holiday

See also: Holiday

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English halyday, holyday, halidei, haliȝdei, from Old English hāliġdæġ (“holy day, Sabbath”), equivalent to holy +‎ day. Cognate with West Frisian hjeldei (“holiday”), Danish helligdag (“holiday”), Norwegian helligdag (“holiday”), Swedish helgdag (“holiday, feast”).

PronunciationEdit

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/

NounEdit

holiday (plural holidays) (chiefly Britain)

1. A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.

   Today is a Wiccan holiday!

2. A day declared free from work by the state or government.
3. A period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure.
4. A period during which pupils and students do not attend their school or university.

   I want to take a French course this summer holiday.

5. A period taken off work or study for travel or leisure.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or […] . And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.

6. A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.

SynonymsEdit

• (day on which a festival, etc, is traditionally observed): feast day (celebratory religious event)
• (day declared free from work by the government): Bank Holiday (UK), national holiday
• (period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure): leave, time off
• (period taken off work or study for travel): vacation (US)
• (gap in coverage): lacuna

Derived termsEdit

• bank holiday
• busman's holiday
• go on holiday
• high days and holidays
• holiday pay

• holiday season
• holiday-maker, holidaymaker
• holidayer
• public holiday
• summer holiday

TranslationsEdit

day on which a festival, etc, is traditionally observed

• Albanian: festë (sq) f
• Arabic: عِيد‎‎ m (ʿīd)
• Armenian: տոն (hy) (ton)
• Aromanian: sãrbãtoari f
• Azerbaijani: bayram (az)
• Bashkir: байрам (bayram), ғәйет (ğäyet)
• Belarusian: свя́та n (svjáta)
• Bengali: ছুটির দিন (chuţir din)
• Bulgarian: пра́зник (bg) m (práznik)
• Burmese: အလုပ်ပိတ်ရက် (my) (a.luppitrak)
• Catalan: festa (ca) f
• Chichewa: holide
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 節日 (zh), 节日 (zh) (jiérì), 節慶 (zh), 节庆 (zh) (jiéqìng)

• Chukchi: праздник (prazdnik), эӈэӈыткун (ėṇėṇytkun), крычмын (kryčmyn)
• Chuvash: уяв (ujav)
• Crimean Tatar: bayram
• Czech: svátek (cs) m
• Danish: helligdag (da) c
• Dutch: feestdag (nl) m
• Esperanto: festotago
• Estonian: püha
• Finnish: juhlapäivä (fi), pyhäpäivä (fi)
• French: fête (fr) f
• Galician: festa (gl) f
• Georgian: დღესასწაული (dɣesasc̣auli)
• German: Feiertag (de) m
• Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí)
• Hebrew: חַג‎‎ (he) m (khag)
• Hindi: चुट्टी f (chuṭṭī), ईद (hi) f (īd) (Muslim)
• Hungarian: ünnepnap (hu)
• Icelandic: helgidagur (is) m
• Irish: lá saoire m
• Italian: giorno festivo m
• Japanese: 祭日 (さいじつ, saijitsu), 祭り (まつり, matsuri)
• Kazakh: мейрам (meyram), айт (ayt)
• Khmer: ថ្ងៃឈប់សម្រាក (tŋay cʰup sɑmraak)
• Korean: 축제일 (ko) (chukjeil), 축일 (ko) (chugil)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: جەژن‎‎ (cejn)

• Kyrgyz: майрам (mayram), айт (ky) (ayt)
• Lao: ມື້ພັກ (lo) (mư̄ phak)
• Latin: feria, festum
• Macedonian: празник m (praznik)
• Maltese: jum il-festa
• Manx: feaill f, feailley f
• Maori: hararei
• Mongolian: баяр (mn) (bajar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: helligdag m

  Nynorsk: heilagdag m

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: праздьникъ m (prazdĭnikŭ)

• Persian: عید‎‎ (fa) ('eyd)
• Polish: święto (pl) n
• Portuguese: feriado (pt) m
• Romanian: sărbătoare (ro) f
• Russian: пра́здник (ru) m (prázdnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: latha-fèille m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: празник m, свечаник m, светковина f

