Halloween

See also: halloween and Hallowe'en

English

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Alternative forms

• Hallowe'en

Etymology

A shortening of All-Hallow-even, All Hallows’ Eve (the name of the evening before All Saints Day).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhæləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæləʊˈiːn/
• IPA^(key): /ˌhæləˈwiːn/, /ˌhɑləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæloʊˈiːn/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Halloween (plural Halloweens)

1. The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States and Ireland) by children going door-to-door in costume and demanding candy with menaces.
   • 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

Translations

October 31st

• Afrikaans: Allerheilige-aand, Halloween
• Arabic: هَالُوِين m (hāluwīn)

  Hijazi Arabic: هَالُوِين m (hāluwīn)

• Armenian: Հելոուին (Helouin)
• Azerbaijani: Hellouin
• Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellowin)
• Bavarian: Ollaheilignomd
• Belarusian: Хэлоўі́н m (Xeloŭín)
• Bengali: হ্যালোউইন (hêlōuin), হ্যালোইন (bn) (hêlōin)
• Bulgarian: Хелоуин m (Helouin)
• Chickasaw: Sholop Inittak
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 萬聖節／万圣节 (maan⁶ sing³ zit³), 万圣节 (maan⁶ sing³ zit³) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖夜／万圣夜 (maan⁶ sing³ je⁶), 万圣夜 (maan⁶ sing³ je⁶), 萬聖節前夕／万圣节前夕, 万圣节前夕 (maan⁶ sing³ zit³ cin⁴ zik⁶)

  Mandarin: 萬聖夜／万圣夜 (wànshèngyè), 万圣夜 (Wànshèngyè), 萬聖節／万圣节 (zh) (Wànshèngjié), 万圣节 (zh) (Wànshèngjié) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖節前夕／万圣节前夕 (zh), 万圣节前夕 (zh) (Wànshèngjié qiánxī, Wànshèngjié qiánxí)

• Czech: Halloween (cs) m
• Danish: allehelgensaften (da) c
• 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 f
• Irish: Oíche Shamhna f
• Italian: Halloween (it) m, vigilia di Ognissanti f
• Japanese: ハロウィーン (ja) (Harouīn), ハロウィン (ja) (Harouin)
• Kannada: ಹ್ಯಾಲೋವೀನ್ (hyālōvīn‌)
• Korean: 할로윈 (Hallowin)
• Kyrgyz: Хеллоуин (Hellouin)
• Latin: Pervigilium Omniorum Sanctorum n
• Latvian: Halovīns m
• Lithuanian: Helovinas m
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• Macedonian: Ноќ на вештерките f (Noḱ na vešterkite)
• Malagasy: Halôhinina
• Malayalam: ഹാലോവീൻ (hālōvīṉ)
• Manx: Oie Houney f
• Marathi: हॅलोवीन (hĕlovīn)
• 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 hālġena mæsseǣfen m
• Persian: هالووین (fa) (hâluvin)
• Polish: Dziady m pl, Halloween (pl) m, wigilia Wszystkich Świętych f
• Portuguese: Dia das Bruxas (pt) m, Halloween (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਹੈਲੋਵੀਨ (hailovīn)
• 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 n, Halloveen m
• Sinhalese: හැලෝවීන් (hælōwīn)
• Slovene: noč čarovnic m
• Spanish: Halloween (es) m, Noche de Brujas f
• Swedish: halloween (sv)
• Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin)
• Tamil: ஆலோவீன் (ālōvīṉ)
• Tatar: Хэллоуин (Xellouwin)
• Telugu: హాలోవీన్ (hālōvīn)
• Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin)
• Turkish: Cadılar Bayramı
• Ukrainian: Геллові́н m (Hellovín), Хеллові́н m (Xellovín), Відьо́мська ніч f (Vidʹómsʹka nič)
• Urdu: ہالووین (hālovīn)
• Uyghur: پەرىشتىلەر بايرىمى (perishtiler bayrimi)
• Vietnamese: Halloween (vi), đêm trước ngày lễ Các Thánh
• Welsh: Nos Galan Gaeaf f, (informal) Nos Glangaea
• Western Panjabi: ہالووین
• Yakut: Хэллоуин (Qellouin), Һеллоуин (Hellouin)
• Yiddish: האַלאָווין (halovin)

See also

• All Hallows' Day
• trick-or-treat, trick or treat
• Samhain

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (France):

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• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.lo.wiːn/

Noun

Halloween f (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween

See also

• Halloween on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈallowin/

Noun

Halloween m

1. Halloween

See also

• Ognissanti

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aloˈwin/ [a.loˈwĩn]

Noun

Halloween m (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween (31st of October)