Halloween

English

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Alternative forms

• Hallowe'en

Etymology

A shortening of All-Hallow-even, All Hallows’ Eve (the name of the evening before All Saints Day).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌhæləˈwiːn/
• (US) IPA: /ˌhæləˈwin/, /ˌhɑləˈwin/

Noun

Halloween (plural Halloweens)

1. The eve of All Hallows' Day; 31st October; celebrated (mostly in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States and Ireland) by children going door-to-door in costume and demanding candy with menaces.

Translations

31st of October

• Afrikaans: Allerheilige-aand (af), Halloween (af)
• Arabic: هالووين (ar) (haluwiin) m
• Belarusian: Хэлоўін (be) (Xéloŭin, Xeloŭín) m 
• Bengali: হ্যালোউইন (bn)
• Bulgarian: Хелоуин (bg) (Helouin) m 
• Chickasaw: Sholop Inittak
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 萬聖夜 (cmn), 万圣夜 (cmn) (Wànshèngyè), 萬聖節 (cmn), 万圣节 (cmn) (Wànshèngjié)

• Czech: Halloween (cs) m
• Danish: allehelgensaften (da) c
• Esperanto: Haloveno (eo)
• Finnish: halloween (fi)
• French: Halloween (fr)
• Georgian: ჰელოუინი (ka) (helouini) 
• German: Halloween (de) n
• Greek: παραμονή των Αγίων Πάντων (el) (paramoní ton Agíon Pánton) 
• Gujarati: હેલોવીન (gu) (helovīn)
• Hebrew: ליל כל הקדושים (he)
• Hindi: हैलोवीन (hi) (hailovīn)
• Irish: Oíche Shamhna (ga) f
• Japanese: ハロウィーン (ja) (Harouīn), ハロウィン (ja) (Harouin)
• Jèrriais: Veil'ye d'la Toussaint f

• Kannada: ಹ್ಯಾಲೋವೀನ್‌ (kn)
• Korean: 할로윈 (ko) (Hallowin)
• Macedonian: Ноќ на вештерките (mk) (Noḱ na veštérkite) f
• Navajo: Doo Hashkał Bá Hazʼą́
• Old English: Ealra Hālgena Ǣfen (ang)
• Persian: هالووین (fa) (Hâlouvin)
• Polish: Halloween (pl) m
• Portuguese: Dia das Bruxas (pt) pl
• Russian: Хеллоуин (ru) (Xéllouin, Xellouín) m 
• Sardinian: Faghide bene a sos mortos (sc)
• Scots: Hallae E'en
• Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche Shamhna (gd) f
• Spanish: Halloween (es) m
• Swedish: halloween (sv)
• Tajik: Хеллоуин (tg) (Xellouin) 
• Telugu: హాలోవీన్ (te)
• Thai: วันฮาโลวีน (th) (wan haalohween)
• Turkish: Cadılar Bayramı (tr)
• Ukrainian: Хелловін (uk) (Xéllovin, Xellovín) m 
• Urdu: ہالووین (ur) (hālovīn)
• Vietnamese: Halloween (vi), đêm trước ngày lễ Các Thánh (vi)
• Welsh: Nos Galan Gaeaf (cy) f, (informal) Nos Glangaea (cy)
• Yakut: Хэллоуин (Xellouin)

See also

• All Hallows' Day
• trick-or-treat, trick or treat
• Samhain

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English

Pronunciation

• (France) ^{(mute h)}IPA: /a.lɔ.win/

• Audio (France)

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• (Quebec) ^{(mute h)}IPA: /a.lo.wiːn/

Noun

Halloween f (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween

See also

• Halloween on the French Wikipedia.fr.Wikipedia