Thanksgiving

== English == === Etymology === A proprialization from the common noun thanksgiving; by surface analysis, thanks +‎ giving. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θæŋksˈɡɪvɪŋ/, /ˈθæŋksɡɪvɪŋ/ Hyphenation: Thanks‧giv‧ing === Proper noun === Thanksgiving (plural Thanksgivings) (Canada, US) Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. 1788, Theodore Sedgwick to his wife, 9 November, in The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections 1788–1790, vol. 1, ed. Merrill Jensen and Robert A. Becker, University of Wisconsin Press, 1976, pages 513–514 It is at present impossible to determine when the General Court will adjourn, none of the great business having as yet been attended to, so as to be completed, but there seems to be a general determination to be at home at Thanksgiving. I hope it will be possible. (Canada, US) The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend. An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Black Friday Cyber Monday === Further reading === Thanksgiving on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Thanksgiving on Wikiquote.Wikiquote Category:Thanksgiving on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Dutch == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Thanksgiving. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛŋksˈɡɪ.vɪŋ/ Hyphenation: Thanks‧gi‧ving === Noun === Thanksgiving m or f (uncountable, no diminutive) Thanksgiving == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English Thanksgiving. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛnks.ɡi.viŋ/ (Quebec) IPA(key): [tɛŋks.ɡi.vɪŋ], [tẽks.ɡi.vɪŋ] Rhymes: -iŋɡ === Proper noun === Thanksgiving m (anglicism) Thanksgiving Day Synonyms: (Canada) Action de grâce, Action de grâces