May Day

mayday English Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-May Day.wav Southern England Noun May Day The first day of May, a festival celebrating the beginning of the spring season; originally, and still among neopagans, a fertility celebration. en Q47499Labour Day, the first day of May, a worldwide workers' holiday. Synonyms workers' holiday: Labor Day / Labour Day, International Workers' Day Derived terms en May Day sweep, en May-day sweep Related terms en maypole en May Queen Translations spring festival Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 五朔節 Cornish: Standard Cornish: kw Cala'Me, kw Kala' Me m Esperanto: eo Finnish: fi vappu Greek: el Πρωτομαγιά f Ingrian: izh Maipraaznikka Irish: ga Lá Bealtaine m Italian: it calendimaggio m Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr yekî gulanê Polish: pl święto majowe n Scottish Gaelic: gd Là Bealltainn m, gd Là Buidhe Bealltainn m, gd Bealltainn f Spanish: es mayos m-p Welsh: cy Gŵyl Fai f, cy Calan Mai m workers' holiday Arabic: ar يَوْم العُمَّال العَالَمِيّ m, ar يَوْم العُمَّال Armenian: hy Աշխատանքի օր, USSR hy Աշխատավորների համերաշխության միջազգային օր Burmese: my အလုပ်သမားနေ့ Catalan: ca Primer de Maig m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 勞動節 láodòngjié Danish: da første maj c, da 1. maj, da arbejdernes internationale kampdag c formal, very rare Dutch: nl Dag van de Arbeid m Belgium, Suriname Esperanto: eo Estonian: et volbripäev, et töörahvapüha Finnish: fi vappu French: fête du Travail; fête des Travailleurs Galician: gl Día do Traballo m German: de Tag der Arbeit m, de Erster Mai m, de Maifeiertag m, dated de Kampftag der Arbeiterklasse m, de Kampftag der Arbeiterbewegung m Greek: el Εργατική Πρωτομαγιά f, el Πρωτομαγιά f Hebrew: he אחד במאי Hungarian: hu munka ünnepe Icelandic: is fyrsti maí Italian: it Primo Maggio m, it festa dei lavoratori f Japanese: ja メーデー Mēdē Karelian: krl pervomaiju Korean: ko 노동절(勞動節) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr yekî gulanê Macedonian: mk Ден на трудот m, mk Меѓународен ден на трудот m, mk Први мај m Malay: ms Hari Buruh Norwegian: no første mai Polish: pl Święto Pracy n Portuguese: pt Dia do Trabalhador m, pt Primeiro de Maio m Russian: ru Пра́здник весны́ и труда́ m Russia, ru День труда́ m, ru День междунаро́дной солида́рности трудя́щихся m USSR, ru Первома́й m Sami: Northern Sami: se válbor Scottish Gaelic: gd Bealltainn f Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb dźěłowy dźeń Lower Sorbian: dsb źěłowy źeń m Sranan Tongo: srn Wrokomandei Swahili: sw leba dei, sw Siku ya Wafanyakazi Swedish: sv första maj, sv valborg c, sv vappen Finland Tagalog: tl Araw ng mga Manggagawa Turkish: tr işçi bayramı See also en Jack in the green en 'Obby 'Oss en pay day Further reading en Holidays