New Year

See also: new year

English

Etymology

new +‎ year

Noun

New Year (plural New Years)

1. A period covering the first few days of a calendar year.

   We never go away at the New Year because on New Year’s Day the whole family gets together.

2. In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.

Related terms

• Chinese New Year
• happy New Year, happy New Year's
• Lunar New Year
• New Year's
• New Year's Day
• New Year's Eve
• New Year's resolution

Translations

the first few days of a calendar year

• Afrikaans: Nuwe Jaar
• Asturian: añu nuevu
• Dutch: Nieuwjaar (nl) n
• Finnish: uusivuosi (fi)
• German: Neujahr (de)
• Greek: Πρωτοχρονιά (el) f (Protochroniá)
• Hebrew: שנה חדשה f (shaná khadashá)
• Ingrian: Uus Voos
• Low German:

  German Low German: Nijaohr n/Niejaohr n (Münsterländisch), Nijohr n (Paderbornisch; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch), Niejohr n, Neejohr (nds) n

• Malay: Tahun Baru (ms), Tahun Baharu​
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nyttår (no) n, nyår n

  Nynorsk: nyttår n, nyår n

• Pashto: نوی کال m (nëway kāl)
• Polish: Nowy Rok (pl) m
• Quechua: musuq wata
• Russian: Но́вый год (ru) m (Nóvyj god)
• Scottish Gaelic: a' Bhliadhna Ùr f
• Vietnamese: Tết dương lịch

January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following

• Afrikaans: Nuwe Jaar
• Albanian: Viti i Ri (sq) m
• Arabic: السَّنَة الْجَدِيدَة f (as-sana al-jadīda)
• Armenian: Նոր Տարի (Nor Tari)
• Assamese: নৱবৰ্ষ (nowoborxo)
• Asturian: añu nuevu m
• Azerbaijani: Yeni il, Yeni il bayramı
• Bashkir: яңы йыл (yañı yıl)
• Basque: urte berri
• Belarusian: Но́вы год m (Nóvy hod), Но́вы рок m (Nóvy rok)
• Bengali: নববর্ষ (bn) (nobborśo), নতুন বছর (notun bochor)
• Bikol Central: Bagong Taon (bcl)
• Bulgarian: Но́ва годи́на f (Nóva godína)
• Burmese: နှစ်သစ် (hnacsac)
• Catalan: cap d'any (ca), any nou
• Cebuano: Bag-ong Tuig
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新年 (san¹ nin⁴)

  Hokkien: 新年 (zh-min-nan) (sin-nî)

  Mandarin: 新年 (zh) (xīnnián)

• Chuvash: ҫӗнӗ ҫул (śĕnĕ ś̬ul)
• Czech: Nový rok (cs) m
• Danish: nytår (da) n
• Dutch: Nieuwjaar (nl)
• Esperanto: novjaro
• Estonian: uusaasta (et)
• Faroese: nýggjár n
• Finnish: uusivuosi (fi)
• French: le nouvel an m or le jour de l’an m
• Galician: aninovo
• Georgian: ახალი წელი (axali c̣eli), კალანდა (ḳalanda)
• German: Neujahr (de) n
• Greek: Πρωτοχρονιά (el) f (Protochroniá)
• Gujarati: નવું વર્ષ n (navũ varṣ)
• Haitian Creole: new ane
• Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (he) m (rósh hashaná), סִילְבֶסְטֶר (he) m (silvéster)
• Hiligaynon: Bag-ong Tuig
• Hindi: नया साल m (nayā sāl)
• Hungarian: újév (hu) (strictly speaking, only the first day of the year, as opposed to új év, the year that started not long ago)
• Hunsrik: Neijoher n
• Icelandic: nýár (is) n, nýtt ár (is) n
• Ido: nov-yaro
• Ilocano: Baro a Tawen
• Ingrian: Uus Voos
• Irish: bliain nua m
• Italian: capodanno (it) m
• Japanese: 新年 (ja) (しんねん, shinnen)
• Javanese: warsa enggal
• Kannada: ಹೊಸವರ್ಷ (hosavarṣa)
• Kapampangan: Bayung Banua
• Karelian: Uuzi vuozi
• Kazakh: жаңa жыл (jaña jyl)
• Khmer: ឆ្នាំថ្មី (chhnăm thmei)
• Kinaray-a: Bag-ong Tuig
• Korean: 새해 (ko) (saehae), 신년(新年) (ko) (sinnyeon)
• Kyrgyz: жаңы жыл (jaŋı jıl)
• Lao: ປີໃໝ່ (pī mai)
• Latin: annus faustus, annus novus m
• Latvian: jaunais gads m
• Laz: წანაღანი (ǯanağani)
• Lithuanian: naujieji metai m
• Lü: ᦔᦲᦺᦖᧈ (ṗiiṁay¹)
• Lule Sami: ådå̄jahke
• Luxembourgish: Neijoerschdag (lb)
• Macedonian: Но́ва го́дина f (Nóva gódina)
• Malagasy: taom-baovao
• Malay: Tahun Baru (ms), Tahun Baharu​
• Malayalam: പുതുവത്സരം (putuvatsaraṁ)
• Maltese: sena ġdida f
• Maori: Tau Hou
• Mapudungun: We Tripantu
• Marathi: नवीन वर्ष (navīn varṣa)
• Mingrelian: ახალ წანა (axal c̣ana), კალანდა (ḳalanda)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: шинэ он (šine on), шинэ жил (šine žil)