  Roman: praznik (sh) m, svečanik m, svetkovina (sh) f

• Shor: пайрам (payram)
• Slovak: sviatok m
• Slovene: praznik (sl) m
• Spanish: festividad (es) f, fiesta (es) f
• Swahili: likizo (sw)
• Swedish: högtid (sv) c
• Tajik: ид (tg) (id)
• Tatar: бәйрәм (tt) (bäyräm)
• Telugu: సెలవు (te) (selavu)
• Thai: วันหยุด (wan-yùt)
• Turkish: bayram (tr)
• Turkmen: baýramçylyk (tk), baýram (tk)
• Ukrainian: свя́то n (svjáto)
• Urdu: چٹّی‎‎ f (chuṭṭī), عید‎‎ f ('īd)
• Uyghur: بايرام‏‎‎‎ (bayram‏‎)
• Uzbek: bayram (uz)
• Vietnamese: ngày lễ (vi)

day declared free from work by the government

• Arabic: عُطْل‎‎ m (ʿuṭl), عُطْلَة‎‎ f (ʿuṭla)
• Armenian: տոն (hy) (ton)
• Bashkir: байрам көнө (bayram könö), ял көнө (yal könö)
• Basque: jaiegun
• Bulgarian: празник (bg) m (praznik)
• Catalan: dia de festa, dia feriat
• Chichewa: holide
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假日 (zh) (jiàrì)

• Czech: svátek (cs) m
• Danish: helligdag (da) c, fridag (da) c
• Dutch: feestdag (nl) m
• Finnish: yleinen vapaapäivä
• French: jour férié (fr) m
• Galician: día festivo m
• German: gesetzlicher Feiertag m
• Greek: αργία (el) f (argía)
• Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f (chuṭṭī)
• Hungarian: szünnap (hu), szabadnap (hu)
• Irish: lá saoire m
• Italian: giorno festivo m
• Japanese: 休日 (ja) (きゅうじつ, kyūjitsu), 休暇 (ja) (きゅうか, kyūka)
• Korean: 휴일 (ko) (hyu-il) (休日)

• Lao: ມື້ພັກງານ (mư̄ phak ngān)
• Latin: feria, festum
• Macedonian: празник m (praznik), нера́ботен ден m (neráboten den)
• Malay: cuti
• Maltese: btala, franka
• Maori: hararei
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: heilagdag m

  Nynorsk: heilagdag m

• Persian: تعطیل‎‎ (fa) (ta'til), هالیدی‎‎ (hâlidey) (informal)
• Polish: święto (pl) n
• Portuguese: feriado (pt) m
• Russian: пра́здник (ru) m (prázdnik), выходно́й день m (vyxodnój denʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: latha-fèille m
• Serbo-Croatian: praznik (sh) m
• Spanish: día feriado m
• Swahili: likizo (sw)
• Swedish: helgdag (sv) c
• Tibetan: གུང་གསེང (gung gseng)
• Turkish: tatil (tr)
• Ukrainian: свя́то n (svjáto), вихідни́й день m (vyxidnýj denʹ), вихідни́й че́рез свя́то m (vyxidnýj čérez svjáto)
• Urdu: چھٹی‎‎ f (chuṭṭī)
• Vietnamese: nghỉ lễ

period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure

• Arabic: إِجَازَة‎‎ f (ʾijāza), عُطْلَة‎‎ f (ʿuṭla)
• Armenian: արձակուրդ (hy) (arjakurd)
• Bashkir: ял (yal)
• Bulgarian: отпуск (bg) m (otpusk)
• Catalan: vacances (ca) f pl
• Chichewa: holide
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假日 (zh) (jiàrì), 休假日 (xiūjiàrì), 假期 (zh) (jiàqī)

• Czech: dovolená (cs) f
• Danish: ferie (da) c
• Dutch: vakantie (nl) f
• Esperanto: libertempo
• Finnish: loma (fi), lomapäivä (fi), vapaapäivä (fi)
• French: congé (fr) m, vacances (fr) pl
• Galician: vacacións f pl
• German: Urlaub (de) m
• Greek: διακοπές (el) f, pl (diakopés)
• Hebrew: חופשה‎‎ (ḥufshá)
• Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f (chuṭṭī)
• Hungarian: szabadság (hu)
• Irish: saoire f
• Italian: vacanza (it) f, ferie (it) f pl
• Japanese: 休暇 (ja) (きゅうか, kyūka), 休日 (ja) (きゅうじつ, kyūjitsu)

• Korean: 휴가 (ko) (hyuga)
• Latin: cessatio, feriae
• Lithuanian: atostogos (lt)
• Macedonian: одмор m (odmor)
• Malay: cuti
• Maltese: vaganza
• Maori: hararei
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ferie (no) m

