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pysanka

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈpɪsəŋkə/

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noun

Meaning 1

A hand-decorated Ukrainian Easter egg with intricate designs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ukrainian Easter egg

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian пи́санка (pýsanka), from писа́ти (pysáty, “to write”), referring to writing on an egg with a stylus in a wax-resist dyeing process, from Proto-Slavic *pьsati, related to *pьstrъ (“feathered”), + feminine ending -ка (-ka).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: пі́санка (písanka) — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Bulgarian: пи́сано яйце́ (písano jajcé) — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Carpathian Rusyn: крашанка (krašanka) — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Carpathian Rusyn: писанка (pysanka) — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Czech: kraslice — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • French: pysanka — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Hungarian: hímestojás — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Pannonian Rusyn: писанка (pisanka) — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Polish: pisanka — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Portuguese: pêssanka — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Russian: пи́санка (písanka) — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Serbo-Croatian: пѝсаница — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Serbo-Croatian: pìsanica — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Slovak: písanka — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs
  • Ukrainian: пи́санка (pýsanka) — Easter egg decorated with intricate designs