karácsony

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      Etymology

      Probably a Bulgarian loanword, compare dialectal крачун (kračun, winter solstice; a Slavic holiday celebrated at the winter solstice), also cf. Macedonian dialectal крачун (kračun, Christmas), Slovak Kračun (winter solstice feast) (dialectal, "Christmas"). From Proto-Slavic *korčiti (to step).

      Pronunciation

      • IPA: /ˈkɒraːtʃoɲ/
      • Hyphenation: ka‧rá‧csony

      Noun

      karácsony (plural karácsonyok)

      1. Christmas; the feast day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.

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      Last modified on 23 December 2012, at 17:13