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thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

noun tanks-GEE-veeng Rare

Origin: Borrowed from English Thanksgiving.

Usage Note

Thanksgiving is used in French as an invariable proper noun referring to the American (or Canadian) holiday. It is typically written with a capital letter and treated as masculine. French speakers are generally aware of the holiday through American cultural influence; it has no French equivalent holiday.

Examples

"Ils fêtent Thanksgiving chaque novembre."

Natural Translation

They celebrate Thanksgiving every November.

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