Christmas

English[edit]

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Nativity scene depicted using Christmas lights

Alternative forms[edit]

Christmasse (archaic)
Xmas, X-mas

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English Cristemasse, from Old English Cristes mæsse (literally “Christ's mass”). By surface analysis, Christ +‎ -mas.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: krĭsʹməs, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪsməs/
Audio (GA) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪsməs
Hyphenation: Christ‧mas

Proper noun[edit]

Christmas (countable and uncountable, plural Christmases or Christmasses)

A festival/holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan and secular customs, which is celebrated on December 25 in most places.
Do you celebrate Christmas?

This Christmas we'll open presents then go to grandma's for dinner.
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Christmastide; the season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the holiday.
A personification of Christmas.
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
(marketing, retailing) The Christmas season, variously defined as the period from the Friday following Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, or the end of the year period, when consumers shop and prepare for Christmas.
The last three Christmases have been good for retailers.

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.
A surname.
A number of places in the United States:
1. An uninhabited mining community in Gila County, Arizona.
2. A census-designated place in Orange County, Florida.
3. An unincorporated community in Au Train Township, Alger County, Michigan.
4. An unincorporated community in Bolivar County, Mississippi

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

→ Afrikaans: Krismis
→ Gilbertese: Kiritimati
- → English: Kiritimati
→ Golin: geresma
→ Hawaiian: Kalikimaka
→ Hijazi Arabic: الكْرِسمس‎ (al-krismis, al-krismas)
→ Hindi: क्रिसमस (krismas), क्रिस्मस (krismas)
→ Hopi: Kyesmis
→ Maori: Kirihimete
→ Mon: ခရေတ်သမာတ်
→ Burmese: ခရစ္စမတ် (hka.racca.mat)
→ Japanese: クリスマス (Kurisumasu)
→ Korean: 크리스마스 (Keuriseumaseu)
→ Spanish: Crismes
→ Swahili: Krismasi

Translations[edit]

Christmas festival (holiday)

Afrikaans: Kersfees (af)
Albanian: Krishtlindja (sq), Kërshëndella
Alutiiq: Aʀusistuaq
Amharic: ገና (gäna)
Arabic: عِيد الْمِيلَاد‎ m (ʕīd al-mīlād), الْمِيلَاد‎ (ar) m (al-mīlād), الْكْرِيسْمَاس‎ m (al-krismas)
Egyptian Arabic: عيد الملاد‎ m (ʕīd il-milād)

Hijazi Arabic: الكرسمس‎ m (al-krismis, al-krismas)

South Levantine Arabic: عيد الملاد‎ m (ʕīd il-mīlād)
Armenian: Սուրբ Ծնունդ (Surb Cnund)
Aromanian: Crãciun
Assamese: বৰদিন (bordin)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܕܡܵܘܠܵܕܵܐ‎ m (ʿēda d-mawlada), ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ‎ m (ʿēda zʿora)
Asturian: navidá (ast) f, ñavidá (ast) f
Azerbaijani: Milad
Basque: Eguberri (eu)
Bavarian: Weihnåchtn
Cimbrian: Boinichtn

Mòcheno: Bainechtn
Belarusian: каля́ды f pl (kaljády), Раство́ n (Rastvó), Ражджаство́ n (Raždžastvó), Ражаство́ n (Ražastvó), Нараджэ́нне Хрысто́ва n (Naradžénnje Xrystóva)
Bengali: বড়দিন (bn) (bôṛôdin)
Bikol Central: Pasko
Breton: Nedeleg (br) m
Bulgarian: Коледа (bg) f (Koleda), Рождество Христово n (Roždestvo Hristovo)
Burmese: ခရစ္စမတ် (my) (hka.racca.mat), နာတာလူးပွဲ (my) (natalu:pwai:)
Catalan: Nadal (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ (danisdayohihv)
Chichewa: Khirisimasi
Chinese:
Cantonese: 聖誕節／圣诞节 (sing³ daan³ zit³)

Hakka: 聖誕節／圣诞节 (Sṳn-tan-chiet)

