Hogmanay
English edit
Etymology edit
From Scots Hogmanay, probably from Old French aguillanneuf (“last day of the year”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒɡməˌneɪ/, /ˌhɒɡməˈneɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɡməˌneɪ/, /ˌhɑɡməˈneɪ/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈhɔɡməne/, /ˌhɔɡməˈne/, /ˈhʌɡməne/
Noun edit
Hogmanay (countable and uncountable, plural Hogmanays)
- (Scotland) New Year's Eve.
- 2020 January 5, Kevin McKenna, “Rebel alliance ready to put a halt to the ‘disneyfication’ of Edinburgh”, in The Observer[1], →ISSN:
- Each year the Hogmanay celebration and the Christmas market on Princes Street Gardens that accompanies it, together with the ever-growing international festival and fringe, eats up more and more of our public spaces.
- (Scotland) A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve.
Alternative forms edit
Anagrams edit
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Norman hoguinané, from Old French aguillanneuf (“last day of the year”).
Proper noun edit
Hogmanay
- New Year's Eve.
- A celebration or gift for New Year's Eve.
References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.