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Halloween
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halloween Hallowe'en
English
Alternative forms
en Hallowe'en
en Halloweven archaic
Etymology
From a en sco - shortening of en Allhalloweven, from en Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) + en even#Etymology 2 even (an archaic or poetic variant of en eve; see also en een#Etymology 3 een).
For the American pronunciation with /ɑ/, compare the Southern English traditional dialect pronunciations en fallow /ˈfɒ.lə/ and en tallow /ˈtɒ.lə/.
Pronunciation
en /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/ /ˌha.ləʊˈiːn/ UK
en /ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/ /ˌhɑ.ləˈwiːn/ /ˌhæ.loʊˈiːn/ US,Canada
en En-us-Halloween.ogg US
en iːn 3
en Hal low een
Proper noun
s
thumb|Children dressed for Halloween (en Q251868)
en Q251868 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.
en They all get dressed up in scary costumes at Halloween.
1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1.
en 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
en anti-Halloween Halloweek Halloweekend Halloween crab Halloweener Slutoween Summerween
Descendants
bg Хе́лоуин 1
haw Heleuī 1
he ליל כל הקדושים 1
hi हैलोवीन 1
ja ハロウィン ハロウィーン 1
ml ഹാലോവീൻ 1
mi Harawīni 1
ru Хеллоуи́н 1
ba Хэллоуин 1
tg Хеллоуин 1
tt Хэллоуин 1
th ฮาโลวีน 1
uk Гелові́н Хеллові́н 1
Translations
October 31st Q251868
Afrikaans: af Allerheilige-aand, af Halloween
Arabic: ar هَالُوِين m, ar عِيدُ جَمِيعِ القِدِّيسِين
Egyptian Arabic: arz هالويين, arz هالوءين
Hijazi Arabic: acw هَالُوِين m hāluwīn, haluwīn
Armenian: hy Հելոուին
Asturian: ast Nueche d'Ánimes f, ast Nueche de Difuntos f, ast Viéspera de Tolos Santos f
Azerbaijani: az Hellouin
Bashkir: ba Хэллоуин
Basque: eu Gau Beltza
Belarusian: be Хэлоўі́н m
Bengali: bn হ্যালোউইন, bn হ্যালোইন
Bulgarian: bg Хе́лоуин m
Catalan: ca dia de vigília de Tots Sants m
Cherokee: chr ᏓᎾᎵᎬᏚᎸᏍᎬ
Chickasaw: cic Sholop Inittak
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 萬聖節 originally meant All Hallows' Day, yue 萬聖夜, yue 萬聖節前夕 maan6 sing3 zit3 cin4 zik6
Mandarin: cmn 萬聖夜, cmn 萬聖節 originally meant All Hallows' Day, cmn 萬聖節前夕 Wànshèngjié qiánxī, Wànshèngjié qiánxí
Czech: cs Halloween m
Danish: da allehelgensaften c
Dutch: nl allerheiligenavond m, nl Halloween n
Esperanto: eo Haloveno
Faroese: fo allahalgannaaftan m, fo alhalgunaaftan m
Finnish: fi halloween
French: fr Halloween
Galician: gl Samaín m
Georgian: ka ჰელოუინი
German: de Halloween n
Bavarian: bar Ollaheilignomd
Greek: el Χάλοουϊν n
Gujarati: gu હેલોવીન
Hawaiian: haw Heleuī
Hebrew: he לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים leil kol haqdoshím
Hindi: hi हैलोवीन
Hungarian: hu halovín
Hunsrik: hrx Hexenacht f
Icelandic: is hrekkjavaka f
Irish: ga Oíche Shamhna f
Italian: it Halloween m, it vigilia di Ognissanti f
Japanese: ja ハロウィーン Harowīn, ja ハロウィン Harowin
Kannada: kn ಹ್ಯಾಲೋವೀನ್
Korean: ko ^할로윈
Kyrgyz: ky Хеллоуин
Latin: la Pervigilium Omnium Sanctorum n
Latvian: lv Halovīns m
Lithuanian: lt Helovinas m, lt Helovynas m, lt Šiurpnaktis m
Macedonian: mk Ноќ на вештерките f
Malagasy: mg Halôhinina
Malayalam: ml ഹാലോവീൻ
Manx: gv Oie Houney f
Marathi: mr हॅलोवीन
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn сүнсний баяр
Navajo: nv Doo Hóshkał Bá Hazʼą́
Nepali: ne हलोविन, ne ह्यालविन
Norman: nrf Veil'ye d'la Toussaint f Jersey
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb allehelgensaften m
Nynorsk: nn allehelgensaftan m
Old English: ang ealra hālgena mæsseǣfen m
Persian: fa هالووین hâluvin
Polish: pl Halloween n
Portuguese: pt Dia das Bruxas m, pt Halloween m, pt Raloim m very rare, pt Véspera de Todos os Santos f
