Good Friday

English

Etymology

From good (“holy”); compare Goodtyde, Gudtyde, an old name for Shrove Tuesday or other Shrove days in some British dialects.

Proper noun

Good Friday (plural Good Fridays)

1. (Christianity) The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.

Translations

The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified

• Arabic: جُمْعَة الْآلَام‏‎ f (jumʿat al-ʾālām), الْجُمْعَة الْعَظِيمَة‏‎ f (al-jumʿa al-ʿaẓīma)
• Armenian: Ավագ ուրբաթ (Avag urbatʿ)
• Bulgarian: Разпе́ти пе́тък m (Razpéti pétǎk)
• Catalan: Divendres Sant
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耶穌受難節 (zh), 耶稣受难节 (zh) (Yēsū shòunànjié), 耶穌受難日, 耶稣受难日 (Yēsū shòunànrì)

• Czech: Velký pátek (cs) m
• Danish: langfredag (da) c
• Dutch: Goede Vrijdag (nl) m
• Esperanto: Sankta Vendredo
• Faroese: langafríggjadagur m
• Finnish: pitkäperjantai (fi)
• French: vendredi saint (fr) m
• Galician: Venres Santo m
• Georgian: დიდი პარასკევი (didi ṗarasḳevi)
• German: Karfreitag (de) m
• Greek: Μεγάλη Παρασκευή (el) f (Megáli Paraskeví)
• Hindi: गुड फ़्राइडे (guḍ frā'iḍe), होली फ़्राइडे (holī frā'iḍe)
• Hungarian: nagypéntek (hu)
• Icelandic: föstudagurinn langi (is) m
• Indonesian: Jum'at Agung
• Irish: Aoine an Chéasta f
• Italian: Venerdì Santo (it) m
• Japanese: 聖金曜日 (せいきんようび, Sei-kinyōbi), 受難日 (じゅなんび, Junanbi)
• Korean: 성 금요일 (seong geumyoil)
• Latin: Diēs Passiōnis Dominī m, Parascēvē f (Late Latin)

• Latvian: Lielā Piektdiena
• Lithuanian: Didysis Penktadienis
• Maltese: Ġimgħa l-Kbira
• Manx: Jeheiney Chaisht
• Navajo: Ndaʼiiníísh Yáʼátʼéehii, Jesus Biʼdiisxínę́ędą́ą́ʼ Bééhániih
• Norman: Lé Véndrédi Saint m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: langfredag m

  Nynorsk: langfredag m

• Old English: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: Wielki Piątek (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sexta-feira Santa (pt)
• Romanian: Vinerea Mare (ro) f, Vinerea Patimilor (ro) f
• Russian: Страстна́я пя́тница (ru) f (Strastnája pjátnica), Вели́кая пя́тница f (Velíkaja pjátnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: Dihaoine na Càisge m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Велики петак m

  Roman: Veliki petak (sh) m

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: śichy pětk m

• Spanish: Viernes Santo m
• Swedish: långfredag (sv) c
• Tagalog: biyernes santo, mahal na araw
• Ukrainian: Страсна́ п'я́тниця f (Strasná pʺjátnycja)
• Vietnamese: Thứ sáu Tuần Thánh
• Welsh: Dydd Gwener y Groglith m