From Middle English halyday, holyday, halidei, haliȝdei, from Old English hāliġdæġ (“holy day, Sabbath”), equivalent to holy + day. Compare West Frisian hjeldei (“holiday”), Danish helligdag (“holiday”), Norwegian helligdag (“holiday”), Swedish helgdag (“holiday, feast”).
holiday (plural holidays)
- A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
- Synonyms: feast day, holy day
Today is a Wiccan holiday!
2005, Bill Clinton, My Life[1], volume II, New York: Vintage Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 5:Monday, January 18, was the holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. In the morning I held a reception for the diplomatic representatives of other nations in the inner quadrangle at Georgetown, addressing them from the steps of Old North Building.
- A day declared free from work by the state or government.
- Synonyms: (UK) bank holiday, national holiday
- (chiefly UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
- Synonyms: leave, time off, (US) vacation; see also Thesaurus:vacation
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46: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.
1949 August 11, “A Dreamer’s Holiday”, performed by Perry Como, The Fontaine Sisters, and The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra:Climb aboard a butterfly and take off in the breeze. Let your worries flutter by and do the things you please. In the land where dollar bills are falling off the trees. On a dreamer’s holiday. […] Make it a long vacation. Time, there is plenty of. You need no reservation. Just bring along the one you love.
- (chiefly UK, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
- Synonym: (US) vacation
I want to take a French course this summer holiday.
- (finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
a mortgage payment holiday
- A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.[1]
- Synonym: lacuna
day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
- Albanian: festë (sq) f
- Arabic: عِيد (ar) m (ʕīd)
- Armenian: տոն (hy) (ton)
- Aromanian: sãrbãtoari f
- Avar: байрам (bajram)
- Azerbaijani: bayram (az)
- Bashkir: байрам (bayram), ғәйет (ğəyet)
- Belarusian: свя́та n (svjáta), пра́знік m (práznik)
- 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), 節慶/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 (gl) m
- Georgian: დღესასწაული (dɣesasc̣auli)
- German: Feiertag (de) m
- Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí)
- Ancient: ἑορτή f (heortḗ)
- Gujarati: તહેવાર m (tahevār), ઉત્સવ m (utsav)
- Hebrew: חג \ חַג (he) m (khag), יום טוב (he) m (yóm ṭóv)
- Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f (chuṭṭī), ईद (hi) f (īd) (Muslim)
- Hungarian: ünnepnap (hu)
- Icelandic: helgidagur (is) m
- Indonesian: liburan (id)
- Ingrian: pyhäpäivä
- Irish: lá saoire m
- Italian: giorno festivo m
- Japanese: 祭日 (ja) (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(祝祭日) (ko) (chukjeil), 축일(祝日) (ko) (chugil)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: جەژن (ckb) (cejn), عهید ('eyd)
- Northern Kurdish: eyd (ku)
- Kyrgyz: майрам (ky) (mayram), айт (ky) (ayt)
- Lao: ມື້ພັກ (lo) (mư̄ phak)
- Latin: diēs fēstus m, fēria f, fēstum n
- Macedonian: празник m (praznik)
- Malay: hari perayaan
- Maltese: jum il-festa
- Manx: feaill f, feailley f
- Maori: hararei
- Mòcheno: fest n
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: баяр (mn) (bajar)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: helligdag m, helgedag m, høytidsdag m, høgtidsdag m
- Nynorsk: heilagdag m, helgedag m, høgtidsdag m
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: праздьникъ m (prazdĭnikŭ)
- Pashto: عيد (ps) m (id)
- Persian: عید (fa) ('eyd)
- Plautdietsch: Heljedach m
- 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: пра̑знӣк m, свѐтковина f
- Roman: prȃznīk (sh) m, svètkovina (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 (th) (wan-yùt)
- Turkish: bayram (tr)
- Turkmen: baýramçylyk (tk), baýram (tk)
- Ukrainian: свя́то n (svjáto), пра́зник (uk) m (práznyk)
- Urdu: عید f ('īd), چهٿی f (chuṭṭī)
- Uyghur: بايرام (bayram)
- Uzbek: bayram (uz)
- Vietnamese: ngày lễ (vi)
- Welsh: gŵyl (cy)
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day declared free from work by the government
- Arabic: عُطْل m (ʕuṭl), عُطْلَة f (ʕuṭla)
- Gulf Arabic: عطلة (ʕɛṭlə), يوم راحة (yom raḥə)
- Armenian: տոն (hy) (ton)
- Bashkir: байрам көнө (bayram könö), ял көнө (yal könö)
- Basque: jaiegun
- Belarusian: свя́та n (svjáta), выхадны́ дзень m (vyxadný dzjenʹ), выхадны́ m (vyxadný)
- Bulgarian: пра́зник (bg) m (práznik)
- Catalan: dia de festa m, dia feriat m
- Chichewa: holide
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 國定假日/国定假日
- Czech: svátek (cs) m
