sunday before Easter
• German: Palmarum-Sonntag — the Sunday before Easter
• German: Palmarum — the Sunday before Easter
• German: Palmtag — the Sunday before Easter
• Greek: Κυριακή των Βαΐων (Kyriakí ton Vaḯon) — the Sunday before Easter
• Hindi: पाम रविवार (pām ravivār) — the Sunday before Easter
• Hungarian: virágvasárnap — the Sunday before Easter
• Hunsrik: Palmesonntach — the Sunday before Easter
• Icelandic: pálmasunnudagur — the Sunday before Easter
• Ido: palmo-sundio — the Sunday before Easter
• Indonesian: Minggu Palma — the Sunday before Easter
• Ingrian: Urpipäivä — the Sunday before Easter
• Ingrian: Verba — the Sunday before Easter
• Irish: Domhnach na Pailme — the Sunday before Easter
• Irish: Domhnach na hImrime — the Sunday before Easter
• Irish: Domhnach an Iúir — the Sunday before Easter
• Italian: Domenica delle Palme — the Sunday before Easter
• Japanese: パームサンデー (pāmu sandē) — the Sunday before Easter
• Karelian: virpopyhäpäivä — the Sunday before Easter
• Korean: 종려주일 (jongnyeoju'il) — the Sunday before Easter
• Latin: Dominica palmarum — the Sunday before Easter
• Latvian: Pūpolu diena — the Sunday before Easter
• Low German: Palmsünndag — the Sunday before Easter
• Macedonian: Цве́тници (Cvétnici) — the Sunday before Easter
• Malayalam: ഹോശാന ഞായറാഴ്ച (hōśāna ñāyaṟāḻca) — the Sunday before Easter
• Maltese: Ħadd il-Palm — the Sunday before Easter
• Norman: Desmanche des Rameaux — the Sunday before Easter
• Norman: Dînmanche des Rameaux — the Sunday before Easter
• Norman: Pâque flieuthie — the Sunday before Easter
• Norman: Pâques flleuries — the Sunday before Easter
• Norwegian Bokmål: palmesøndag — the Sunday before Easter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: palmesundag — the Sunday before Easter
• Norwegian Nynorsk: palmesøndag — the Sunday before Easter
• Old English: Palmsunnandæġ — the Sunday before Easter
• Old Norse: palmasunnudagr — the Sunday before Easter
• Old Norse: palmadróttinsdagr — the Sunday before Easter
• Polish: Niedziela Palmowa — the Sunday before Easter
• Portuguese: Domingo de Ramos — the Sunday before Easter
• Romanian: Duminica Floriilor — the Sunday before Easter
• Russian: ве́рбное воскресе́нье (vérbnoje voskresénʹje) — the Sunday before Easter
• Scottish Gaelic: Didòmhnaich Tùrnais — the Sunday before Easter
• Scottish Gaelic: Didòmhnaich Shlat-phailme — the Sunday before Easter
• Serbo-Croatian: cvetnica — the Sunday before Easter
• Serbo-Croatian: cvjetnica — the Sunday before Easter
• Serbo-Croatian: cvetna nedelja — the Sunday before Easter
• Serbo-Croatian: cvjetna nedjelja — the Sunday before Easter
• Slovak: kvetná nedeľa — the Sunday before Easter
• Slovene: cvetna nedelja — the Sunday before Easter
• Lower Sorbian: palmica — the Sunday before Easter
• Upper Sorbian: bołmončka — the Sunday before Easter
• Upper Sorbian: njedźela palmarum — the Sunday before Easter
• Spanish: Domingo de Ramos — the Sunday before Easter
• Swedish: palmsöndag — the Sunday before Easter
• Tagalog: Linggo ng Palaspas — the Sunday before Easter
• Tagalog: Linggo-de-Ramos — the Sunday before Easter
• Tamil: குருத்தோலைஞாயிறு (kuruttōlaiñāyiṟu) — the Sunday before Easter
• Tamil: குருத்தோலைப்பெருநாள் (kuruttōlaipperunāḷ) — the Sunday before Easter
• Udi: заьраьзаьртаьр (zäräzärtär) — the Sunday before Easter
• Ukrainian: Ве́рбна неді́ля (Vérbna nedílja) — the Sunday before Easter
• Urdu: کَھجُور کا اِتْوَار (khajūr kā itvār) — the Sunday before Easter
• Vietnamese: Chúa Nhật Lễ Lá — the Sunday before Easter
• Welsh: Sul y Blodau — the Sunday before Easter