Good Friday

English

Etymology

From good (“holy”); compare good tide to refer to Christmas or Shrovetide (e.g. Goodtyde and Gudtyde in some British dialects), Good Wednesday, and the Good Book to refer to the Bible. Earlier called Old English Langa-Friġedæġ (“Long Friday”).

Proper noun

Good Friday (plural Good Fridays)

(Christianity) The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.

Synonyms

Black Friday, Golden Friday, Great Friday, Holy Friday, Pasch of the Cross

Translations

The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified

Afrikaans: Goeie Vrydag
Arabic: الْجُمْعَة الْعَظِيمَة‎ f (al-jumʿa al-ʿaẓīma); جُمْعَة الْآلَام‎ f (jumʿat al-ʾālām),
Aragonese: Viernes Santo m
Armenian: Ավագ ուրբաթ (Avag urbatʿ)
Basque: Ostiral Santua
Breton: Gwener-ar-Groaz (br) m
Bulgarian: Разпе́ти пе́тък m (Razpéti pétǎk)
Catalan: Divendres Sant
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耶穌受難節／耶稣受难节 (zh), 耶稣受难节 (zh) (Yēsū shòunànjié), 耶穌受難日／耶稣受难日, 耶稣受难日 (Yēsū shòunànrì), 受難節／受难节, 受难节 (shòunànjié)
Czech: Velký pátek (cs) m
Danish: langfredag (da) c
Dutch: Goede Vrijdag (nl) m
Elfdalian: launggfrjådag m
Esperanto: Sankta Vendredo
Estonian: suur reede
Faroese: langafríggjadagur m
Finnish: pitkäperjantai (fi)
French: vendredi saint (fr) m
Galician: Venres Santo m
Georgian: დიდი პარასკევი (didi ṗarasḳevi)
German: Karfreitag (de) m, Charfreitag m, Hoher Freitag m, Stiller Freitag m
Greek: Μεγάλη Παρασκευή (el) f (Megáli Paraskeví)
Greenlandic: tallimanngornersuaq, tallimanngortoq tannaartoq
Guaraní: Arapoteĩ marangatu
Hebrew: יום שישי הטוב‎ m (yom shishi hatov)
Hindi: गुड फ़्राइडे (guḍ frāiḍe), होली फ़्राइडे (holī frāiḍe)
Hungarian: nagypéntek (hu)
Icelandic: föstudagurinn langi (is) m
Indonesian: Jum'at Agung
Irish: Aoine an Chéasta f
Italian: Venerdì Santo (it) m
Japanese: 聖金曜日 (せいきんようび, Sei-kinyōbi), 受難日 (じゅなんび, Junanbi)
Korean: 성 금요일 (seong geumyoil), 수난일 (ko) (sunanil)
Latin: Diēs Passiōnis Dominī m, Parascēvē f (Late Latin)
Latvian: Lielā Piektdiena
Limburgish: Goje Vriedig
Lithuanian: Didysis Penktadienis
Low German:
German Low German: Stillfreedag
Luxembourgish: Karfreideg m
Malay: Jumaat Agung
Malayalam: ദുഖഃവെള്ളി (dukhaḥveḷḷi)
Maltese: Ġimgħa l-Kbira
Manx: Jeheiney Chaisht
Navajo: Ndaʼiiníísh Yáʼátʼéehii, Jesus Biʼdiisxínę́ędą́ą́ʼ Bééhániih
Norman: Lé Véndrédi Saint m
Northern Sami: guhkesbearjadat
Norwegian:
Bokmål: langfredag m
Nynorsk: langfredag m
Old English: Langa-Friġedæġ m
Pennsylvania German: Karfreidaag
Plautdietsch: Stelle Friedach f
Polish: Wielki Piątek (pl) m
Portuguese: Sexta-feira Santa (pt)
Rhine Franconian: Kafreidag
Romanian: Vinerea Mare (ro) f, Vinerea Patimilor (ro) f
Romansch: venderdi sontg m
Russian: Страстна́я пя́тница (ru) f (Strastnája pjátnica), Вели́кая пя́тница f (Velíkaja pjátnica)
Scottish Gaelic: Dihaoine na Càisge m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Велики петак m
Roman: Veliki petak (sh) m
Slovak: Veľký piatok m
Slovene: Veliki petek m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: śichy pětk m
Upper Sorbian: wulki pjatk m, ćichi pjatk m
Spanish: Viernes Santo (es) m
Swahili: Ijumaa Kuu
Swedish: långfredag (sv) c
Tagalog: Biyernes Santo, Mahal na Araw
Turkish: Kutsal Cuma
Ukrainian: Страсна́ п'я́тниця f (Strasná pʺjátnycja)
Vietnamese: Thứ sáu Tuần Thánh
Walloon: Bon vénrdi (wa)
Welsh: Dydd Gwener y Groglith m
West Frisian: Goedfreed