• Nahuatl: Yancuīc xihuitl
• Nepali: नयाँ वर्ष (nayā̃ varṣa)
• Nheengatu: Akayú Pisasú
• Norman: Nouvel An m
• Northern Sami: ođđajahki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nyttår (no) n, nyår n

  Nynorsk: nyttår n, nyår n

• Odia: ନୂତନ ବର୍ଷ (nutônô bôrṣô)
• Pashto: نوی کال (nëway kāl)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: سَالِ نَوْ (sāl-i naw)

  Iranian Persian: سالِ نُوْ (sâl-e now)

• Polabian: nüvă ľotü n
• Polish: Nowy Rok (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ano Novo (pt) m, ano-bom m
• Quechua: musuq wata
• Romanian: Anul Nou (ro) m
• Russian: Но́вый год (ru) m (Nóvyj god)
• Scottish Gaelic: a' Bhliadhna Ùr f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Но̏ва го̏дина f

  Roman: Nȍva gȍdina (sh) f

• Shona: gore ritsva
• Shor: Наа чыл (Naa çıl)
• Sinhalese: නව වසර (nawa wasara)
• Slovak: Nový rok m
• Slovene: Novo leto n
• Slovincian: Nôwy Rôk m
• Somali: ciida sanadka cusub
• Spanish: año nuevo (es) m
• Sundanese: pabaru (su)
• Svan: ზა̈ჲმახე (zäymaxe), ზომხა (zomxa), კალანდა (ḳalanda)
• Swahili: mwaka mpya
• Swedish: nytt år n, nyår (sv) n
• Tagalog: Bagong Taon
• Tajik: Соли Нав (Soli Nav)
• Tamil: புதிய வருடம் (putiya varuṭam)
• Tatar: яңа ел (yaña yel)
• Telugu: న్యూ ఇయర్ (nyū iyar)
• Thai: ปีใหม่ (bpii-mài)
• Turkish: yılbaşı (tr)
• Turkmen: Täze Ýyl
• Ukrainian: Нови́й рік m (Novýj rik)
• Urdu: نَیا سال m (nayā sāl)
• Uyghur: يېڭى يىل (yë'ngi yil)
• Uzbek: yangi yil
• Vietnamese: năm mới, (referring to the celebration) tết (vi), Tết dương lịch
• Waray-Waray: Bag-ong Tuig
• Welsh: blwyddyn newydd m
• White Hmong: xyoo tshiab
• Yakut: Саҥа Дьыл (Saña Jıl)
• Yiddish: נײַ יאָר m (nay yor)
• Zhuang: yenzdan

See also

• Rosh Hashanah