Meanings
plural Palm Sundays
- The sixth Sunday in Lent, the Sunday before Easter.
Holonyms: Holy Week < Eastertime
Synonyms: Branch Sunday, Fig Sunday, Flowering Sunday, Passion Sunday
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe sixth Sunday in Lent, the Sunday before Easter.
Origin
- Old EnglishPalmsunnandæg
- EnglishPalm Sunday
From the palm fronds supposedly laid before Jesus during his entrance to Jerusalem preceding his crucifixion. Originally Old English Palmsunnandæg or palm-sunnandæg. The current spelling dates to the 17th century.
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Basque Erramu Igandea
- Erramu Igandeathe Sunday before Easter
Bulgarian цве́тница
- цве́тница (cvétnica)the Sunday before Easter
Catalan Diumenge de Rams
- Diumenge de Ramsthe Sunday before Easter
Chinese Mandarin 棕枝主日, 聖枝主日 /圣枝主日
- 棕枝主日 (Zōngzhī Zhǔrì)the Sunday before Easter
- 聖枝主日 /圣枝主日 (Shèngzhī Zhǔrì)the Sunday before Easter
Czech květná neděle
- květná nedělethe Sunday before Easter
Danish palmesøndag
- palmesøndagthe Sunday before Easter
Dutch Palmzondag
- Palmzondagthe Sunday before Easter
Esperanto palmodimanĉo, palmofesto
- palmodimanĉothe Sunday before Easter
- palmofestothe Sunday before Easter
Finnish palmusunnuntai
- palmusunnuntaithe Sunday before Easter
French Dimanche des Rameaux
- Dimanche des Rameauxthe Sunday before Easter
German Palmsonntag, Sonntag Palmarum
- Palmsonntagthe Sunday before Easter
- Sonntag Palmarumthe Sunday before Easter
- Palmarum-Sonntagthe Sunday before Easter
- Palmarumthe Sunday before Easter
- Palmtagthe Sunday before Easter
Greek Κυριακή των Βαΐων
- Κυριακή των Βαΐων (Kyriakí ton Vaḯon)the Sunday before Easter
Hindi पाम रविवार
- पाम रविवार (pām ravivār)the Sunday before Easter
Hungarian virágvasárnap
- virágvasárnapthe Sunday before Easter
Icelandic pálmasunnudagur
- pálmasunnudagurthe Sunday before Easter
Indonesian Minggu Palma
- Minggu Palmathe Sunday before Easter
Irish Domhnach na Pailme, Domhnach na hImrime
- Domhnach na Pailmethe Sunday before Easter
- Domhnach na hImrimethe Sunday before Easter
- Domhnach an Iúirthe Sunday before Easter
Italian Domenica delle Palme
- Domenica delle Palmethe Sunday before Easter
Japanese パームサンデー
- パームサンデー (pāmu sandē)the Sunday before Easter
Korean 종려주일
- 종려주일 (jongnyeoju'il)the Sunday before Easter
Latin Dominica palmarum
- Dominica palmarumthe Sunday before Easter
Latvian Pūpolu diena
- Pūpolu dienathe Sunday before Easter
Norwegian Bokmål palmesøndag
- palmesøndagthe Sunday before Easter
Polish Niedziela Palmowa
- Niedziela Palmowathe Sunday before Easter
Portuguese Domingo de Ramos
- Domingo de Ramosthe Sunday before Easter
Romanian Duminica Floriilor
- Duminica Floriilorthe Sunday before Easter
Russian ве́рбное воскресе́нье
- ве́рбное воскресе́нье (vérbnoje voskresénʹje)the Sunday before Easter
Scottish Gaelic Didòmhnaich Tùrnais, Didòmhnaich Shlat-phailme
- Didòmhnaich Tùrnaisthe Sunday before Easter
- Didòmhnaich Shlat-phailmethe Sunday before Easter
Slovak kvetná nedeľa
- kvetná nedeľathe Sunday before Easter
Spanish Domingo de Ramos
- Domingo de Ramosthe Sunday before Easter
Swedish palmsöndag
- palmsöndagthe Sunday before Easter
Tagalog Linggo ng Palaspas, Linggo-de-Ramos
- Linggo ng Palaspasthe Sunday before Easter
- Linggo-de-Ramosthe Sunday before Easter
Tamil குருத்தோலைஞாயிறு, குருத்தோலைப்பெருநாள்
- குருத்தோலைஞாயிறு (kuruttōlaiñāyiṟu)the Sunday before Easter
- குருத்தோலைப்பெருநாள் (kuruttōlaipperunāḷ)the Sunday before Easter
Ukrainian Ве́рбна неді́ля
- Ве́рбна неді́ля (Vérbna nedílja)the Sunday before Easter
Urdu کَھجُور کا اِتْوَار
- کَھجُور کا اِتْوَار (khajūr kā itvār)the Sunday before Easter
Vietnamese Chúa Nhật Lễ Lá
- Chúa Nhật Lễ Láthe Sunday before Easter
Welsh Sul y Blodau
- Sul y Blodauthe Sunday before Easter
Cite this entry
Palm Sunday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Palm%20Sunday
“Palm Sunday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Palm%20Sunday. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Palm Sunday,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Palm%20Sunday.
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