English
Etymology
From Middle English halyday holyday halidei haliȝdei (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Old English hāliġdæġ ( “ holy day, Sabbath ” ) , equivalent to holy day West Frisian hjeldei ( “ holiday ” ) , Danish helligdag ( “ holiday ” ) , Norwegian helligdag ( “ holiday ” ) , Swedish helgdag ( “ holiday, feast ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Noun
holiday (plural holidays
A day on which a festival , religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed .
Today is a Wiccan holiday !
A day declared free from work by the state or government .
( chiefly UK ) leisure and often travel ; often plural (US English: vacation ).
1898 Winston Churchill , chapter 4, in The Celebrity No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or [ …] . And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
( chiefly UK ) pupils do not attend their school ; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation ).
I want to take a French course this summer holiday .
A gap in coverage , e.g. of paint on a surface , or sonar imagery .[1]
Synonyms
(day on which a festival, etc, is traditionally observed ): feast day (celebratory religious event )
(day declared free from work by the government ): bank holiday ( UK ) , national holiday
(period of one or more days taken off work by an employee for leisure ): leave , time off
(period taken off work or study for travel ): vacation ( US )
(gap in coverage ): lacuna
Derived terms
Translations
day on which a festival etc. is traditionally observed
Albanian: festë (sq) f
Arabic: عِيد (ar) m ( ʕīd )
Armenian: տոն (hy) ( ton )
Aromanian: sãrbãtoari f
Azerbaijani: bayram (az)
Bashkir: байрам ( bayram ) , ғәйет ( ğəyet )
Belarusian: свя́та n ( svjáta )
Bengali: ছুটির দিন ( chuṭir din )
Bulgarian: пра́зник (bg) m ( práznik )
Burmese: အလုပ်ပိတ်ရက် (my) ( a.luppitrak )
Catalan: festa (ca) f
Chichewa: holide
Chinese:
Mandarin: 節日 ／ 节日 (zh) ( jiérì ) , 节日 (zh) ( jiérì ) , 節慶 ／ 节庆 (zh) ( jiéqìng ) , 节庆 (zh) ( jiéqìng )
Chukchi: праздник ( prazdnik ) , эӈэӈыткун ( ėṇėṇytkun ) , крычмын ( kryčmyn )
Chuvash: уяв ( ujav )
Crimean Tatar: bayram
Czech: svátek (cs) m
Danish: helligdag (da) c
Dutch: feestdag (nl) m
Esperanto: festotago
Estonian: püha
Finnish: juhlapäivä (fi) , pyhäpäivä (fi)
French: fête (fr) f
Galician: festa (gl) f día santo m día festivo m
Georgian: დღესასწაული ( dɣesasc̣auli )
German: Feiertag (de) m
Greek: γιορτή (el) f ( giortí )
Ancient: ἑορτή f ( heortḗ )
Hebrew: חַג (he) m ( khag )
Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f ( chuṭṭī ) , ईद (hi) f ( īd ) ( Muslim )
Hungarian: ünnepnap (hu)
Icelandic: helgidagur (is) m
Indonesian: liburan (id)
Irish: lá saoire m
Italian: giorno festivo m
Japanese: 祭日 ( さいじつ, saijitsu ) , 祭り (ja) ( まつり, matsuri )
Kazakh: мейрам ( meiram ) , айт ( ait )
Khmer: ថ្ងៃឈប់សម្រាក ( thngay chup sɑmraak ) , បុណ្យ (km) ( bon ) , ថ្ងៃឈប់បុណ្យ ( thngay chup bon )
Korean: 축제일 (ko) ( chukjeil ) , 축일 (ko) ( chugil )
Kurdish:
Sorani: جەژن ( cejn )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Kyrgyz: майрам (ky) ( mayram ) , айт (ky) ( ayt )
Lao: ມື້ພັກ (lo) ( mư̄ phak )
Latin: feria festum
Macedonian: празник m ( praznik )
Maltese: jum il-festa
Manx: feaill f feailley f
Maori: hararei
Mongolian: баяр (mn) ( bajar )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: helligdag m
Nynorsk: heilagdag m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: праздьникъ m ( prazdĭnikŭ )
Persian: عید (fa) ( 'eyd )
Polish: święto (pl) n
Portuguese: feriado (pt) m
Romanian: sărbătoare (ro) f
Russian: пра́здник (ru) m ( prázdnik )
Scottish Gaelic: latha-fèille m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: празник m свечаник m светковина f
Roman: praznik (sh) m svečanik m svetkovina (sh) f
Shor: пайрам ( payram )
Slovak: sviatok m
Slovene: praznik (sl) m
Spanish: festividad (es) f fiesta (es) f
Swahili: likizo (sw)
Swedish: högtid (sv) c
Tajik: ид (tg) ( id )
Tatar: бәйрәм (tt) ( bäyräm )
Telugu: సెలవు (te) ( selavu )
Thai: วันหยุด ( wan-yùt )
Turkish: bayram (tr)
Turkmen: baýramçylyk (tk) , baýram (tk)
Ukrainian: свя́то n ( svjáto )
Urdu: چهٿی f ( chuṭṭī ) , عید f ( 'īd )
Uyghur: بايرام ( bayram )
Uzbek: bayram (uz)
Vietnamese: ngày lễ (vi)
day declared free from work by the government
Arabic: عُطْل m ( ʕuṭl ) , عُطْلَة f ( ʕuṭla )
Gulf Arabic: عطلة ( ʿɛṭlə ) , يوم راحة ( yom raḥə )
Armenian: տոն (hy) ( ton )
