Christmas Eve

English

Proper noun

Christmas Eve

1. The evening before Christmas Day.
2. The day before Christmas Day.
   • 1681, Church of England, The book of common prayer

     This Collect is to be repeated every day with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-Eve.

Translations

evening before Christmas Day

• Armenian: ճրագալույց (hy) (čragaluycʿ)
• Catalan: nit de Nadal
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平安夜 (zh) (píng'ānyè)

• Czech: Štědrý večer (cs) m
• Danish: juleaften (da) c
• Dutch: kerstavond (nl) m
• Faroese: jólaaftan m
• Finnish: jouluaatto (fi)
• French: veillée de Noël f, nuit de Noël f, réveillon de Noël m
• Galician: Noiteboa f
• German: Heiligabend (de) m
• Greenlandic: juulliaraq
• Hebrew: ערב חג המולד‎ m (érev khág hamolád)
• Hungarian: karácsonyéj, karácsonyest, karácsony este (hu), szenteste (hu)
• Icelandic: aðfangadagskvöld (is) n
• Irish: Oíche Nollag f
• Japanese: クリスマスイブ (ja) (kurisumasu ibu)
• Korean: 성탄절 전야 (seongtanjeol jeonya), 크리스마스이브 (ko) (keuriseumaseu-ibeu)

• Macedonian: Ба́дна ве́чер f (Bádna véčer)
• Maltese: Lejliet il-Milied
• Manx: Oie'll Vayree f, Oie'll Voirrey f
• Norwegian: julaften (no) m
• Polish: Wigilia (pl) f
• Portuguese: vigília de Natal f
• Romanian: Ajunul Crăciunului n
• Russian: соче́льник (ru) m (sočélʹnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche Nollaige f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ба̏дња̄ ве̏че̄р f

  Roman: Bȁdnjā vȅčēr f

• Skolt Sami: rosttovkäänan
• Slovak: Štedrý Večer m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gwězdka f

• Spanish: Nochebuena f
• Swedish: julaftons kväll c, julaftonskväll (sv) c
• Welsh: Noswyl Nadolig f

day before Christmas Day

• Armenian: ճրագալույց (hy) (čragaluycʿ)
• Czech: Štědrý den (cs) m
• Danish: juleaftensdag c
• Faroese: jólaaftan m
• Finnish: jouluaatto (fi)
• French: veille de Noël f
• German: Heiligabend (de) m
• Greek: Παραμονή Χριστουγέννων f (Paramoní Christougénnon)
• Greenlandic: juulliaraq
• Hebrew: ערב חג המולד‎ m (érev khág hamolád)
• Icelandic: aðfangadagur (is) jól (is)a m, aðfangadagur (is) m
• Italian: Vigilia (it) f
• Japanese: クリスマスイブ (ja) (kurisumasu ibu)
• Macedonian: Ба́дник m (Bádnik)

• Maltese: Lejliet il-Milied
• Norwegian: julaften (no) m
• Polish: Wigilia (pl) f
• Portuguese: véspera de Natal f
• Russian: соче́льник (ru) m (sočélʹnik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ба̏дња̄к m, Ба̏дњӣ да̑н m

  Roman: Bȁdnjāk (sh) m, Bȁdnjī dȃn m

• Skolt Sami: rosttovkäänan
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: gwězdka f

• Swedish: julafton (sv) c, dopparedagen (sv)
• Vietnamese: đêm Nô-en

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Translations to be checked

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} Sèrvelle dé Noué f (Jersey)

See also

• Christmas Eve on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boxing Day
• St. Stephen's Day