May Day

See also: mayday

English

Noun

May Day (plural May Days)

1. The first day of May, a festival celebrating the beginning of the spring season; originally, and still among neopagans, a fertility celebration.
2. Labour Day, the first day of May, a worldwide workers' holiday.

Synonyms

• (workers' holiday):: Labor Day / Labour Day, International Workers' Day

Derived terms

• May Day sweep, May-day sweep

Related terms

• maypole
• May Queen

Translations

spring festival

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Cornish:

  Standard Cornish: Cala'Me, Kala' Me m

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vappu (fi)
• Greek: Πρωτομαγιά (el) f (Protomagiá)
• Ingrian: Maipraaznikka
• Italian: calendimaggio (it) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Là Bealltainn m, Là Buidhe Bealltainn m, Bealltainn f
• Welsh: Gŵyl Fai f, Calan Mai m

workers' holiday

• Armenian: Աշխատանքի օր (Ašxatankʿi ōr), (USSR) Աշխատավորների համերաշխության միջազգային օր (Ašxatavorneri hamerašxutʿyan miǰazgayin ōr)
• Burmese: အလုပ်သမားနေ့ (my) (a.lupsa.ma:ne.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勞動節／劳动节 (zh) (láodòngjié)

• Danish: første maj c, 1. maj, arbejdernes internationale kampdag c (formal, very rare)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: volbripäev, töörahvapüha
• Finnish: vappu (fi)
• French: fête du Travail; fête des Travailleurs
• Galician: Día do Traballo m
• German: Tag der Arbeit (de) m, Erster Mai (de) m, Maifeiertag (de) m, (dated) Kampftag der Arbeiterklasse m, Kampftag der Arbeiterbewegung m
• Greek: Εργατική Πρωτομαγιά (el) f (Ergatikí Protomagiá), Πρωτομαγιά (el) f (Protomagiá)
• Hebrew: אחד במאי (he)
• Hungarian: munka ünnepe
• Icelandic: fyrsti maí
• Italian: Primo Maggio m, festa dei lavoratori f
• Karelian: pervomaiju
• Macedonian: Ден на трудот m (Den na trudot), Меѓународен ден на трудот m (Meǵunaroden den na trudot), Први мај m (Prvi maj)
• Malay: Hari Buruh
• Northern Sami: válbor
• Norwegian: første mai
• Polish: Święto Pracy (pl) n
• Portuguese: Dia do Trabalhador m, Primeiro de Maio (pt) m
• Russian: Пра́здник весны́ и труда́ m (Prázdnik vesný i trudá) (Russia), День труда́ m (Denʹ trudá), День междунаро́дной солида́рности трудя́щихся m (Denʹ meždunaródnoj solidárnosti trudjáščixsja) (USSR), Первома́й (ru) m (Pervomáj)
• Scottish Gaelic: Bealltainn f
• Swahili: leba dei, Siku ya Wafanyakazi
• Swedish: första maj, valborg (sv) c, vappen (sv) (Finland)
• Tagalog: Araw ng mga Manggagawa

See also

• Jack in the green
• 'Obby 'Oss
• pay day

Further reading

• May Day on Wikipedia.Wikipedia