Easter

Etymology
The is derived from, from , seemingly from , a proposed Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn whose festival is thought to have been celebrated around the vernal equinox. Further from, from , derived from either or, more semantically plausible, from , a metathesized form of , , from.

The English word is cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬) and is possibly a. Despite a modern, not related to.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1) A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.
 * 2)  Usually preceded by an  of make: the act of receiving the Eucharist during Easter.
 * 3)  A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara.
 * 4)  The Jewish Passover.
 * 1)  Usually preceded by an  of make: the act of receiving the Eucharist during Easter.
 * 2)  A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara.
 * 3)  The Jewish Passover.
 * 1)  A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the vernal equinox or within the month of April; Eostre, Ostara.
 * 2)  The Jewish Passover.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Paasfees
 * Aghwan: 𐔰𐕇𐕚𐔼𐔱𐔰𐔺, 𐔰𐕇𐕂𐔼𐔱𐔰𐔺
 * Albanian: Pashkët
 * Alutiiq: Paas'kaaq
 * American Sign Language: E@SideNeckhigh-PalmAcross-E@SideNeckhigh-PalmAcross E@SideNeckhigh-PalmForward-E@SideNeckhigh-PalmForward
 * Amharic: ፋሲካ
 * Arabic: عِيد اَلْفِصْح; اَلْعِيد اَلْكَبِير
 * Egyptian Arabic: عيد القيامة
 * Aragonese: Pascua
 * Aramaic:
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܕܩܝܵܡܬܵܐ, ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܓܘܼܪܵܐ
 * Classical Syriac: ܥܐܕܐ ܪܒܐ, ܥܐܕܐ ܕܩܝܡܬܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: Pashti, Grailu-Mari, Ngrei-Mari
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani: Pasxa, Fish, fəsh, eydi-fəsh
 * Bashkir: Пасха
 * Basque: Pazkoa
 * Bavarian: Ostan
 * Belarusian: Вялі́кдзень, Па́сха
 * Bengali: ইস্টার, পুনরুত্থান পার্বণ
 * Biatah Bidayuh: Paskaa
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, Възкресе́ние Христо́во
 * Burmese: အီစတာ
 * Carpathian Rusyn: Великдень
 * Catalan:, Pasqua de Resurrecció
 * Central Franconian: Ostere
 * Chechen: Пасхаляь
 * Cherokee: ᏥᏌ ᏚᎴᎯᏌᏅ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 復活節
 * Hakka: 復活節
 * Hokkien: 閣活節
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash: Мӑн кун, Mункун
 * Cornish: Pask
 * Corsican: Pasqua
 * Crow: Alihkaluusúu
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: puoscua, puasc, puosc, pasc
 * Danish:
 * Dinka: Aköljonbɛ̈nyrɔt
 * Dutch:, Paasfeest
 * Elfdalian: påsker
 * Emilian: Pasqua
 * Esperanto: Pasko
 * Estonian: lihavõtted, ülestõusmispühad
 * Farefare: Paska
 * Faroese: páskir
 * Finnish:
 * Franco-Provençal: Pâques
 * French:
 * Friulian: Pasche
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:, ზადიკი
 * German: ,
 * Alemannic German: Oschtere
 * Silesian: Ustern
 * Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: poorski
 * Gujarati: ઈસ્ટર
 * Gutnish: pāskar
 * Hebrew: פַּסְחָא
 * Hindi: ईस्टर
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: Oostre
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: Paskah
 * Irish: Cáisc
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 聖大パスハ, イースター
 * Kabardian:
 * Karelian: Äijypäivy
 * Kashubian: Jastrë
 * Kazakh: Пасха
 * Khmer: អ៊ីស្ទើរ
 * Komi-Permyak: ыджытлун
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ອີສເຕີ
 * Lakota: Woekicetuanpetu
 * Latgalian: Leldīne
 * Latin: pascha, festa paschālia
 * Latvian: Lieldienas
 * Limburgish:
 * Lingala: Pásika
 * Lithuanian:
 * Livonian: Lejāvõtāmõd
 * Lombard: pasqua
 * Low German:
 * Dutch Low Saxon: Poaske
 * German Low German: Austern, , Oosterfest, Paosken, Paasch, Poosch, Paaschen, Pooschen
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: Велигден
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: പെശഹ
 * Maltese: l-Għid; l-Għid il-Kbir
 * Manx: Caisht, Yn Chaisht
 * Maori: Aranga
 * Marathi: ईस्टर
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: Кугече
 * Western Mari: когечӹ
 * Mingrelian: თანაფა
 * Moore: paka
 * Mòcheno: Oastern
 * Moksha: очижи
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: улаан өндөгний баяр
 * Navajo: Jesus Daaztsą́ą́dę́ę́ʼ Náádiidzáhígíí Bééhániih
 * Neapolitan: Pàsca
 * Norman: Pâques
 * North Frisian: Puask
 * Northern Ndebele: Pasika
 * Northern Sami: beassážat
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: påske
 * Occitan: Pasqua
 * Old English: ēastre
 * Old Irish: Cásc
 * Ossetian: куадзӕн
 * Persian: عید پاک, ایستر
 * Polabian: jostråi̯
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਈਸਟਰ
 * Rhine Franconian: Oschdere
 * Romagnol: Pàsqua
 * Romani:
 * Vlax Romani: Pašali
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: Pasca, Pasqua
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: Pasca
 * Scots: pace
 * Scottish Gaelic: Càisg, Caisg
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Ускрс, Васкрс, Вазам, Вeликден
 * Roman:, , , Velikden
 * Sicilian: Pasqua
 * Skolt Sami: Ee´jjpei´vv
 * Slovak: Veľká Noc
 * Slovene:
 * Slovincian: Jastrë
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: jatšy
 * Upper Sorbian: jutry
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Pasko ng Muling Pagkabuhay
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: உயிர்ப்பு ஞாயிறு
 * Thai: อีสเตอร์
 * Tongan: Pekia
 * Turkish:
 * Udi: заьтӏикӏ, калаахсибай, калаахцӏима
 * Ukrainian: Вели́кдень, Па́ска, Па́сха, Велиґдень
 * Urdu: ایسٹر
 * Venetian:
 * Veps: Äipäiv
 * Vietnamese: Phục sinh, lễ Phục sinh, Phục Sinh, lễ Phục Sinh
 * Võro: Lihavõttõq
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh: Pasg
 * West Flemish: Poaschn
 * West Frisian: Peaske
 * Yakut: Паасха
 * Yiddish: פּאַסכע
 * Yup'ik: Paaskaaq


 * Finnish: pääsiäisehtoollinen
 * French:


 * Finnish: ostara, see also
 * French:

Verb

 * 1)  To celebrate Easter.
 * 2)  To spend the Easter season in some place.

Translations

 * Finnish: viettää pääsiäistä
 * French:


 * Finnish: viettää pääsiäistä
 * French: