Christmas

English

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Alternative forms

• Xmas, X-mas

Etymology

From Middle English Cristemasse, from Old English Cristes mæsse (literally ”Christ's mass”). Equivalent to Christ +‎ -mas.

Pronunciation

• enPR: krĭsʹməs, IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪsməs/

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  • Rhymes: -ɪsməs

Proper noun

Christmas (plural Christmases)

1. A festival, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian 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.

2. The Twelve Days of Christmas: Christmastide; the season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the holiday.
3. A personification of Christmas.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

4. (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.

Synonyms

• Chrimble (Crimble), Crimbo (Chrimbo)
• Chrissy
• Noel
• Yule

Derived terms

• Christmas box
• Christmas cake
• Christmas card
• Christmas carol
• Christmas cheer
• Christmas club
• Christmas comes but once a year
• Christmas cracker
• Christmas creep
• Christmas Day
• Christmas Eve
• Christmas holly (Ilex aquifolium)
• Christmas is coming
• Christmas Island
• Christmas present
• Christmas pudding
• Christmas star
• Christmas stocking
• Christmassy
• Christmastide
• Christmas time
• Christmas tree
• Father Christmas
• like turkeys voting for Christmas
• Merry Christmas
• Shitmas
• think all one's Christmases have come at once
• Twelve Days of Christmas
• white Christmas
• X-mas/Xmas

 

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: Krismis
• → Gilbertese: Kiritimati
  • → English: Kiritimati
• → Golin: geresma
• → Hawaiian: Kalikimaka
• → Hopi: Kyesmis
• → Hindi: क्रिसमस (krismas), क्रिस्मस (krismas)
• → Japanese: クリスマス (Kurisumasu)
• → Korean: 크리스마스 (Keuriseumaseu)

Translations

Christian holiday

• Afrikaans: Kersfees (af)
• Albanian: 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 (ʿīd il-milād)

• Armenian: Սուրբ Ծնունդ (Surb Cnund)
• Aromanian: Crãciun
• Asturian: navidá f, ñavidá f
• Azerbaijani: Milad bayramı, 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: ক্রিসমাস (kriśomaś), ক্রিস্মাস (kriśśãs)
• Breton: Nedeleg (br)
• Bulgarian: Коледа f (Koleda), Рождество Христово n (Roždestvo Hristovo)
• Burmese: ခရစ္စမတ် (my) (hka.racca.mat), နာတာလူးပွဲ (my) (natalu:pwai:)
• Catalan: Nadal (ca) m
• Chichewa: Khirisimasi
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 聖誕節／圣诞节 (sing³ daan³ zit³), 圣诞节 (sing³ daan³ zit³)

  Hakka: 聖誕節／圣诞节, 圣诞节 (Sṳn-tan-chiet)

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

  Min Nan: 聖誕／圣诞 (zh-min-nan), 圣诞 (Sèng-tàn), 耶誕／耶诞 (zh-min-nan), 耶诞 (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), kerst (nl) m
• 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) pl or n

  Silesian: Weihnachten

• Greek: Χριστούγεννα (el) n pl (Christoúgenna)
• Greenlandic: juulli (kl)
• Guaraní: Arareñói
• Gujarati: નાતાલ (nātāl)
• Hausa: Kirsimati
• Hawaiian: Kalikimaka, Kalikamaka
• Hebrew: חַג הַמּוֹלָד (he) (khag ha'molad)
• Hindi: बड़ा दिन (baṛā din), क्रिसमस m (krismas), क्रिस्मस m (krismas)
• 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), 聖誕節 (ja) (Seitansetsu)
• Javanese: Natal
• Kannada: ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಮಸ್ (krismas)
• Karelian: Rastavu
• Kazakh: Рождество (Rojdestvo)
• Khmer: បុណ្យណូអែល (bon noo'ael), ណូអែល (noo'ael)
• Korean: 크리스마스 (Keuriseumaseu), 성탄절 (Seongtanjeol)
• Kyrgyz: Рождество (Rojdestvo)
• Ladin: Nadel m
• Ladino: Noel
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• 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)
• Low German: Wyhnachten
• 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 (nātāḷ)
• Mongolian: Зул сар (Zul sar), Христосын мэндэлсэн өдөр (Xristosyn mendelsen ödör)
• Navajo: Késhmish
• Nepali: क्रिसमस (krisamas)
• Norman: Noué m
• Northern Sami: juovllat pl
• Norwegian: jul (no) f, jol (no) f
• Occitan: Nadal (oc) m
• Ofo: noⁿˊpi
• Ojibwe: niibaanamom
• Old English: Cristes mæsse f
• Papiamentu: Pasku
• Pashto: کریمیس
• Persian: کریسمس (fa) (krismas), عید میلاد مسیح (eyd-e milâd-e masih), عید نوئل (fa) (eyd-e no'el)
• Polish: Boże Narodzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: Natal (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਕ੍ਰਿਸਮਸ (krismas)
• Romagnol: Nadêl
• Romanian: Crăciun (ro) n, Nașterea lui Isus Cristos f, Template:t+ro
• Russian: Рождество́ Христо́во (ru) n (Roždestvó Xristóvo), Рождество́ (ru) n (Roždestvó), Кри́стмас m (Krístmas) (colloquial, foreign context or foreign communities)
• Rusyn: Ріство́ n (Ristvó)
• Scots: Yule
• Scottish Gaelic: Nollaig f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Божић m, Рождество n

  Roman: Božić (sh) m, Roždestvo (sh) n

• Sicilian: Natali (scn)
• Sindhi: ڪرسمس (sd)
• Sinhalese: නත්තලක් (nattalak)
• Skolt Sami: rosttov
• Slovak: Vianoce (sk) f pl
• Slovene: Bôžič (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gódy pl

• Sotho: Kresemese
• Spanish: Navidad (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: Bedaki
• Swahili: Krismasi
• Swedish: jul (sv) c
• Tagalog: Pasko (tl)
• Tajik: Мавлуди Исо (tg) (Mavlud-i Iso), Кристмас (Kristmas)
• Tamil: கிறித்துமசு (ta) (kiṟittumacu), கிறிஸ்துமஸ் (ta) (kiṟistumas)
• Tatar: Раштуа (Raştuwa)
• 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
• Ukrainian: Різдво́ n (Rizdvó), Різдво́ Христо́ве n (Rizdvó Xrystóve)
• Urdu: کرسمس m (krismas)
• 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)
• West Frisian: Krysttiid
• Yiddish: ניטל m (nitl)
• Yup'ik: Alussistuaq, Selavi
• Zulu: Ukhisimuzi

Adjective

Christmas (not comparable)

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

See also

associated entries

• Advent
• Black Friday
• Boxing Day
• Christmas Eve

• St. Stephen's Day
• Yule
• Yuletide

Anagrams

• Chartisms

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Scots

Noun

Christmas

1. Christmas present