Whitsunday

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• Received-Pronunciation: /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ʍ-/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• General-American: /wɪtˈsʌndeɪ/
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• General-American: /wɪtˈsʌndi/
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• General-American: /ʍ-/
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• obsolete: /ˈʍɪtsəndeɪ/
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• obsolete: /ˈʍɪtsəndɪ/
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• rhymes with -ʌndeɪ
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Inherited from Middle English Whitsonday, from whit (“white”) + Sonday (“Sunday”), from Old English hwīt sunnandæg, probably from the white clothes worn by newly baptized Christians as Pentecost was a traditional date of baptism in early medieval England. Doublet of White Sunday.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Pinkstersondag — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Albanian: rshajë — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Albanian: rrëshajë — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Aragonese: Pentecosta — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Aragonese: Pascua Granada — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Armenian: Հոգեգալուստ (Hogegalust) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Bulgarian: петдесе́тница (petdesétnica) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Catalan: Pentecosta — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Catalan: Pasqua Granada — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Chinese Cantonese: 五旬節 /五旬节 (ng5 ceon4 zit3) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Chinese Cantonese: 聖靈降臨節 /圣灵降临节 (sing3 ling4 gong3 lam4 zit3) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Hakka Chinese: 五旬節 /五旬节 (Ńg-sùn-chiet) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Chinese: 五旬節 /五旬节 (Gō͘-sûn-choeh, Gō͘-sûn-cheh) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Chinese Mandarin: 五旬節 /五旬节 (Wǔxúnjié) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Chinese Mandarin: 收割節 /收割节 (Shōugējié) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Chinese Mandarin: 聖靈降臨節 /圣灵降临节 (Shènglíng Jiànglín jié) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Czech: letnice — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Czech: Svatodušní svátky — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Danish: pinsedag — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Danish: pinse — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Dutch: Pinksteren — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Esperanto: Pentekosto — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Estonian: Nelipüha — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Faroese: hvítusunnudagur — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Faroese: hvítusunna — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Finnish: helluntai — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Finnish: helluntaipäivä — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• French: Pentecôte — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• West-Frisian: Pinkster — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Georgian: სულთმოფენობა (sultmopenoba) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Georgian: მეერგასე დღე (meergase dɣe) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• German: Pfingstsonntag — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• German: Pfingsten — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• German: Pfingstfest — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• German: Pfingsttag — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Greek: Πεντηκοστή (Pentikostí) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Ancient Greek: Πεντηκοστή (Pentēkostḗ) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Hungarian: pünkösdvasárnap — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Hungarian: pünkösd — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Icelandic: Hvítasunnudagur — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Icelandic: hvítasunna — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Indonesian: pentakosta — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Ingrian: Troitsa — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Irish: Cincís — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Irish: Domhnach na Cincíse — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Italian: Pentecoste — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Japanese: ペンテコステ (Pentekosuto) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Japanese: 聖霊降臨 (seirei kōrin) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Japanese: 聖霊降臨祭 (seirei kōrin sai) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Latvian: Vasarsvētki — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Lithuanian: Sekminės — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Luxembourgish: Päischten — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Macedonian: Ду́ховден (Dúhovden) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Macedonian: Ду́овден (Dúovden) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Macedonian: Педесе́тница (Pedesétnica) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Malayalam: പെന്തക്കൊസ്താ (pentakkostā) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Maltese: Għid il-Ħamsin — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Māori: Petekoha — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Norman: Pentecôte — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Norwegian Bokmål: pinse — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pins — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pinse — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Plautdietsch: Pinjstdach — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Polish: Pięćdziesiątnica — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Polish: Zesłanie Ducha Świętego — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Polish: Zielone Świątki — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Polish: Zielone Święta — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Portuguese: Pentecostes — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Portuguese: Pentecoste — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Romanian: rusalii — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Romanian: cincizecime — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Romanian: Rusalii — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Russian: Тро́ица (Tróica) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Russian: Тро́ицын день (Tróicyn denʹ) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Russian: пятидеся́тница (pjatidesjátnica) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Russian: день Свято́й Тро́ицы (denʹ Svjatój Tróicy) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Scottish Gaelic: a' Chaingis — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Slovak: Turíce — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Slovak: Svätodušné sviatky — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Lower Sorbian: swětki — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Spanish: Pentecostés — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Swedish: pingstdag — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Tagalog: Pentekostes — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Turkish: Hamsin Yortusu — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Turkish: Pankot — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Turkish: Pentekost — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Turkish: Pentikost — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Ukrainian: День Святої Трійці (Denʹ Svjatoji Trijci) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Ukrainian: П'ятдеся́тниця (Pʺjatdesjátnycja) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Ukrainian: День Зісла́ння Свято́го Ду́ха (Denʹ Zislánnja Svjatóho Dúxa) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Ukrainian: Зеле́на неді́ля (Zeléna nedílja) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Ukrainian: Трійця (Trijcja) — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Volapük: pint — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Welsh: Sulgwyn — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Welsh: Pentecost — Sunday on which the feast or festival of Pentecost falls
• Polish: dzień kwartalny — quarter day falling on 15th May
• Polish: suchy dzień — quarter day falling on 15th May