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PRONUNCIATION OF WHIT WEEK

Whit Week  [wɪt wiːk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHIT WEEK

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Whit Week is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHIT WEEK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Whit Week

Whitsun

Whitsun is the name used in the UK and Ireland for the Christian festival of Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter, which commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon Christ's disciples. In England it took on some characteristics of Beltane, which originated from the pagan celebration of Summer's Day, the beginning of the summer half-year, in Europe. Whitsuntide, the week following Whitsunday, was one of three vacation weeks for the medieval villein; on most manors he was free from service on the lord's demesne this week, which marked a pause in the agricultural year. Whit Monday, the day after Whitsun, remained a holiday in the UK until 1971 when the movable holiday was replaced with the fixed Spring Bank Holiday in late May. Whit was the occasion for varied forms of celebration. In the North West of England, church and chapel parades called Whit Walks still take place at this time. Typically, the parades include brass bands and choirs; girls attending are dressed in white. Traditionally, Whit fairs took place. Other customs such as morris dancing are associated with Whit, although in many cases they have been transferred to the Spring Bank Holiday.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHIT WEEK


antique
ænˈtiːk
boutique
buːˈtiːk
chic
ʃiːk
clique
kliːk
creek
kriːk
Greek
ɡriːk
midweek
ˈmɪdˈwiːk
overweak
ˌəʊvəˈwiːk
peak
piːk
pipsqueak
ˈpɪpˌskwiːk
politique
ˌpɒlɪˈtiːk
seek
siːk
speak
spiːk
squeak
skwiːk
technique
tɛkˈniːk
tweak
twiːk
unique
juːˈniːk
weak
wiːk
week
wiːk
workweek
ˈwɜːkˌwiːk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHIT WEEK

Whit Monday
Whit Sunday
Whitaker
Whitbread
Whitby
white
white admiral
white alkali
white ant
white area
White Australia policy

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHIT WEEK

Ancient Greek
cheek
cleek
Cooper Creek
Dawson Creek
fenugreek
Great Week
hide-and-seek
Holy Week
keek
leek
meek
Passion Week
peek
reek
Schaerbeek
Schoolies Week
sleek
steek
turn the other cheek

Synonyms and antonyms of Whit Week in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Whit Week» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHIT WEEK

Find out the translation of Whit Week to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

圣灵降临周
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Whit Semana
570 millions of speakers

English

Whit Week
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कण वीक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مثقال ذرة أسبوع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Духов Неделя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Whit Semana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সপ্তাহের সপ্তাহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pentecôte semaine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minggu Whit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pfingstwoche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

聖霊降臨祭ウィーク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성령 강림절 주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Whit Week
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

whit Tuần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விட் வீக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हाईट आठवडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Whit Haftası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Whit settimana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Whit tydzień
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

духів Тиждень
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Whit Săptămâna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Πεντηκοστής Εβδομάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pinkster Week
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Whit vecka
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

whit Week
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Whit Week

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHIT WEEK»

The term «Whit Week» is barely ever used and occupies the 193.848 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHIT WEEK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Whit Week

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIT WEEK»

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History, Directory & Gazeteer, of the County of York: With ...
Tidford, Mon aft laster, Dec 6. Torksey, Whit Mon. Vainfleet, Slit aft May 21. July 5, iug24, Oct24. Winteringham, July 4. Winterton, July 5. Wragby, Joly Th Sept 29. MIDDLESEX. Beggars Bush, Sept 12. Bow, Th Fri <fe Sat in Whit week. Brentford  ...
Edward Baines, 1823
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The diary Of Sir Raymond Street
1932 Whit Week. May 13th—21st 158 The Chamber's campaign for 'Business as Usual' in Whit week began after Whit week last year. We ourselves obviously had to set an example by keeping open. I divided the staff into two halves. the first ...
Marguerite Dupree, Raymond Streat, 1988
3
The Edinburgh Almanack, Or Universal Scots and Imperial ...
... L. Beadle, Hawes, Settle, Y. Wednesday in Whit- week— Ambleside, W. Barnardcastle, D. Kir- by-moor-side, Y. Thursday in Whit-week — Lang- town, C. Adwalton, iiawtry, Y. Tuesday after Whit- w.— Sheffield, Y. Trinity Sunday Eve — Reeth, ...
‎1828
4
Manchester Boys: Sketches of Manchester Lads at Work and Play
The Whit-week Camps, 1905. Whit-week is looked forward to by none more eagerly, than the boys of the city. To hundreds of them, it means the one brief spell of freedom from work during the year. The extent to which the various organisations ...
Charles Edward Bellyse Russell, 1905
5
History, directory & gazetteer, of the county of York; with ...
Frotherheat ,June 16. Godalming, Feb 13, July{ 10. Guildford, Ma 4, Nov 22. am, May 29. Has emere, May 12, Sept 25. Hurdwich Court, Whit'l'u. Katherine Hill, Oct 2. Kingston, .Th Fri and Sat in Whit week Aug 2, and 4, Nov 13. Kua hill Nov 9.
Edward Baines, William Parson, 1823
6
The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
Whitsun week — Same as WHIT- WEEK. Whit week— ® white, a^;'., n. v. t.t & »'. 1 . Being of the colour of pure snow ; CT$, . "1^91. 5*t iffy •start, ptr». p*Md. ; white fHti, fit, sti •ttvr, f'f. «f?, ^, CTOB»«R. JPPW1. 59 Hi I whls'-tle (-1), 11. i., t.te r>. 1.
Charuchandra Guha, 2007
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The Manchester record
-fiuring Whit-week, in the Manchester Cathedral. During the Whit-week in 1868 - the numbers of persons married in the Cathedral, were : Whit-Sunday, 68 ; Monday, 30; Tuesday, 26; Wednesday, 40; Thursday, 106; Friday, 16; Saturday, 36; ...
8
The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical, ...
9th Sunday after Trinity. Thursday before Easter, loth Sunday after Trinity. Monday in Whit. Week. Quinquagesima Sunday. Monday in Whit. Week. 1 Ith Sunday after Trinity. Tuesday in Easter Week. Burial of the Dead. 12th Sunday after Trinity.
‎1835
9
The Blackpool Highflyer
'Were you playing at the Seashell Music Hall at Whitsuntide?' 'Yes,' he replied, 'I was here for Whit Week in the Seaside Surprises.' He smiled at me as he said the name. 'When did that Whit Week show begin?' 'Why, on the Monday of Whit ...
Andrew Martin, 2009
10
Lancashire Mining Disasters 1835-1910
William Buck, a night-fireman, stated that he fell ill on the last Saturday before Whit-week (23rd May) and that all gas met with was reported in his book, including that in Robins' and Derricott's bay, No.2 East, on 22 October 1884, when coal ...
Jack Nadin, 2006

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHIT WEEK»

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Whit Weekend: The best weekend of the year
WHIT FRIDAY is a holiday almost everyone takes voluntarily in my and all the other ... John is thinking about making a video about the unique Whit Weekend. «Saddleworth Independent, Jun 15»

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