holiday

See also: Holiday

EnglishEdit

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holiday

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/

NounEdit

holiday (plural holidays)

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

Today is a Wiccan holiday!
A day declared free from work by the state or government.
Synonyms: bank holiday (UK), national holiday
(chiefly Britain, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
Synonyms: leave, time off, vacation (US); see also Thesaurus:vacation
- 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.
(chiefly Britain, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
Synonym: vacation (US)

I want to take a French course this summer holiday.
(finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
a mortgage payment holiday
A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.^[1]
Synonym: lacuna

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TranslationsEdit

day on which a festival etc. is traditionally observed

Albanian: festë (sq) f
Arabic: عِيد‎ (ar) m (ʿīd)
Armenian: տոն (hy) (ton)
Aromanian: sãrbãtoari f
Azerbaijani: bayram (az)
Bashkir: байрам (bayram), ғәйет (ğäyet)
Belarusian: свя́та n (svjáta), пра́знік m (práznik)
Bengali: ছুটির দিন (chuṭir 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, día santo m, día festivo m
Georgian: დღესასწაული (dɣesasc̣auli)
German: Feiertag (de) m
Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí)
Ancient: ἑορτή f (heortḗ)
Hebrew: חַג‎ (he) m (khag)
Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f (chuṭṭī), ईद (hi) f (īd) (Muslim)
Hungarian: ünnepnap (hu)
Icelandic: helgidagur (is) m
Indonesian: liburan (id)
Irish: lá saoire m
Italian: giorno festivo m
Japanese: 祭日 (ja) (さいじつ, saijitsu), 祭り (ja) (まつり, matsuri)
Kazakh: мейрам (meyram), айт (ayt)
Khmer: ថ្ងៃឈប់សម្រាក (thngay chup sɑmraak), បុណ្យ (km) (bon), ថ្ងៃឈប់បុណ្យ (thngay chup bon)
Korean: 축제일 (ko) (chukjeil), 축일 (ko) (chugil)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: جەژن‎ (ku) (cejn), عه‌ید‎ ('eyd)

Northern Kurdish: eyd (ku)

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

Nynorsk: heilagdag m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: праздьникъ m (prazdĭnikŭ)
Pashto: عيد‎ (ps) m (id)
Persian: عید‎ (fa) ('eyd)
Plautdietsch: Heljedach m
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 (th) (wan-yùt)
Turkish: bayram (tr)
Turkmen: baýramçylyk (tk), baýram (tk)
Ukrainian: свя́то n (svjáto), пра́зник (uk) m (práznyk)
Urdu: چهٿی‎ 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)
Gulf Arabic: عطلة‎ (ʿɛṭlə), يوم راحة‎ (yom raḥə)
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), तातील (hi) f (tātīl), छुट्टी का दिन m (chuṭṭī kā din)
Hungarian: szünnap (hu), szabadnap (hu)
Indonesian: liburan (id)
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 (ko))

Lao: ມື້ພັກງານ (mư̄ phak ngān)
Latin: feriae f pl, festum n
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 festivo m (Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua); feriado (es) m (Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, Uruguay); día feriado m (Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); día de fiesta m (Cuba)
Swahili: likizo (sw)
Swedish: helgdag (sv) c
Thai: วันหยุด (th) (wan-yùt)
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 for leisure and often travel

Albanian: festë (sq) f, pushim (sq) m
Arabic: إِجَازَة‎ f (ʾijāza), عُطْلَة‎ f (ʿuṭla)
Armenian: արձակուրդ (hy) (arjakurd)
Azerbaijani: tətil (az)
Bashkir: ял (yal)
Belarusian: во́дпуск m (vódpusk)
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, Ferien (de) pl
Greek: διακοπές (el) f or pl (diakopés)
Hebrew: חופשה \ חֻפְשָׁה‎ (ḥufshá)
Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f (chuṭṭī), तातील (hi) f (tātīl), छुट्टी का दिन m (chuṭṭī kā din)
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)
Kazakh: демалыс (kk) (demalıs)
Khmer: ថ្ងៃលំហែ (thngay lumhae)
Korean: 휴가 (ko) (hyuga)
Kyrgyz: дем алыш (ky) (dem alış), отпуск (ky) (otpusk)
Latin: cessatio, feriae
Lithuanian: atostogos (lt)

Macedonian: одмор m (odmor)
Malay: cuti
Maltese: vaganza
Maori: hararei
Mongolian: амралт (mn) (amralt)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ferie (no) m

Nynorsk: ferie m
Pashto: تعطيل‎ (ps) m (ta'tíl)
Persian: تعطیل‎ (fa) (ta'til)
Polish: urlop (pl) m
Portuguese: férias (pt) f pl
Romanian: vacanţă (ro) f
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:
Cyrillic: о̀дмор m

Roman: òdmor (sh) m
Slovak: dovolená (sk) f
Slovene: dopust m
Spanish: vacación f, vacaciones (es) f pl
Swahili: likizo (sw)
Swedish: semester (sv) c
Tajik: таътил (tg) (taʾtil), отпуска (otpuska)
Turkish: tatil (tr)
Turkmen: dynç alyş
Ukrainian: відпу́стка f (vidpústka)
Urdu: چھٹی‎ f (chuṭṭī), تعطیل‎ (ta'tīl)
Uyghur: تەتىل‎ (tetil)
Uzbek: otpuska (uz), taʼtil (uz)
Vietnamese: nghỉ phép (vi)

period during which pupils do not attend school

Belarusian: кані́кулы f pl (kaníkuly), вака́цыя f (vakácyja)
Bulgarian: вака́нция (bg) f (vakáncija)
Catalan: vacances (ca) f pl
Chichewa: holide
Chinese:
Mandarin: 假期 (zh) (jiàqī, jiàqí)
Czech: prázdniny (cs) f pl
Danish: ferie (da) c
Dutch: vakantie (nl)
Esperanto: (lernejaj) ferioj (eo)
Finnish: loma (fi)
French: vacances (fr) f pl
Galician: vacacións f pl
German: Ferien (de) pl
Greek: διακοπές (el) f or 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)
Malagasy: fialantsasatra, fialantsasatra
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 f pl (kaníkuly)

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)

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Translations to be checked

Macedonian: одмор m (odmor), отсуство n (otsustvo)
Maltese: vaganza, btala
Persian: تعطیل‎ (fa) ((ta'til)

Sanskrit: ^{(please verify)} विरामदिन (virāmadin)
Vietnamese: nghỉ hè (vi)

VerbEdit

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