Halloween

See also: halloween and Hallowe'en

English

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Alternative forms

• Hallowe'en
• Halloweven (archaic)

Etymology

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌha.ləʊˈiːn/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhɑ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæ.loʊˈiːn/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Halloween (plural Halloweens)

1. 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

Derived terms

• anti-Halloween
• Halloweekend
• Halloween crab
• Summerween

 

Translations

October 31st

• Afrikaans: Allerheilige-aand, Halloween
• Arabic: هَالُوِين m (hāluwīn), عِيدُ جَمِيعِ القِدِّيسِين (ʕīdu jamīʕi l-qiddīsīn)

  Hijazi Arabic: هَالُوِين m (hāluwīn, haluwīn)

• Armenian: Հելոուին (Helouin)
• Azerbaijani: Hellouin
• Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellowin)
• Bavarian: Ollaheilignomd
• Belarusian: Хэлоўі́н m (Xeloŭín)
• Bengali: হ্যালোউইন (hêlōuin), হ্যালোইন (bn) (hêlōin)
• Bulgarian: Хелоуин m (Helouin)
• Cherokee: ᏓᎾᎵᎬᏚᎸᏍᎬ (danaligvdulvsgv)
• Chickasaw: Sholop Inittak
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 萬聖節／万圣节 (maan⁶ sing³ zit³) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖夜／万圣夜 (maan⁶ sing³ je⁶), 萬聖節前夕／万圣节前夕 (maan⁶ sing³ zit³ cin⁴ zik⁶)

  Mandarin: 萬聖夜／万圣夜 (zh) (Wànshèngyè), 萬聖節／万圣节 (zh) (Wànshèngjié) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖節前夕／万圣节前夕 (zh) (Wànshèngjié qiánxī, Wànshèngjié qiánxí)

• Czech: Halloween (cs) m
• Danish: allehelgensaften (da) c
• Dutch: allerheiligenavond m, Halloween (nl) n
• Esperanto: Haloveno
• Faroese: allahalgannaaftan m, alhalgunaaftan m
• Finnish: halloween (fi)
• French: Halloween (fr)
• Galician: Samaín m
• Georgian: ჰელოუინი (helouini)
• German: Halloween (de) n
• Greek: Χάλοουϊν n (Cháloouïn)
• Gujarati: હેલોવીન (helovīn)
• Hawaiian: Heleuī
• Hebrew: לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים (he) (leil kol haqdoshím)
• Hindi: हैलोवीन (hailovīn)
• Hungarian: halovín
• Hunsrik: Hexenacht f
• Icelandic: hrekkjavaka (is) f
• Irish: Oíche Shamhna f
• Italian: Halloween (it) m, vigilia di Ognissanti f
• Japanese: ハロウィーン (ja) (Harowīn), ハロウィン (ja) (Harowin)
• Kannada: ಹ್ಯಾಲೋವೀನ್ (hyālōvīn‌)
• Korean: 할로윈 (Hallowin)
• Kyrgyz: Хеллоуин (Hellouin)
• Latin: Pervigilium Omnium Sanctorum n
• Latvian: Halovīns m
• Lithuanian: Helovinas m
• Macedonian: Ноќ на вештерките f (Noḱ na vešterkite)
• Malagasy: Halôhinina
• Malayalam: ഹാലോവീൻ (hālōvīṉ)
• Manx: Oie Houney f
• Marathi: हॅलोवीन (hĕlovīn)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: сүнсний баяр (sünsnii bajar)

• Navajo: Doo Hóshkał Bá Hazʼą́
• Nepali: हलोविन (halovina), ह्यालविन (hyālavina)
• Norman: Veil'ye d'la Toussaint f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: allehelgensaften m

