Halloween

See also: halloween and Hallowe'en

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Alternative forms

Hallowe'en
Halloweven (archaic)

Etymology

A Scottish shortening of Allhalloweven, from Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) + even (an archaic or poetic variant of eve; see also een).

For the American pronunciation with /ɑ/, compare the Southern English traditional dialect pronunciations fallow /ˈfɒ.lə/ and tallow /ˈtɒ.lə/.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌha.ləʊˈiːn/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhɑ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæ.loʊˈiːn/
Audio (US): (file)
(Indic) IPA^(key): /halo.win/
Rhymes: -iːn
Hyphenation: Hal‧low‧een

Proper noun

Halloween (plural Halloweens)

The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.
They all get dressed up in scary costumes at Halloween.
- 1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1.
  Black is the night full of fright / You'll be missing the day / What will be here very soon / Changing your way / A knock at your door / It is real or is it a dream / On trembling legs you open the door / And you scream... on Halloween

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bulgarian: Хе́лоуин (Hélouin)
→ Hawaiian: Heleuī
→ Hindi: हैलोवीन (hailovīn)
→ Japanese: ハロウィン, ハロウィーン
→ Malayalam: ഹാലോവീൻ (hālōvīṉ)
→ Maori: Harawīni
→ Russian: Хеллоуи́н (Xellouín)
- → Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellowin)
- → Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin)
- → Tatar: Хэллоуин (Xellouwin)
→ Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin)
→ Ukrainian: Хеллові́н (Xellovín)

Translations

October 31st

Afrikaans: Allerheilige-aand, Halloween
Arabic: هَالُوِين m (hāluwīn), عِيدُ جَمِيعِ القِدِّيسِين (ʕīdu jamīʕi l-qiddīsīn)
Egyptian Arabic: هالويين, هالوءين

Hijazi Arabic: هَالُوِين m (hāluwīn, haluwīn)
Armenian: Հելոուին (Helouin)
Azerbaijani: Hellouin
Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellowin)
Basque: Gau Beltza
Bavarian: Ollaheilignomd
Belarusian: Хэлоўі́н m (Xelowín)
Bengali: হ্যালোউইন (hêlōuin), হ্যালোইন (bn) (hêlōin)
Bulgarian: Хе́лоуин m (Hélouin)
Catalan: dia de vigília de Tots Sants m
Cherokee: ᏓᎾᎵᎬᏚᎸᏍᎬ (danaligvdulvsgv)
Chickasaw: Sholop Inittak
Chinese:
Cantonese: 萬聖節 / 万圣节 (maan⁶ sing³ zit³) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖夜 / 万圣夜 (maan⁶ sing³ je⁶), 萬聖節前夕 / 万圣节前夕 (maan⁶ sing³ zit³ cin⁴ zik⁶)

Mandarin: 萬聖夜 / 万圣夜 (zh) (wànshèngyè), 萬聖節 / 万圣节 (zh) (Wànshèngjié) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖節前夕 / 万圣节前夕 (zh) (Wànshèngjié qiánxī, Wànshèngjié qiánxí)
Czech: Halloween (cs) m
Danish: allehelgensaften (da) c
Dutch: allerheiligenavond m, Halloween (nl) n
Esperanto: Haloveno
Faroese: allahalgannaaftan m, alhalgunaaftan m
Finnish: halloween (fi)
French: Halloween (fr)
Galician: Samaín m
Georgian: ჰელოუინი (helouini)
German: Halloween (de) n
Greek: Χάλοουϊν n (Cháloouïn)
Gujarati: હેલોવીન (helovīn)
Hawaiian: Heleuī
Hebrew: לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים (he) (leil kol haqdoshím)
Hindi: हैलोवीन (hailovīn)
Hungarian: halovín
Hunsrik: Hexenacht f
Icelandic: hrekkjavaka (is) f
Irish: Oíche Shamhna f
Italian: Halloween (it) m, vigilia di Ognissanti f
Japanese: ハロウィーン (ja) (Harowīn), ハロウィン (ja) (Harowin)
Kannada: ಹ್ಯಾಲೋವೀನ್ (hyālōvīn‌)
Korean: 할로윈 (Hallowin)
Kyrgyz: Хеллоуин (Hellouin)
Latin: Pervigilium Omnium Sanctorum n
Latvian: Halovīns m
Lithuanian: Helovinas m, Helovynas m, Šiurpnaktis m
Macedonian: Ноќ на вештерките f (Noḱ na vešterkite)
Malagasy: Halôhinina
Malayalam: ഹാലോവീൻ (hālōvīṉ)
Manx: Oie Houney f
Marathi: हॅलोवीन (hĕlovīn)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сүнсний баяр (sünsnii bajar)
Navajo: Doo Hóshkał Bá Hazʼą́
Nepali: हलोविन (halovina), ह्यालविन (hyālavina)
Norman: Veil'ye d'la Toussaint f (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: allehelgensaften m

Nynorsk: allehelgensaftan m
Old English: ealra hālgena mæsseǣfen m
Persian: هالووین (fa) (hâluvin)
Polish: Halloween (pl) n
Portuguese: Dia das Bruxas (pt) m, Halloween (pt) m, Raloim m (very rare), Véspera de Todos os Santos f
Punjabi: ਹੈਲੋਵੀਨ (hailovīn)
Romani: Dudumêngi-Ryat f
Romanian: Halloween n
Russian: Хеллоуи́н m (Xellouín), Халуви́н m (Xaluvín), Хэллоуи́н (ru) m (Xɛllouín), Халуи́н (Xaluín)
Sardinian: Faghide bene a sos mortos
Scots: Hallae E'en
Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche Shamhna f
Serbo-Croatian: Noć vještica f, Halloveen m
Sinhalese: හැලෝවීන් (hælōwīn)
Slovene: noč čarovnic m
Spanish: Halloween (es) m, Noche de Brujas f, jalogüin m (very rare)
Swedish: halloween (sv)
Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin)
Tamil: ஆலோவீன் (ālōvīṉ)
Tatar: Хэллоуин (Xellouwin)
Telugu: హాలోవీన్ (hālōvīn)
Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin)
Turkish: Cadılar Bayramı
Ukrainian: Гелові́н m (Helovín), Хелові́н m (Xelovín), Відьо́мська ніч f (Vidʹómsʹka nič), Хеллові́н m (Xellovín), Хеллоуїн (Xelloujin)
Urdu: ہالووین (hālovīn)
Uyghur: پەرىشتىلەر بايرىمى (perishtiler bayrimi)
Vietnamese: Halloween (vi)
Welsh: Nos Galan Gaeaf f, (informal) Nos Glangaea
Western Panjabi: ہالووین (hāloven)
Yakut: Хэллоуин (Qellouin), Һеллоуин (Hellouin)
Yiddish: האַלאָווין (halovin)
Yoruba: Halowíìnì