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Halloween

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See also: halloween and Hallowe'en

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌha.ləʊˈiːn/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhɑ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæ.loʊˈiːn/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

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Halloween (plural Halloweens)

  1. 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

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɦɛloːˈʋin/, /ɦɛloˈwiːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Halloween n (plural Halloweens)

  1. Halloween

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Halloween f (plural Halloweens)

  1. Halloween

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German

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛloˌwiːn/, /-ˌviːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Halloween n (strong, genitive Halloweens or Halloween, no plural)

  1. Halloween

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Halloween” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Halloween” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Halloween” in Duden online

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Halloween m

  1. Halloween

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Halloween n (indeclinable, related adjective halloweenowy)

  1. Halloween (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)
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adverb

Further reading

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  • Halloween in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Halloween in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌʁa.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌha.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ], /ˌʁɛ.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌhɛ.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌʁa.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌχa.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ], /ˌʁɛ.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌχɛ.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ]
 

Proper noun

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Halloween m

  1. Halloween (festival that takes place on October 31st, in which people dress up in ghostly costumes and use hollow pumpkins, with candles inside, to decorate houses, gardens, etc.)
    Synonym: Dia das Bruxas
    Coordinate term: Dia do Saci
    • 1995 March, André Barcinski, quoting Supla, “Supla Legal”, Páginas Negras, in Trip, volume 8, number 41, Você ouve todos os estilos de rock ou é um daqueles punks ortodoxos?, page 7, column 2:
      Não, sempre tive a cabeça muito aberta. Acho que o artista tem que ser como uma esponja, e absorver tudo que está à sua volta. Outro dia, no Halloween, fui ver o Mercyful Fate (veterana banda de heavy metal) fantasiado de Super Supla...
      No, I've always been very open-minded. I think an artist must be like a sponge, and absorb everything around them. The other day, on Halloween, I went to watch Mercyful Fate (a veteran heavy metal band) dressed up as Super Supla...

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Noun

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Halloween n (uncountable)

  1. Halloween

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative Halloween Halloweenul
genitive-dative Halloween Halloweenului
vocative Halloweenule

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xaloˈwin/ [xa.loˈwĩn]
  • IPA(key): /ˈxalowin/ [ˈxa.lo.wĩn]
  • Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween

Noun

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Halloween m (plural Halloweens)

  1. Halloween (31st of October)