  Nynorsk: allehelgensaftan m

• Old English: ealra hālgena mæsseǣfen m
• Persian: هالووین (fa) (hâluvin)
• Polish: Halloween (pl) n
• Portuguese: Dia das Bruxas (pt) m, Halloween (pt) m, Raloim m (very rare), Véspera de Todos os Santos f
• Punjabi: ਹੈਲੋਵੀਨ (hailovīn)
• Romani: Dudumêngi-Ryat f
• Romanian: Halloween n
• Russian: Хеллоуи́н m (Xellouín), Халуви́н m (Xaluvín), Хэллоуи́н (ru) m (Xɛllouín), Халуи́н (Xaluín)
• Sardinian: Faghide bene a sos mortos
• Scots: Hallae E'en
• Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche Shamhna f
• Serbo-Croatian: Noć vještica f, Halloveen m
• Sinhalese: හැලෝවීන් (hælōwīn)
• Slovene: noč čarovnic m
• Spanish: Halloween (es) m, Noche de Brujas f, jalogüin m (very rare)
• Swedish: halloween (sv)
• Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin)
• Tamil: ஆலோவீன் (ālōvīṉ)
• Tatar: Хэллоуин (Xellouwin)
• Telugu: హాలోవీన్ (hālōvīn)
• Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin)
• Turkish: Cadılar Bayramı
• Ukrainian: Гелові́н m (Helovín), Хелові́н m (Xelovín), Відьо́мська ніч f (Vidʹómsʹka nič)
• Urdu: ہالووین (hālovīn)
• Uyghur: پەرىشتىلەر بايرىمى (perishtiler bayrimi)
• Vietnamese: Halloween (vi)
• Welsh: Nos Galan Gaeaf f, (informal) Nos Glangaea
• Western Panjabi: ہالووین (hāloven)
• Yakut: Хэллоуин (Qellouin), Һеллоуин (Hellouin)
• Yiddish: האַלאָווין (halovin)

See also

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

Dutch

Etymology

English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛloːˈʋin/, /ɦɛloˈwiːn/

• Audio:

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Noun

Halloween n (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween

Derived terms

• halloweenavond (“the night of Halloween”)
• halloweenfeest (“the celebration of Halloween; a Halloween party”)
• halloweenkostuum (“Halloween costume”)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• (France) ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.lɔ.win/

• Audio (France):

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• Audio (Switzerland):

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

Noun

Halloween f (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween

See also

• Halloween on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛloˌwiːn/, /-ˌviːn/

• Audio:

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Noun

Halloween n (strong, genitive Halloweens or Halloween, no plural)

1. Halloween

Declension

Declension of Halloween [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Halloween
genitive	eines	des	Halloweens, Halloween
dative	einem	dem	Halloween
accusative	ein	das	Halloween

Further reading

• “Halloween” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Halloween” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Halloween” in Duden online

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.lo.win/, /al.loˈwin/
• Rhymes: -allowin, -in

Noun

Halloween m

1. Halloween

See also

• Ognissanti

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.lɔ.win/, /xɛ.lɔˈwin/, /ˈxa.lɔ.win/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔwin
• Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween

Proper noun

Halloween n (indeclinable, related adjective halloweenowy)

1. 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)

Related terms

adverb

• halloweenowo

 

Further reading

• Halloween in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Halloween in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈlo(w)ĩ/ [haˈlo(ʊ̯)ĩ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈlo(w)ĩ/ [haˈlo(ʊ̯)ĩ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈlo(w)ĩ/ [χaˈlo(ʊ̯)ĩ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌa.lo(w)ˈuj.nɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌa.lo(w)ˈuj.nɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌa.lowˈuj.nɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌa.loˈuj.nɨ/

Proper noun

Halloween m

1. 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.)

   Synonym: dia das bruxas

Further reading

• “Halloween”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “Halloween”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Noun

Halloween n (uncountable)

1. Halloween

Declension

declension of Halloween (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) Halloween	Halloweenul
genitive/dative	(unui) Halloween	Halloweenului
vocative	Halloweenule

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaloˈwin/ [xa.loˈwĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
• IPA^(key): /ˈxalowin/ [ˈxa.lo.wĩn]
  • Rhymes: -alowin
• Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween

Noun

Halloween m (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween (31st of October)