Mandarin: 聖誕節／圣诞节 (zh) (Shèngdànjié), 耶誕節／耶诞节 (zh) (Yēdànjié, Yédànjié) (Taiwan)

Min Nan: 聖誕／圣诞 (zh-min-nan) (Sèng-tàn), 耶誕／耶诞 (zh-min-nan) (Iâ-tàn)
Chuukese: Kirisimas
Chuvash: Раштав (Raštav)
Cornish:
Standard Cornish: Nadelyk

Unified Cornish: Nadelek
Czech: Boží hod m, Vánoce (cs) pl
Danish: jul (da) c
Dutch: Kerstmis (nl) m, kerst (nl) m
Dzongkha: ཡེ་ཤུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྟོན (ye shu'i 'khrungs ston)
Esperanto: kristnasko
Estonian: jõulud (et) pl
Ewe: Blunya
Faroese: jól (fo) n pl
Finnish: joulu (fi)
French: Noël (fr) m
Friulian: Nadâl
Galician: Nadal (gl) m
Georgian: შობა (ka) (šoba)
German: Weihnachten (de) n
Alemannic German: Wiehnachte

Silesian: Weihnachta, Weihnachten
Greek: Χριστούγεννα (el) n pl (Christoúgenna)
Greenlandic: juulli (kl)
Guaraní: Arareñói
Gujarati: નાતાલ f (nātāl)
Hausa: Kirsimati
Hawaiian: Kalikimaka, Kalikamaka
Hebrew: חַג הַמּוֹלָד‎ (he) (khag ha'molad)
Hindi: क्रिसमस m (krismas), क्रिस्मस m (krismas), बड़ा दिन m (baṛā din), ईद-ए-तवल्लुद m (īd-e-tavallud), ईद-ए-विलादत m (īd-e-vilādat)
Hungarian: karácsony (hu)
Hunsrik: Weinachte n
Icelandic: jól (is) n pl
Inari Sami: juovlah pl
Indonesian: Natal (id)
Ingrian: Joulu
Irish: Nollaig (ga) f
Old Irish: Notlaic f
Italian: Natale (it) m
Japanese: クリスマス (ja) (Kurisumasu), 聖誕祭 (ja) (せいたんさい, Seitansai), 聖誕節 (ja) (せいたんせつ, Seitansetsu)
Javanese: Natal
Kannada: ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಮಸ್ (krismas)
Karelian: Rastavu
Kazakh: Рождество (Rojdestvo)
Khmer: ណូអែល (nouʼael), បុណ្យណូអែល (bon nouʼael)
Konkani: नाताळ (nātāḷ)
Korean: 크리스마스 (ko) (Keuriseumaseu), 성탄절 (ko) (Seongtanjeol)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: gaxan (ku), noel (ku), krismas (ku)
Kyrgyz: Рождество (Rojdestvo)
Ladin: Nadel m
Ladino: Noel
Lakota: Wóšpipi, Wóšpipi Káǧapi
Lao: ຄິດສະມາດ (khit sa māt), ໂນແອນ (nō ʼǣn), ບົນໂນແອນ (bon nō ʼǣn)
Latin: festum Nativitatis Domini, Nātīvitās f, Christi Natalis
Latvian: Ziemassvētki m pl, Ziemsvētki m pl
Lithuanian: Kalėdos (lt) f pl
Low German:
German Low German: Wiehnachten n
Lule Sami: javlla
Luxembourgish: Chrëschtdag (lb) m
Macedonian: Божиќ m (Božiḱ)
Malay: Hari Natal, Krismas
Malayalam: ക്രിസ്തുമസ് (kristumasŭ)
Maltese: Milied m
Manx: Nollick f, Nollick Vooar f
Maori: Kirihimete
Marathi: नाताळ m (nātāḷ)
Mòcheno: bainechtn pl
Marshallese: Kūrijm̧ōj
Middle English: Cristemasse
Mingrelian: ქირსე (kirse)
Mon: တ္ၚဲခရေတ်သမာတ် (mnw), ခရေတ်သမာတ် (mnw)
Mongolian: Зул сар (Zul sar), Христосын мэндэлсэн өдөр (Xristosyn mendelsen ödör)
Navajo: Késhmish
Nepali: क्रिसमस (krisamas)
Norman: Noué m
Northern Sami: juovllat pl
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jul (no) m or f

