whitweek

Other forms of whitweek

plural

whitweeks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about whitweek

What does whitweek mean?

whitweek means "Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)".

How many syllables are in whitweek?

whitweek has 2 syllables: whi-tweek. The stress falls on "whi".

What is another word for whitweek?

Close synonyms include Whitsun, Whitsuntide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is whitweek a common word?

whitweek is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.