how to pronounce easter

/ˈiː.stəɹ/

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easter is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of easter in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… going into the Easter period but look …”

meanings of easter

noun:

A Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Christ; the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging from March 22 to April 25.
The Jewish Passover.
Eastertide.
Easter term.
A festival held in honour of the goddess Eostre or Ostara, celebrated at the spring equinox or within the month of April, and also called Ostara or Eostre.

name:

A surname.

adjective:

Eastern.

easter frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word easter occurs in english on average 17.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics easter can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that easter can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;