  Nynorsk: ferie m

• Polish: urlop (pl) m
• Portuguese: férias (pt) f pl
• Russian: о́тпуск (ru) m (ótpusk), отгу́л (ru) m (otgúl) unpaid
• Scottish Gaelic: saor-làithean m pl, làithean-saora m pl, saor-latha m
• Serbo-Croatian: odmor (sh) m
• Slovak: dovolená (sk) f
• Spanish: vacación f
• Swahili: likizo (sw)
• Swedish: ledighet (sv) c
• Turkish: tatil (tr)
• Ukrainian: відпу́стка f (vidpústka)
• Urdu: چھٹی‎‎ f (chuṭṭī)

period during which pupils and students do not attend their school or university

• Bulgarian: ваканция (bg) f (vakancija)
• Catalan: vacances (ca) f pl
• Chichewa: holide
• Czech: prázdniny (cs) f pl
• Danish: ferie (da) c
• Dutch: vakantie (nl)
• Esperanto: (lernejaj) ferioj (eo)
• French: vacances (fr) f pl
• Galician: vacacións f pl
• German: Ferien (de) pl
• Greek: διακοπές (el) f, pl (diakopés)
• Hungarian: szünet (hu), (summer only) vakáció (hu)
• Irish: laethanta saoire m pl
• Italian: vacanza (it) f

• Latin: feriae, cessatio
• Macedonian: распуст m (raspust)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ferie (no) m

  Nynorsk: ferie m

• Polish: wakacje (pl) pl, ferie (pl) f pl (winter holidays)
• Portuguese: férias (pt)
• Russian: кани́кулы (ru) f pl (kaníkuly)
• Scottish Gaelic: saor-làithean m pl, làithean-saora m pl
• Swahili: likizo (sw)
• Swedish: lov (sv) n
• Turkish: tatil (tr)
• Ukrainian: кані́кули c pl (kaníkuly)

period taken off work or study for travel

• Arabic: إِجَازَة‎‎ f (ʾijāza)
• Armenian: արձակուրդ (hy) (arjakurd)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假期 (zh) (jiàqī)

• Czech: dovolená (cs) f (workers)
• Danish: ferie (da) c
• Dutch: vakantie (nl) f
• Finnish: loma (fi), lomapäivä (fi), vapaapäivä (fi)
• French: vacance (fr) f
• German: Urlaub (de) m, Ferien (de) pl
• Greek: διακοπές (el) f, pl (diakopés)
• Irish: saoire f
• Italian: vacanza (it) f
• Latin: cessatio, feriae
• Macedonian: одмор m (odmor), отсуство n (otsustvo)

• Maltese: vaganza, btala
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ferie (no) m

  Nynorsk: ferie m

• Persian: تعطیل‎‎ (fa) ((ta'til)
• Portuguese: férias (pt)
• Russian: о́тпуск (ru) m (ótpusk), кани́кулы (ru) f pl (kaníkuly) (of students or parliament)
• Scottish Gaelic: saor-làithean m pl, làithean-saora m pl
• Serbo-Croatian: odmor (sh) m, (of students) raspust (sh) m
• Spanish: vacaciones (es) f pl
• Swahili: likizo (sw)
• Swedish: semester (sv)
• Turkish: tatil (tr)
• Vietnamese: nghỉ hè (vi)

unintentional gap

• Danish: helligdag (da) c
• Finnish: aukko (fi)
• Italian: vacanza (it) f

• Russian: опло́шность (ru) f (oplóšnostʹ), про́пуск (ru) m (própusk), плешь (ru) f (plešʹ)
• Swahili: likizo (sw)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} vaganza, ^{(please verify)} btala

• Sanskrit: ^{(please verify)} विरामदिन (virāmadin)

VerbEdit

holiday (third-person singular simple present holidays, present participle holidaying, simple past and past participle holidayed) (chiefly Britain)

1. To take a period of time away from work or study.
2. (Britain) To spend a period of time for travel.

TranslationsEdit

to take a period of time away from work or study

• Finnish: lomailla (fi)
• Hungarian: szabadságon van, (adjective, used in predicates with 'van') szabadnapos (hu)
• Macedonian: отсуствува (otsustvuva), зема одмор (zema odmor)
• Maori: hararei

• Portuguese: tirar férias
• Russian: брать о́тпуск (bratʹ ótpusk), проводи́ть о́тпуск (provodítʹ ótpusk), проводи́ть кани́кулы (provodítʹ kaníkuly), отдыха́ть (ru) (otdyxátʹ)
• Vietnamese: nghỉ mát (vi)

to spend a period of time for travel

• Finnish: matkustella (fi)
• German: reisen (de), eine Ferienreise machen
• Hungarian: kirándul (hu)

• Maori: hararei
• Russian: путеше́ствовать (ru) (putešéstvovatʹ)

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

• hyaloid, hyoidal

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Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

holiday

1. Alternative form of halyday