Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pure brightness festival

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
pure bright-ness fes-ti-val
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

A calque of Chinese 清明節 /清明节 (Qīngmíngjié), from 清明 (Qīngmíng, “Pure & Bright”), one of the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. Doublet of Qingming Festival.

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Questions

What does pure brightness festival mean?
Synonym of Tomb Sweeping Day.
Where does pure brightness festival come from?
A calque of Chinese 清明節 /清明节 (Qīngmíngjié), from 清明 (Qīngmíng, “Pure & Bright”), one of the 24 solar terms of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. Doublet of Qingming Festival.

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