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Etymology [edit]
From late Old English Cristesmæsse (“Christ's mass, Christ's festival”); as if Christ + -mas.
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Christmas (plural Christmases)
- A widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian and secular customs.
- Do you celebrate Christmas?
- A personification of Christmas.
Christmas (plural Christmases)
- Christmas Day, the day it is celebrated, 25 December, an English quarter day.
- This Christmas we'll open presents then go to grandma's for dinner.
- Christmastide, the Twelve Days of Christmas, the season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the holiday.
- (US, retailing) The period from the Friday following Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas.
- The last three Christmases have been good for retailers.
- (marketing, retailing) Christmas season, the end of the year period, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas.
- The Christmas shoppers spent less this December, than last year, but our store will probably see just as many returned items during the twelve days of Christmas.
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Terms derived from "Christmas"
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Christian holiday
- Afrikaans: Kersfees (af)
- Albanian: Kërshëndella (sq)
- Alutiiq: Aʀusistuaq
- Arabic: عيد الميلاد (ar) (ʿīd al-mīlād) m, الكريسماس (ar) (al-krismas) m, الميلاد (ar) (al-mīlād) m
- Armenian: Սուրբ Ծնունդ (hy) (Surb Cnund)
- Aromanian: Crãciun
- Azeri: Milad bayramı (az), Milad (az)
- Basque: Eguberri
- Belarusian: Каляды (be) (Kaljadý) f pl, Раство (be) (Rastvó) n, Ражджаство (be) (Raždžastvó) n, Ражаство (be) (Ražastvó) n, Нараджэнне Хрыстова (be) (Naradžénne Xrystóva) n
- Bengali: ক্রিসমাস (bn) (krismas)
- Breton: Nedeleg
- Bulgarian: Коледа (bg) (Koleda) f, Рождество Христово (bg) (Roždestvo Hristovo) n
- Burmese: ခရစ္စမတ် (my) (kha̱ ri'sa̱ma')
- Catalan: Nadal (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 聖誕節 (cmn), 圣诞节 (cmn) (Shèngdànjié)
- Cornish: Nadelek
- Czech: Vánoce (cs) f pl
- Danish: jul (da) c
- Dutch: Kerstmis (nl), kerst (nl) m
- Esperanto: kristnasko (eo)
- Estonian: jõulud (et)
- Ewe: Blunya
- Faroese: jól (fo) n pl
- Filipino: pasko
- Finnish: joulu (fi)
- French: Noël (fr) m
- Galician: Nadal m
- Georgian: შობა (ka) (šoba)
- German: Weihnachten (de) n
- Gothic: 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌰 (Jiula) n
- Greek: Χριστούγεννα (el) (Christoúgenna) n pl
- Guaraní: Arareñói (gn)
- Guernésiais: Noué m
- Gujarati: નાતાલ (gu) (nātāl)
- Hawaiian: Kalikimaka, Kalikamaka
- Hebrew: חג המולד (he) (khag ha'molad)
- Hindi: क्रिसमस (hi) (krismas) m, बड़ा दिन (hi) (baṛā din)
- Hungarian: karácsony (hu)
- Icelandic: jól (is) n pl
- Indonesian: Natal (id)
- Irish: Nollaig (ga) f
- Old Irish: Notlaic f
- Italian: Natale (it) m
- Japanese: クリスマス (ja) (Kurisumasu)
- Javanese: Natal
- Kannada: ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಮಸ್ (kn) (krismas)
- Kazakh: Рождество (kk) (Rojdestvo)
- Khmer: បុណ្យណូអែល (km) (bon noo'ael), ណូអែល (km) (noo'ael)
- Korean: 크리스마스 (ko) (Keuriseumaseu), 성탄절 (ko)
- Ladino: Noel
- Lakota: Wóšpipi, Wóšpipi Káǧapi
- Lao: ຄິດສະມາດ (lo) (khit sa maat)
- Latin: Nātīvitās (la) f, Christi Natalis (la)
- Latvian: Ziemassvētki (lv) m pl, Ziemsvētki (lv) m pl
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- Lithuanian: Kalėdos (lt)
- Luxembourgish: Chrëschtdag (lb) m
- Macedonian: Божиќ (mk) (Bóžiḱ) m
- Malay: Hari Natal (ms), Krismas (ms)
- Malayalam: ക്രിസ്തുമസ് (ml) (kristumas)
- Maltese: Milied (mt) m
- Manx: Nollick (gv) f, Nollick Vooar (gv) f
- Maori: Kirihimete (mi)
- Marathi: नाताळ (mr) (nātāḷ)
- Mongolian: Христосын Мэндэлсэн Едeр (mn) (Hristosyn Mendelsen Jeder), зул сарын баяр (mn) (zul saryn bajar)
- Navajo: Késhmish
- Nepali: क्रिसमस (ne) (krismas)
- Norwegian: jul (no) c
- Occitan: Nadal m
- Ojibwe: niibaanamom
- Old English: Crīstesmæsse (ang)
- Papiamentu: Pasku
- Persian: کریسمس (fa) (kerismas), عید میلاد مسیح (fa), عید نوئل (fa)
- Polish: Boże Narodzenie (pl) n
- Portuguese: Natal (pt) m
- Romanian: Crăciun (ro) n, Nașterea lui Isus Cristos f, Nașterea Domnului f
- Russian: Рождество Христово (ru) (Roždestvó Xristóvo) n, Рождество (ru) (Roždestvó) n
- Scots: Yule
- Scottish Gaelic: Nollaig f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Божић (sh) m, Рождество (sh) n
- Roman: Božić (sh) m, Roždestvo (sh) n
- Sicilian: Natali
- Sinhalese: නත්තලක් (si) (natthalak)
- Skolt Sami: rosttov
- Slovak: Vianoce (sk) f pl
- Slovene: Bôžič (sl) m
- Sotho: Kresemese (st)
- Spanish: Navidad (es) f
- Sranan: Bedaki
- Swahili: Krismasi (sw)
- Swedish: jul (sv) c
- Tagalog: Pasko (tl)
- Tajik: Мавлуди Исо (tg) (Mavludi Iso)
- Tamil: கிறித்துமசு (ta) (kiṟittumacu)
- Telugu: క్రిస్టమస్ (te) (krisṭmas)
- Thai: คริสต์มาส (th) (krítmâat)
- Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྐར། (bo)
- Turkish: Noel (tr)
- Ukrainian: Різдво (uk) (Rizdvó) n
- Urdu: کرسمس (ur) (krismas) m
- Uzbek: Mavlud (uz)
- Vietnamese: Nô-en (vi), Giáng sinh (vi), lễ Giáng sinh (vi), lễ Thiên Chúa giáng sinh (vi), Noel (vi), Christmas (vi)
- Volapük: kritid (vo), kritidazäl (vo)
- Welsh: Nadolig (cy)
- West Frisian: Krysttiid
- Yiddish: ניטל (yi) (nitl) m
- Zulu: Ukhisimuzi
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See also [edit]
Christmas
- Christmas present
