New Year

See also: new year

English

Etymology

new +‎ year

Noun

New Year (plural New Years)

1. A period covering the first few days of a calendar year.

   We never go away at the New Year because on New Year’s Day the whole family gets together.

2. In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.

Related terms

• Chinese New Year
• happy New Year, happy New Year's
• Lunar New Year
• New Year's
• New Year's Day
• New Year's Eve
• New Year's resolution

Translations

the first few days of a calendar year

• Asturian: añu nuevu
• Dutch: Nieuwjaar (nl) n
• Finnish: uusivuosi (fi)
• German: Neujahr (de)
• Greek: Πρωτοχρονιά (el) f (Protochroniá)
• Hebrew: שנה חדשה‎ f (shaná khadashá)
• Ingrian: uuz vooz
• Low German:

  German Low German: Nijaohr n/Niejaohr n (Münsterländisch), Nijohr n (Paderbornisch; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch), Niejohr n, Neejohr (nds) n

• Malay: Tahun Baru (ms)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nyttår (no) n, nyår n

  Nynorsk: nyttår n, nyår n

• Pashto: نوی کال‎ m (nəwai kāl)
• Polish: Nowy Rok (pl) m
• Quechua: musuq wata
• Russian: Но́вый год (ru) m (Nóvyj god)
• Scottish Gaelic: a' Bhliadhna Ùr f

January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following

• Afrikaans: nuwe jaar
• Albanian: Viti i Ri (sq)
• Arabic: السَّنَة الْجَدِيدَة‎ f (as-sana(t) al-jadīda)
• Armenian: Նոր Տարի (Nor Tari)
• Asturian: añu nuevu m
• Azerbaijani: Yeni il, Yeni il bayramı
• Bashkir: яңы йыл (yañï yïl)
• Basque: urte berri
• Belarusian: Но́вы год m (Nóvy hod)
• Bengali: নববর্ষ (nôbbôrś), নতুন বছর (nôtun bôchôr)
• Bulgarian: Но́ва годи́на f (Nóva godína)
• Burmese: နှစ်သစ် (hnacsac)
• Catalan: cap d'any (ca), any nou
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新年 (san¹ nin⁴)

  Mandarin: 新年 (zh) (xīnnián)

  Min Nan: 新年 (zh-min-nan) (sin-nî)

• Chuvash: ҫӗнӗ ҫул (śĕnĕ ś̬ul)
• Czech: Nový rok (cs) m
• Danish: nytår (da) n
• Dutch: Nieuwjaar (nl)
• Esperanto: novjaro
• Estonian: uusaasta (et)
• Faroese: nýggjár n
• Finnish: uusivuosi (fi)
• French: le nouvel an m or le jour de l'an m
• Galician: aninovo
• Georgian: ახალი წელი (axali c̣eli)
• German: Neujahr (de) n
• Greek: Πρωτοχρονιά (el) f (Protochroniá)
• Gujarati: નવું વર્ષ n (navũ varṣ)
• Haitian Creole: new ane
• Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה‎ (he) m (rósh hashaná), סִילְבֶסְטֶר‎ (he) m (silvéster)
• Hindi: नया साल m (nayā sāl)
• Hungarian: újév (hu) (strictly speaking, only the first day of the year, as opposed to új év, the year that started not long ago)
• Hunsrik: Neijoher n
• Icelandic: nýár (is) n, nýtt ár (is) n
• Ido: nov-yaro
• Ingrian: uuz vooz
• Irish: bliain nua m
• Italian: capodanno (it) m
• Japanese: 新年 (ja) (しんねん, shinnen)
• Javanese: warsa enggal
• Kannada: ಹೊಸವರ್ಷ (hosavarṣa)
• Karelian: Uuzi vuozi
• Kazakh: жаңa жыл (kk) (jaña jıl)
• Khmer: ថ្ងៃចូលឆ្នាំសាកលថ្មី (tngay chool chnam saakɑl tməy)
• Korean: 새해 (ko) (saehae)
• Kyrgyz: жаңы жыл (cañı cıl)
• Lao: ປີໃໝ່ (pī mai)
• Latin: annus faustus
• Latvian: jaunais gads m
• Lithuanian: naujieji metai m
• Lule Sami: ådå̄jahke
• Luxembourgish: Neijoerschdag (lb)
• Lü: please add this translation if you can

• Macedonian: Но́ва го́дина f (Nóva gódina)
• Malagasy: taom-baovao
• Malay: Tahun Baru (ms)
• Malayalam: പുതുവത്സരം (putuvatsaraṃ)
• Maltese: sena ġdida f
• Maori: Tau Hou
• Mapudungun: We Tripantu
• Mongolian: шинэ он (shine on), шинэ жил (shine jil)
• Nahuatl: Yancuīc xihuitl
• Nepali: नयाँ वर्ष (nayā̃ varṣa)
• Norman: Nouvel An m
• Northern Sami: ođđajahki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nyttår (no) n, nyår n

  Nynorsk: nyttår n, nyår n

• Pashto: نوی کال‎
• Persian: سال نو میلادی‎ (sâl-e now-e milâdi)
• Polish: Nowy rok m, Nowy Rok (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ano Novo (pt) m, ano-bom m
• Quechua: musuq wata
• Romanian: Anul Nou (ro) m
• Russian: Но́вый год (ru) m (Nóvyj god)
• Scottish Gaelic: a' Bhliadhna Ùr f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нова година f

  Roman: Nova godina (sh) f

• Shona: gore ritsva
• Shor: Наа чыл (Naa çıl)
• Sinhalese: නව වසර (nawa wasara)
• Slovak: Nový rok m
• Slovene: Novo leto n
• Somali: ciida sanadka cusub
• Spanish: año nuevo (es) m
• Sundanese: pabaru
• Swahili: mwaka mpya
• Swedish: nytt år n, nyår (sv) n
• Tagalog: bagong taon, anyonuwebo
• Tajik: Соли Нав (Soli Nav)
• Tamil: புதிய வருடம் (putiya varuṭam)
• Tatar: яңа ел (yaña yel)
• Telugu: న్యూ ఇయర్ (nyū iyar)
• Thai: ปีใหม่ (bpii-mài)
• Turkish: yılbaşı (tr)
• Turkmen: Täze Ýyl
• Ukrainian: Нови́й рік m (Novýj rik)
• Urdu: نیا سال‎ m (nayā sāl)
• Uzbek: yangi yil
• Vietnamese: năm mới, (referring to the celebration) tết (vi)
• Welsh: blwyddyn newydd m
• White Hmong: xyoo tshiab
• Yakut: Саҥа Дьыл (Saŋa Cıl)
• Yiddish: נײַ יאָר‎ m (nay yor)
• Zhuang: yenzdan

See also

• Rosh Hashanah