Pentecoste

See also: pentecoste

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pen.teˈkɔs.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔste
• Hyphenation: Pen‧te‧cò‧ste

Proper noun

Pentecoste f

1. Pentecost, Whit Sunday

Proper noun

Pentecoste m or f by sense

1. a surname

Derived terms

• pentecostale

Descendants

• → Cimbrian: Pentekòste

Further reading

• Stefano Ravara (2015–2026), Mappa dei Cognomi‎^[1]

Latin

Alternative forms

• pentēcostē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛn.teːˈkɔs.teː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pen.teˈkɔs.te]

Proper noun

Pentēcostē f sg (genitive Pentēcostēs); first declension (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)

1. (Christianity) Pentecost
   • c. 160 CE – c. 225 CE, Tertullianus, Idololatria 14

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pentēcostē
genitive	Pentēcostēs
dative	Pentēcostae
accusative	Pentēcostēn
ablative	Pentēcostē
vocative	Pentēcostē

Descendants

• → Catalan: Pentecosta
• → French: Pentecôte
  • → Turkish: pankot
• → Galician: Pentecoste
• → Hungarian: pünkösd
• → Italian: Pentecoste
  • → Cimbrian: Pentekòste
• → Middle Dutch: pinxter, pinxteren
  • Dutch: Pinksteren, Pinkster
    • Negerhollands: pinstu
    • → Lokono: Pinkstdaka
    • → English: Pinkster
    • → Papiamentu: pinkster (dated)
• → Middle High German: phingesten
  • Cimbrian: finchésten
  • German: Pfingsten
  • Hunsrik: Pingste
  • Luxembourgish: Päischten
• → Middle Low German: pinxten
  • → Danish: pinse
  • → Norwegian: pinse, pins
  • → Swedish: pingst
• → Norman: Pentecôte
• → Occitan: Pentacosta
• → Old English: Pentecosten
  • Middle English: Pentecoste
    • English: Pentecost
      • → Japanese: ペンテコステ (Pentekosuto)
      • → Māori: Petekoha
    • Scots: Penthicost
• → Old Saxon: pinkost
• → Portuguese: Pentecoste, Pentecostes
  • → Indonesian: pentakosta
  • → Malayalam: പെന്തക്കൊസ്താ (pentakkostā) (see alt forms there)
• → Old Spanish: Pentecoste, pentecoste, pentecosta
  • Spanish: Pentecostés, pentecostés
    • → Tagalog: Pentekostes
• → West Frisian: Pinkster

References

• “Pentecoste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Pentecoste”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Pentecoste, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Pentcost, Pentecost, pentecoste, pentecostes, Pentecostes, pentycost, pentycoste
• (early ME) Pentecosten

Etymology

Inherited from Old English Pentecosten, from Latin Pentecoste, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnt(ə)ˌkɔst(ə)/, /ˈpɛntɛˌkɔst(ə)/

Proper noun

Pentecoste

1. Pentecost (Christian holiday)
2. Pentecost (specific day 49 days after Jesus' resurrection)
3. Shavuot (Jewish holiday)

Descendants

• English: Pentecost
• Scots: Penthicost

References

• “pente-cost(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Pentecostes

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ)bor.

Latin Pentēcostēder.

Portuguese Pentecoste

Derived from Latin Pentēcostē, borrowed from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ).

Proper noun

Pentecoste m

1. Pentecost (Christian festival)

Related terms

• pentecostal

Descendants

• → Indonesian: pentakosta
• → Malayalam: പെന്തക്കൊസ്താ (pentakkostā) (see alt forms there)