Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Canada, US)Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.

    Thanksgiving, Erntedankfest, Erntedank

    День благодаре́нияDenʹ blagodarénija

  2. (Canada, US)The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.

  3. An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival.

Examples

95 sentences
  1. Happy Thanksgiving Day.

    Щасливого Дня подяки. — deniko

    ruСчастливого Дня Благодарения. — Hayabusa

  2. They ate turkey on Thanksgiving Day.

  3. I'm going to Boston for Thanksgiving.

    deIch fahre zum Erntedankfest nach Boston. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Are you spending Thanksgiving with Tom?

  5. Tom is coming here for Thanksgiving.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

A proprialization from the common noun thanksgiving; by surface analysis, thanks + giving.

A proprialization from the common noun thanksgiving; by surface analysis, thanks + giving.

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