Black Friday

English Etymology From en black Friday bad; ill-omened; marked by disaster. Friday has long been considered an unlucky day in ancient superstition. When a Friday coincided with another bad omen, such as falling on the 13th, or was marked by a disaster, it came to be called a Black Friday. In Philadelphia, police later used the term to describe the day after Thanksgiving, when heavy shopping crowds caused severe traffic congestion and chaos. Over time, public relations campaigns promoted a more positive, but inaccurate, explanation for the name. This widely circulated false etymology claimed that Black Friday” referred to the point in the year when retailers shifted from operating at a loss (“in the red”) to making a profit (“in the black”). Despite its popularity, this explanation is an urban legend and was even mistakenly included in sources like Wiktionary for several years.The Origins of "Black Friday" on the website of the Visual Thesaurus Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Black Friday.wav US Proper noun Black Friday s en any of certain historically bad Fridays Any Friday that is literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof. en Black Monday Black Tuesday Black Thursday en Friday, April 15, 2011, in poker en Internet slang poker historical The conclusion of United States v. Scheinberg on April 15, 2011, after which major online poker sites stopped offering real money play to their United States customers. en day after US Thanksgiving, a busy shopping day en US Canada UK business retail The day after Thanksgiving Day, generally regarded as the first day of the Christmas season, and the busiest shopping day of the year. en Cyber Monday en busy sales weekend after US Thanksgiving, metonymically en US by extension The sales period involving heavy price reductions immediately following Thanksgiving Day, from Friday (the original Black Friday) through Monday (Cyber Monday). en any Friday the 13th en Friday the thirteenth a Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened). en Q40317 en possibly obsolete Good Friday, the Friday before Easter. Translations day after U.S. Thanksgiving Day Catalan: ca divendres negre Chinese: Cantonese: yue 黑色星期五 hak1 sik1 sing1 kei4 ng5 Mandarin: cmn 黑色星期五 Hēisè Xīngqīwǔ, Hēisè Xīngqíwǔ, cmn 黑五 Hēiwǔ French: fr vendredi fou m; fr vendredi noir m; fr Black Friday m Galician: gl venres negro m Georgian: ka შავი პარასკევი German: de Black Friday m Hindi: hi ब्लैक फ़्राइडे, hi काला शुक्रवार kālā śukravār literally Hungarian: hu fekete péntek Japanese: ja ブラックフライデー burakkufuraidē Kazakh: kk Қара жұма Korean: ko 블랙 프라이데이 Navajo: nv Ndaʼiiníísh Łizhingo bee Wójíhígíí, nv Ndaʼiinííshjį́ Diigisii Polish: pl czarny piątek m Portuguese: pt Black Friday m f, pt Sexta-Feira Negra f Romanian: ro Vinerea Neagră f, ro Black Friday f Spanish: es viernes negro m, es Black Friday m Ukrainian: uk Чорна п'ятниця sales period involving heavy price reductions Arabic: ar الْجُمُعَة السَّوْدَاء f, ar الجُمُعَة الْبَيْضَاء f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 黑色星期五 hak1 sik1 sing1 kei4 ng5 Mandarin: cmn 黑色星期五 Hēisè Xīngqīwǔ, Hēisè Xīngqíwǔ, cmn 黑五 Hēiwǔ Esperanto: eo nigra vendredo French: fr vendredi fou m Georgian: ka შავი პარასკევი German: de Schlussverkauf m Japanese: ja ブラックフライデー burakkufuraidē Korean: ko 블랙 프라이데이 Polish: pl czarny piątek m Portuguese: pt Black Friday m f Spanish: es liquidaciones f-p See also en boxing day References en Christmas Observances Thanksgiving United States French Etymology From fr en Black Friday day after US Thanksgiving Day. Pronunciation black frailldè Noun m - 1 fr vendredi fou: en Black Friday Portuguese Etymology pt :ubor en:Black Friday + 1 Pronunciation bléki^^ fráidei Noun 1 f,m<q:less common> #s pt advertising retailing en Black Friday period with widespread discounts after the fourth Tuesday of November pt Sexta-Feira Negra<q:uncommon> Derived terms pt Black Fraude Spanish Etymology es :ubor en:Black Friday + 1 Pronunciation Blac fraidei + Noun m Black Fridays Black Friday en Black Friday Swedish Etymology sv en Black Friday. Noun c en Black Friday; the day after US Thanksgiving Day when retailers offer special discounts. sv 25 Nov 2021 Andreas Björklund Sveriges Television SVT Nyheter Allt fler konsumenter skeptiska till Black Friday More and more consumers are skeptical of Black Friday https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/allt-fler-konsumenter-skeptiska-till-black-friday Färre konsumenter kommer att handla på nätet under Black Friday. Det visar en ny årlig undersökning och förklaringen är opinionen kring överkonsumtion. Företeelsen Black Friday kommer ursprungligen från USA där folk är lediga i slutet av november på grund av helgdagen Thanksgiving och det har inneburit en naturlig start av julhandeln. Fenomenet dök inte upp i Sverige förrän 2013. Fewer consumers will shop online during Black Friday. It shows a new annual survey and the explanation is public opinion about overconsumption. The phenomenon Black Friday originally comes from the USA where people are free at the end of November due to the holiday Thanksgiving and it has meant a natural start of the Christmas shopping. The phenomenon did not appear in Sweden until 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20250819195709/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/allt-fler-konsumenter-skeptiska-till-black-friday 19 August 2025 sv by extension The sales period involving price reductions immediately before and after US Thanksgiving Day. sv Black Week Derived terms sv Black Friday-vecka Black Friday week See also sv Black Weekend sv Cyber Monday sv mellandagsrea December 25th to 31st sale period sv Singles' Day