Bashkir: байрам көнө ( bayram könö ) , ял көнө ( yal könö )
Basque: jaiegun
Bulgarian: празник (bg) m ( praznik )
Catalan: dia de festa dia feriat
Chichewa: holide
Chinese:
Mandarin: 假日 (zh) ( jiàrì )
Czech: svátek (cs) m
Danish: helligdag (da) c fridag (da) c
Dutch: feestdag (nl) m
Finnish: yleinen vapaapäivä
French: jour férié (fr) m
Galician: día festivo m
German: gesetzlicher Feiertag m
Greek: αργία (el) f ( argía )
Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f ( chuṭṭī )
Hungarian: szünnap (hu) , szabadnap (hu)
Indonesian: liburan (id)
Irish: lá saoire m
Italian: giorno festivo m
Japanese: 休日 (ja) ( きゅうじつ, kyūjitsu ) , 休暇 (ja) ( きゅうか, kyūka )
Korean: 휴일 (ko) ( hyuil ) (休日 (ko) )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Lao: ມື້ພັກງານ ( mư̄ phak ngān )
Latin: feriae f pl festum n
Macedonian: празник m ( praznik ) , нера́ботен ден m ( neráboten den )
Malay: cuti
Maltese: btala franka
Maori: hararei
Norwegian:
Bokmål: heilagdag m
Nynorsk: heilagdag m
Persian: تعطیل (fa) ( ta'til ) , هالیدی ( hâlidey ) ( informal )
Polish: święto (pl) n
Portuguese: feriado (pt) m
Russian: пра́здник (ru) m ( prázdnik ) , выходно́й день m ( vyxodnój denʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: latha-fèille m
Serbo-Croatian: praznik (sh) m
Spanish: día festivo m ( Spain, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua ) ; feriado (es) m ( Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Peru, Uruguay ) ; día feriado m ( Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Venezuela ) ; día de fiesta m ( Cuba )
Swahili: likizo (sw)
Swedish: helgdag (sv) c
Tibetan: གུང་གསེང ( gung gseng )
Turkish: tatil (tr)
Ukrainian: свя́то n ( svjáto ) , вихідни́й день m ( vyxidnýj denʹ ) , вихідни́й че́рез свя́то m ( vyxidnýj čérez svjáto )
Urdu: چھٹی f ( chuṭṭī )
Vietnamese: nghỉ lễ
period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
Albanian: festë (sq) f pushim (sq) m
Arabic: إِجَازَة f ( ʔijāza ) , عُطْلَة f ( ʕuṭla )
Armenian: արձակուրդ (hy) ( arjakurd )
Azerbaijani: tətil (az)
Bashkir: ял ( yal )
Belarusian: во́дпуск m ( vódpusk )
Bulgarian: отпуск (bg) m ( otpusk )
Catalan: vacances (ca) f pl
Chichewa: holide
Chinese:
Mandarin: 假日 (zh) ( jiàrì ) , 休假日 ( xiūjiàrì ) , 假期 (zh) ( jiàqī )
Czech: dovolená (cs) f
Danish: ferie (da) c
Dutch: vakantie (nl) f
Esperanto: libertempo
Finnish: loma (fi) , lomapäivä (fi) , vapaapäivä (fi)
French: congé (fr) m vacances (fr) pl
Galician: vacacións f pl
German: Urlaub (de) m Ferien (de) pl
Greek: διακοπές (el) f or pl ( diakopés )
Hebrew: חופשה \ חֻפְשָׁה ( ḥufshá )
Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f ( chuṭṭī )
Hungarian: szabadság (hu)
Irish: saoire f
Italian: vacanza (it) f ferie (it) f pl
Japanese: 休暇 (ja) ( きゅうか, kyūka ) , 休日 (ja) ( きゅうじつ, kyūjitsu )
Kazakh: демалыс (kk) ( demalys )
Khmer: ថ្ងៃលំហែ ( thngay lumhae )
Korean: 휴가 (ko) ( hyuga )
Kyrgyz: дем алыш (ky) ( dem alış ) , отпуск (ky) ( otpusk )
Latin: cessatio feriae
Lithuanian: atostogos (lt)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Macedonian: одмор m ( odmor )
Malay: cuti
Maltese: vaganza
Maori: hararei
Mongolian: амралт (mn) ( amralt )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ferie (no) m
Nynorsk: ferie m
Pashto: تعطيل (ps) m ( ta'tíl )
Persian: تعطیل (fa) ( ta'til )
Polish: urlop (pl) m
Portuguese: férias (pt) f pl
Romanian: vacanţă (ro) f
Russian: о́тпуск (ru) m ( ótpusk ) , отгу́л (ru) m ( otgúl ) unpaid
Scottish Gaelic: saor-làithean m pl làithean-saora m pl saor-latha m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̀дмор m
Roman: òdmor (sh) m
Slovak: dovolená (sk) f
Slovene: dopust m
Spanish: vacación f vacaciones (es) f pl
Swahili: likizo (sw)
Swedish: semester (sv) c
Tajik: таътил (tg) ( taʾtil ) , отпуска ( otpuska )
Turkish: tatil (tr)
Turkmen: dynç alyş
Ukrainian: відпу́стка f ( vidpústka )
Urdu: چھٹی f ( chuṭṭī ) , تعطیل ( ta'tīl )
Uyghur: تەتىل ( tetil )
Uzbek: otpuska (uz) , taʼtil (uz)
Vietnamese: nghỉ phép (vi)
period during which pupils do not attend school
Translations to be checked
Verb
holiday (third-person singular simple present holidays present participle holidaying simple past and past participle holidayed ( chiefly British )
To take a period of time away from work or study.
( British )
Translations
to take a period of time away from work or study
to spend a period of time for travel
References
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
holiday
Alternative form of halyday 