Punjabi: pa ਹੈਲੋਵੀਨ
Western Punjabi: pnb ہالووین
Romani: rom Dudumêngi-Ryat f
Romanian: ro Halloween n
Russian: ru Хеллоуи́н m, ru Халуви́н m, ru Хэллоуи́н m, ru Халуи́н
Sardinian: sc Faghide bene a sos mortos
Scots: sco Hallae E'en
Scottish Gaelic: gd Oidhche Shamhna f
Serbo-Croatian: sh Noć vještica f, sh Halloveen m
Sinhalese: si හැලෝවීන්
Slovene: sl noč čarovnic m
Spanish: es Halloween m, es Noche de Brujas f, es jalogüin m very rare
Swedish: sv halloween
Tajik: tg Хеллоуин
Tamil: ta ஆலோவீன்
Tatar: tt Хэллоуин
Telugu: te హాలోవీన్
Thai: th ฮาโลวีน
Turkish: tr Cadılar Bayramı
Ukrainian: uk Гелові́н m, uk Хелові́н m, uk Відьо́мська ніч f, uk Хеллові́н m, uk Хеллоуїн
Urdu: ur ہالووین hālovīn
Uyghur: ug پەرىشتىلەر بايرىمى
Vietnamese: vi Halloween
Welsh: cy Nos Galan Gaeaf f, informal cy Nos Glangaea
Yakut: sah Хэллоуин, sah Һеллоуин
Yiddish: yi האַלאָווין
Yoruba: yo Halowíìnì
See also
en All Hallows' Day Reformation Sunday Samhain spooky season trick-or-treat trick or treat
en Calendar Halloween Holidays
Dutch
nl:
Etymology
nl en Halloween.
Pronunciation
nl /ɦɛ.loːˈʋin/ [ɦɛ.loˈwiːn]
nl Nl-Halloween.ogg
nl Hal lo ween
Noun
n -s -
nl Q251868 en Halloween October 31st
Derived terms
nl halloweenavond the night of Halloween
nl halloweenfeest the celebration of Halloween; a Halloween party
nl halloweenkostuum Halloween costume
French
fr:
Etymology
fr :bor en:Halloween
fr en Halloween.
Pronunciation
halowine France
fr Fr-Normandie-Halloween.ogg France
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-Halloween.wav <<Switzerland>> (<<Valais>>)
halauwine Quebec
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Halloween.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
fr Ha llo ween
Noun
f
fr Q251868 en Halloween October 31st
See also
fr Samain
fr Calendar Holidays
German
de:
Etymology
de en Halloween.
Pronunciation
de /ˈhɛ.loˌwiːn/ /ˈhɛ.loˌviːn/
de De-Halloween.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Hal lo ween
Noun
n,(s),s
de Q251868 en Halloween October 31st
Declension
n,(s),s
Further reading
Italian
it:
Etymology
it en Halloween.
Pronunciation
àllowin allowìn
Noun
m #
it Q251868en Halloween October 31st
See also
it Ognissanti
it Calendar Holidays
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Halloween + 1 1943
Pronunciation
he.lo'in,ha.lo'in,'he.lo.łin,he.lo'łin,'ha.lo.łin,ha.lo'łin LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Halloween.wav Ha.llo.ween
Proper noun
n,m-in 1 halloweenowy
pl Q251868 en Halloween October 31st
pl święto
Declension
As a neuter noun: indeclinable.
less common As a masculine inanimate noun:
Related terms
pl adverb halloweenowo
Further reading
71301
pl Calendar Halloween
Portuguese
pt:
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Halloween + 1
Pronunciation
rálouím,rélouím àlouwin,àlouwine
pt ĩ in inɨ 3
pt Hal lo ween
Proper noun
m
pt Q251868 en Halloween October 31st
pt Dia das Bruxas
pt Dia do Saci
pt Trip 1995-03 w:pt:André Barcinski w:Supla Páginas Negras Supla Legal 8 41 2 7 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=Ey0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PT7&dq=Halloween&hl=pt-BR&pg=PT7#v=onepage&q&f=false Você ouve todos os estilos de rock ou é um daqueles punks ortodoxos? 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
pt Calendar Halloween Holidays
Romanian
ro:
Etymology
ro :ubor en:Halloween + 1
Noun
n -
ro Q251868 en Halloween October 31st
Declension
sg
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :ubor en:Halloween + 1
Pronunciation
jálohuin jalohuín Ha.llo.ween
Noun
m Halloweens
es Q251868 en Halloween October 31st
es Holidays