Halloween
English edit
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Etymology edit
A Scottish shortening of Allhalloweven, from Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) + even (an archaic/poetic cognate of eve).
Allhallowmas can be superficially analysed as a combination of all + hallow ("saint, holy person") + -mas ("mass, church festival, holiday" as in Christmas), but it's actually a direct descendant of the Middle English and Old English terms for All Saints' Day, whose parts mean the same as in the modern expression: (Middle English Alhalwemesse) and Old English ealra hālgena mæsse (literally "the mass of all the saints", from eall, halga, and mæsse).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌha.ləʊˈiːn/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhɑ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæ.loʊˈiːn/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun edit
Halloween (plural Halloweens)
- The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.
- They all get dressed up in scary costumes at Halloween.
- 1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1.
- Black is the night full of fright / You'll be missing the day / What will be here very soon / Changing your way / A knock at your door / It is real or is it a dream / On trembling legs you open the door / And you scream... on Halloween
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Noun edit
Halloween n (plural Halloweens)
Derived terms edit
- halloweenavond (“the night of Halloween”)
- halloweenfeest (“the celebration of Halloween; a Halloween party”)
- halloweenkostuum (“Halloween costume”)
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Halloween.
Pronunciation edit
- (France) (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.lɔ.win/
Audio (France) (file) Audio (Switzerland) (file) - (Quebec) (aspirated h) IPA(key): /a.lo.wiːn/
Noun edit
Halloween f (plural Halloweens)
See also edit
- Halloween on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
German edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.
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Noun edit
Halloween n (strong, genitive Halloweens or Halloween, no plural)
Declension edit
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Halloween.
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Halloween m
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈxɛ.lɔ.win/, /xɛ.lɔˈwin/, /ˈxa.lɔ.win/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔwin
- Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween
Proper noun edit
Halloween n (indeclinable, related adjective halloweenowy)
- Halloween (eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces)
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Hal‧lo‧we‧en
Proper noun edit
Halloween m
- Halloween (festival that takes place on October 31st, in which people dress up in ghostly costumes and use hollow pumpkins, with candles inside, to decorate houses, gardens, etc.)
Further reading edit
- “Halloween” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “Halloween” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “Halloween” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.
Noun edit
Halloween n (uncountable)
Declension edit
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) Halloween | Halloweenul |
genitive/dative | (unui) Halloween | Halloweenului |
vocative | Halloweenule |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /xaloˈwin/ [xa.loˈwĩn]
- Rhymes: -in
- IPA(key): /ˈxalowin/ [ˈxa.lo.wĩn]
- Rhymes: -alowin
- Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween
Noun edit
Halloween m (plural Halloweens)
- Halloween (31st of October)