Halloween

See also: halloween and Hallowe'en

English

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Alternative forms

• Hallowe'en
• Halloweven (archaic)

Etymology

From a Scots 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):

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• Rhymes: -iːn
• Hyphenation: Hal‧low‧een

Proper noun

Halloween (plural Halloweens)

Children dressed for Halloween (

)

2. 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

• anti-Halloween
• Halloweek
• Halloweekend
• Halloween crab
• Halloweener
• Slutoween
• Summerween

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: Хе́лоуин (Hélouin)
• → Hawaiian: Heleuī
• → Hebrew: ליל כל הקדושים (calque)
• → Hindi: हैलोवीन (hailovīn)
• → Japanese: ハロウィン, ハロウィーン
• → Malayalam: ഹാലോവീൻ (hālōvīṉ)
• → Māori: Harawīni
• → Russian: Хеллоуи́н (Xellouín)
  • → Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellowin)
  • → Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin)
  • → Tatar: Хэллоуин (Xellowwin)
• → Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin)
• → Ukrainian: Гелові́н (Helovín), 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)
• Asturian: Nueche d'Ánimes f, Nueche de Difuntos f, Viéspera de Tolos Santos f
• Azerbaijani: Hellouin
• Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellowin)
• Basque: Gau Beltza
• Belarusian: Хэлоўі́н m (Xelowín)
• Bengali: হ্যালোউইন (hêlōuin), হ্যালোইন (bn) (hêlōin)
• Bulgarian: Хе́лоуин (bg) 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

  Bavarian: Ollaheilignomd

• 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)

  Western Punjabi: ہالووین (hāloven)

• 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 (Xellowwin)
• 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
• Yakut: Хэллоуин (Xellouin), Һеллоуин (Hellouin)
• Yiddish: האַלאָווין (halovin)
• Yoruba: Halowíìnì

See also

• All Hallows' Day
• Reformation Sunday
• Samhain
• spooky season
• trick-or-treat
• trick or treat

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛ.loːˈʋin/, [ɦɛ.loˈwiːn]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Hal‧lo‧ween

Noun

Halloween n (plural Halloweens, no diminutive)

2. Halloween (October 31st)

Derived terms

• halloweenavond (“the night of Halloween”)
• halloweenfeest (“the celebration of Halloween; a Halloween party”)
• halloweenkostuum (“Halloween costume”)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} (France) IPA^(key): /a.lɔ.win/

  Audio (France):

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  Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• ^{(aspirated h)} (Quebec) IPA^(key): /a.lo.win/
• Hyphenation: Ha‧llo‧ween

Noun

Halloween f (plural Halloweens)

2. Halloween (October 31st)

See also

• Samain

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛ.loˌwiːn/, /ˈhɛ.loˌviːn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Hal‧lo‧ween

Noun

Halloween n (strong, genitive Halloweens or Halloween, plural Halloweens)

2. Halloween (October 31st)

Declension

Declension of Halloween [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Halloween	die	Halloweens
genitive	eines	des	Halloweens, Halloween	der	Halloweens
dative	einem	dem	Halloween	den	Halloweens
accusative	ein	das	Halloween	die	Halloweens

Further reading

• “Halloween”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Halloween” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Halloween” in Duden online

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.lo.win/
  • Rhymes: -allowin
• IPA^(key): /al.loˈwin/
  • Rhymes: -in

Noun

Halloween m (invariable)

2. Halloween (October 31st)

See also

• Ognissanti

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween. First attested in 1943.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɛ.lɔˈin/, /xa.lɔˈin/, /ˈxɛ.lɔ.win/, /xɛ.lɔˈwin/, /ˈxa.lɔ.win/, /xa.lɔˈwin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -in, -ɛlɔwin, -alɔwin
• Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween

Proper noun

Halloween n or m inan (indeclinable, related adjective halloweenowy)

2. Halloween (October 31st)

   Hypernym: święto

Declension

As a neuter noun: indeclinable.

(less common) As a masculine inanimate noun:

Declension of Halloween

	singular	plural
nominative	Halloween	Halloweeny
genitive	Halloweenu	Halloweenów
dative	Halloweenowi	Halloweenom
accusative	Halloween	Halloweeny
instrumental	Halloweenem	Halloweenami
locative	Halloweenie	Halloweenach
vocative	Halloweenie	Halloweeny

Related terms

adverb

• halloweenowo

Further reading

• “Halloween”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Halloween”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌha.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ], /ˌʁɛ.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌhɛ.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ]

• (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]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.lo(w)ˈwin/, /a.lo(w)ˈwi.nɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.lo(w)ˈwin/, /a.lo(w)ˈwi.nɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.lowˈwin/, /a.lowˈwi.nɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.loˈwin/, /a.loˈwi.nɨ/

• Rhymes: -ĩ, -in, -inɨ
• Hyphenation: Hal‧lo‧ween

Proper noun

Halloween m

2. Halloween (October 31st)

   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...

Further reading

• “Halloween”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “Halloween”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “Halloween”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “Halloween”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Noun

Halloween n (uncountable)

2. Halloween (October 31st)

Declension

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

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Halloween m (plural Halloweens)

2. Halloween (October 31st)