Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whitsun

/ˈwɪt.sən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: whit-sun
IPA: /ˈwɪt.sən/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

The holiday beginning on Whitsunday.

adj

Of, or relating to Whitsunday or Whitsuntide

Example Sentences

"1909, Sidney Heath, Romance of Symbolism: Fonts and the symbols of baptism - The times [for baptism] of which Whitsun Eve is one, are specified by ... the constitutions for Orthobon for England, Gerona, 517, c. iv."
"1978, Peter Bailey, Leisure and class in Victorian England: Rational recreation and the contest for control, quoting "a British observation from early 20th century", read in Orvar Löfgren, On Holiday: A History of Vacationing (2002) - The excursion train used to vomit forth, at Easter and in Whitsun week, throngs of millhands of the period, cads and their flames, tawdry, blowsy, noisy, drunken."

Etymology

Apocopic form of Whitsunday.

Inflected Forms

Whitsuns (plural)

Phrases

Whitsun Monday Whitsun term Whitsun Tuesday

Synonyms

Whitweek Whitsuntide Pentecost

Questions

How do you pronounce whitsun?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪt.sən/.
What does whitsun mean?: Whitsunday.
Where does whitsun come from?: Apocopic form of Whitsunday.

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