Saint Valentine's Day

English

Alternative forms

• St. Valentine's Day, St Valentine's Day

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌseɪntˈvælənˌtaɪnzˌdeɪ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsəntˈvælənˌtaɪnzˌdeɪ/

Proper noun

Saint Valentine's Day

1. A holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love.

   Synonyms: Valentine's Day, Valentine's

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene v], page 273:

     Tomorrow is S. Valentines day, all in the morning betime, / And I a Maid at your Window, to be your Valentine.

Derived terms

• Galentine's Day
• Palentine's Day
• White Day

Translations

Saint Valentine's Day

• Albanian: dita e të dashuruarve
• Arabic: عِيد اَلْحُبّ m (ʕīd al-ḥubb, literally “festival of love”)
• Armenian: Սուրբ Վալենտինի օր (Surb Valentini ōr), Բոլոր սիրահարների օր (Bolor siraharneri ōr)
• Bikol Central: aldaw nin pagkamoot
• Catalan: dia de Sant Valentí m
• Chinese:

  Hakka: 情人節／情人节 (Chhìn-ngìn-chiet)

  Hokkien: 情人節／情人节 (Chêng-jîn-chiat, Chêng-lîn-chiat)

  Mandarin: 情人節／情人节 (zh) (Qíngrén-jié)

• Czech: Den svatého Valentýna (cs) m
• Danish: valentinsdag, Sankt Valentins dag
• Dinka: Aköl de Balentin
• Dutch: Valentijn (nl) m, valentijnsdag m
• Esperanto: Sankt-Valentena tago, Valentena Tago
• Estonian: sõbrapäev (et), valentinipäev
• Finnish: ystävänpäivä (fi)
• French: Saint-Valentin (fr) f
• Galician: Día de San Valentín m, Día dos Namorados
• Georgian: წმინდა ვალენტინის დღე (c̣minda valenṭinis dɣe), შეყვარებულების დღე (šeq̇varebulebis dɣe), სიყვარულის დღე (siq̇varulis dɣe), ვალენტინის დღე (valenṭinis dɣe), ვალენტინობა (valenṭinoba)
• German: Valentinstag (de) m
• Greek: Ημέρα του Αγίου Βαλεντίνου (Iméra tou Agíou Valentínou)
• Hindi: वेलेण्टाइन दिवस m (veleṇṭāin divas)
• Irish: Lá San Vailintín m, Lá Fhéile Vailintín m
• Italian: San Valentino m
• Japanese: バレンタインデー (ja) (Barentain-dē), バレンタイン (Barentain)
• Korean: 성 발렌타인 데이 (seong ballentain dei), 성 밸런타인 축일 (seong baelleontain chugil)
• Luxembourgish: Valentinsdag m
• Maltese: jum San Valentinu
• Navajo: Hajéí Béédahaniih, Ayóóʼádajóʼnínígíí Béédahaniih
• Norman: Saint Valentîn f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: valentinsdag m, Sankt Valentins dag m
• Persian: روز والنتین (ruz-e vâlentin)
• Polish: walentynki (pl) nvir
• Portuguese: Dia de São Valentim m, Dia dos Namorados (pt) m
• Russian: день свято́го Валенти́на (ru) m (denʹ svjatóvo Valentína), день Валенти́на m (denʹ Valentína), день влюблённых m (denʹ vljubljónnyx, literally “lovers' day”)
• Scottish Gaelic: Là nam Pòg m
• Spanish: San Valentín m, Día de San Valentín m, Día de los Enamorados m
• Swahili: siku ya wapendanao
• Swedish: alla hjärtans dag (sv)
• Tagalog: araw ng mga puso
• Thai: วันวาเลนไทน์ (wan-waa-len-taai)
• Turkish: Sevgililer Günü
• Ukrainian: день свято́го Валенти́на m (denʹ svjatóho Valentýna), день Валенти́на m (denʹ Valentýna)
• Vietnamese: lễ Tình Nhân

Further reading

• Valentine's Day on Wikipedia.Wikipedia