- Danish: helligdag (da) c, fridag (da) c
- Dutch: feestdag (nl) m
- Esperanto: festotago
- Finnish: yleinen vapaapäivä
- French: jour férié (fr) m, jour de congé (fr) m
- Galician: día festivo (gl) m
- German: gesetzlicher Feiertag m, Ruhetag (de) m
- Greek: αργία (el) f (argía)
- Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f (chuṭṭī), तातील (hi) f (tātīl), छुट्टी का दिन m (chuṭṭī kā din)
- 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)
- Kazakh: мереке (mereke)
- Korean: 휴일(休日) (ko) (hyuil)
- Lao: ມື້ພັກງານ (mư̄ phak ngān)
- Latin: fēriae f pl, fēstum n
- Macedonian: празник m (praznik), неработен ден m (neraboten den)
- Malay: cuti (ms)
- Malayalam: അവധി (ml) (avadhi)
- Maltese: btala, franka
- Maori: hararei
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: helligdag 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), выходно́й (ru) m (vyxodnój)
- Scottish Gaelic: latha-fèille m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пра̑знӣк m
- Roman: prȃznīk (sh) m
- Slovak: sviatok m
- Slovene: praznik (sl) 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
- Thai: วันหยุด (th) (wan-yùt)
- Tibetan: གུང་གསེང (gung gseng)
- Turkish: tatil (tr)
- Ukrainian: свя́то n (svjáto), вихідни́й день m (vyxidnýj denʹ), вихідни́й m (vyxidnýj)
- Urdu: تعطیل (ta'tīl), چھٹی f (chuṭṭī)
- Vietnamese: nghỉ lễ
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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: о́тпуска (bg) f (ótpuska), о́тпуск (bg) m (ótpusk)
- 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
- Estonian: puhkust
- Finnish: loma (fi), lomapäivä (fi), vapaapäivä (fi)
- French: congé (fr) m, vacances (fr) f pl
- Galician: vacacións f pl
- German: Urlaub (de) m, Ferien (de) pl
- Greek: διακοπές (el) f or pl (diakopés)
- Hebrew: חופשה \ חֻפְשָׁה (he) f (khufshá)
- Hindi: छुट्टी (hi) f (chuṭṭī), तातील (hi) f (tātīl), छुट्टी का दिन m (chuṭṭī kā din)
- 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 (demalys)
- Khmer: ថ្ងៃលំហែ (thngay lumhae), ល្ហែ (km) (lhae), រហែ (km) (rɔhae)
- Korean: 휴가(休暇) (ko) (hyuga)
- Kyrgyz: дем алыш (ky) (dem alış), отпуск (ky) (otpusk)
- Latin: cessātiō f, fēriae f pl
- Latvian: atvaļinājums m
- Lithuanian: atóstogos (lt) f pl
- Macedonian: одмор m (odmor)
- Malay: cuti (ms)
- Maltese: vaganza
- Maori: hararei
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: 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 (es) 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: تعطیل (ta'tīl), چھٹی f (chuṭṭī)
- Uyghur: تەتىل (tetil)
- Uzbek: otpuska (uz), taʼtil (uz)
- Vietnamese: ngày nghỉ
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period during which pupils do not attend school
- Azerbaijani: tətil (az)
- Belarusian: кані́кулы f pl (kaníkuly), вака́цыя f (vakácyja)
- Bulgarian: вака́нция (bg) f (vakáncija)
- Catalan: vacances (ca) f pl
- Chichewa: holide
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 假期 (zh) (jiàqī, jiàqí)
- Czech: prázdniny (cs) f pl
- Danish: ferie (da) c
- Dutch: vakantie (nl)
- Esperanto: (lernejaj) ferioj (eo)
- Estonian: vaheaeg, koolivaheaeg
- Finnish: loma (fi)
- French: vacances (fr) f pl
- Galician: vacacións f pl
- German: Ferien (de) pl, Urlaub (de) m
- Greek: διακοπές (el) f or pl (diakopés)
- Hungarian: szünet (hu), vakáció (hu) (summer only)
- Irish: laethanta saoire m pl
- Italian: vacanza (it) f
- Kazakh: демалыс (demalys)
- Korean: 방학(放學) (ko) (banghak)
- Latin: fēriae f pl, cessātiō f
- Latvian: brīvdienas f pl
- Macedonian: распуст m (raspust)
- Malagasy: fialantsasatra, fialantsasatra
- Malayalam: അവധിക്കാലം (avadhikkālaṁ)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ferie (no) m
- Nynorsk: ferie m
- Persian: تعطیل (fa) (ta'til), تعطیلات (fa) pl (ta'tilât)
- Polish: wakacje (pl) pl, ferie (pl) f pl (winter holidays)
- Portuguese: férias (pt)
- Russian: кани́кулы (ru) f pl (kaníkuly)
- Scottish Gaelic: saor-làithean m pl, làithean-saora m pl
- Swahili: likizo (sw)
- Swedish: lov (sv) n
- Tajik: таътил (tg) (taʾtil)
- Turkish: tatil (tr)
- Turkmen: kanikul
- Ukrainian: кані́кули f pl (kaníkuly)
- Uzbek: kanikul (uz), tatil (uz)
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finance: period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made
unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
— see also lacuna
Translations to be checked
holiday (third-person singular simple present holidays, present participle holidaying, simple past and past participle holidayed) (chiefly British)
- (intransitive) To take a period of time away from work or study.
- (British, intransitive) To spend a period of time in recreational travel.
to take a period of time away from work or study
to spend a period of time in recreational travel
holiday
- Alternative form of halyday