Nynorsk: jol f, jul f
Occitan: Nadal (oc) m
Ofo: noⁿˊpi
Ojibwe: niibaanamom
Old English: ġēol n, Cristes mæsse f, midwinter m
Old Norse: jól n pl
Oriya: ବଡ଼ ଦିନ (or) (bôṛô dinô), କିସ୍ମସ୍ (or) (kismôs)
Papiamentu: Pasku
Pashto: کریمیس‎
Persian: کریسمس‎ (fa) (krismas), عید میلاد مسیح‎ ('eyd-e milâd-e masih), عید نوئل‎ (fa) ('eyd-e no'el)
Pite Sami: jåvvlå
Plautdietsch: Wienachten f
Polish: Boże Narodzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: Natal (pt) m
Punjabi: ਵੱਡਾ ਦਿਨ (vaḍḍā din), ਕ੍ਰਿਸਮਸ (krismas)
Romagnol: Nadêl m
Romanian: Crăciun (ro) n, Nașterea lui Isus Cristos f, Nașterea Domnului f
Russian: Рождество́ Христо́во (ru) n (Roždestvó Xristóvo), Рождество́ (ru) n (Roždestvó), Кри́стмас m (Krístmas) (colloquial, foreign context or foreign communities)
Rusyn: Ріство́ n (Ristvó)
Santali: ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱸ (maraṅ mahã)
Scots: Yule
Scottish Gaelic: Nollaig f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Божић m, Рождество n

Roman: Božić m, Roždestvo (sh) n
Sicilian: Natali (scn)
Sindhi: ڪرسمس‎ (sd)
Sinhalese: නත්තල (nattala)
Skolt Sami: rosttov
Slovak: Vianoce (sk) f pl
Slovene: Bôžič (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gódy pl

Upper Sorbian: hody m pl
Sotho: Kresemese
Southern Sami: jåvlh pl
Spanish: Navidad (es) f, Crismes m (New Mexico)
Sranan Tongo: Bedaki, kresneti
Swahili: Krismasi
Swedish: jul (sv) c
Tagalog: Pasko (tl)
Tajik: Мавлуди Исо (tg) (Mavludi Iso), Кристмас (Kristmas)
Tamil: கிசிமிசி (kicimici), கிறிஸ்மஸ் (kiṟismas), கிறித்துமசு (ta) (kiṟittumacu), கிறிஸ்துமஸ் (ta) (kiṟistumas), நத்தார் (nattār)
Tatar: Раштуа (Raştua)
Telugu: క్రిస్మస్ (krismas)
Thai: คริสต์มาส (th) (krís-mâas), คริสตสมภพ (krít-dtà-sǒm-póp)
Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྐར (ye shu'i 'khrungs skar)
Turkish: Noel (tr)
Turkmen: Isanyň dogluşy, roždestwo, milad
Ukrainian: Різдво́ (uk) n (Rizdvó), Різдво́ Христо́ве n (Rizdvó Xrystóve)
Ume Sami: juvlla
Urdu: کرسمس‎ m (krismas), بڑا دن‎ m (baṛā din), عید تولد‎ m (īd-e-tavallud), عید ولادت‎ m (īd-e-vilādat)
Uyghur: روجدېستۋو‎ (rojdëstwo), روجىستىۋا‎ (rojistiwa)
Uzbek: Mavlud, Rojdestvo (uz)
Vietnamese: Nô-en, Giáng sinh (vi)
Vilamovian: Waeinahta f, Wajnaochta f
Volapük: kritid (vo), kritidazäl (vo)
Walloon: Noyé (wa) m or f
Welsh: Nadolig (cy) m
West Frisian: Krysttiid
Yiddish: ניטל‎ m (nitl)
Yup'ik: Alussistuaq, Selavi
Zulu: Ukhisimuzi

Adjective[edit]

Christmas (not comparable)

(US) Red and green (traditional Christmas colors), especially red and green chile sauce in New Mexican cuisine.

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