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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