Halloween

Halloween

See also: halloween and Hallowe'en

English

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Alternative forms

• Hallowe'en
• Halloweven (archaic)

Etymology

A Scottish shortening of Allhalloweven, from Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) + even (an archaic/poetic cognate of eve).

Allhallowmas can be superficially analysed as a combination of all + hallow ("saint, holy person") + -mas ("mass, church festival, holiday" as in Christmas), but it's actually a direct descendant of the Middle English and Old English terms for All Saints' Day, whose parts mean the same as in the modern expression: (Middle English Alhalwemesse) and Old English ealra hālgena mæsse (literally "the mass of all the saints", from eall, halga, and mæsse).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌha.ləʊˈiːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhɑ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæ.loʊˈiːn/

• Audio (US)

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• (Philippine) IPA^(key): /hɐˈlo.wɪn/

Proper noun

Halloween (plural Halloweens)

1. 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.

   They all get dressed up in scary costumes at Halloween.

   • 1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1.

     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

• Halloweekend

Translations

October 31st

Afrikaans: Allerheilige-aand, Halloween Arabic: هَالُوِين‎ m (hāluwīn) Hijazi Arabic: هَالُوِين‎ m (hāluwīn, haluwīn) Armenian: Հելոուին (Helouin) Azerbaijani: Hellouin Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellouin) Bavarian: Ollaheilignomd Belarusian: Хэлоўі́н m (Xeloŭín) Bengali: হ্যালোউইন (hẏalouin), হ্যালোইন (bn) (hẏaloin) Bulgarian: Хелоуин m (Helouin) Cherokee: ᏓᎾᎵᎬᏚᎸᏍᎬ (danaligvdulvsgv) Chickasaw: Sholop Inittak Chinese: Cantonese: 萬聖節, 万圣节 (maan6 sing3 zit3) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖夜, 万圣夜 (maan6 sing3 je6), 萬聖節前夕, 万圣节前夕 (maan6 sing3 zit3 cin4 zik6) Mandarin: 萬聖夜／万圣夜 (zh), 万圣夜 (Wànshèngyè), 萬聖節／万圣节 (zh) (Wànshèngjié) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖節前夕／万圣节前夕 (zh) (Wànshèngjié qiánxī, Wànshèngjié qiánxí) Czech: Halloween (cs) m Danish: allehelgensaften (da) c Dutch: allerheiligenavond m, Halloween (nl) n Esperanto: Haloveno Faroese: allahalgannaaftan m, alhalgunaaftan m Finnish: halloween (fi) French: Halloween (fr) Galician: Samaín m Georgian: ჰელოუინი (helouini) German: Halloween (de) n Greek: Χάλοουϊν n (Cháloouïn) Gujarati: હેલોવીન (helovīn) Hawaiian: Heleuī Hebrew: לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים‎ (he) (leil kol haqdoshím) Hindi: हैलोवीन (hailovīn) Hungarian: halovín Hunsrik: Hexenacht f Icelandic: hrekkjavaka f Irish: Oíche Shamhna f Italian: Halloween (it) m, vigilia di Ognissanti f Japanese: ハロウィーン (ja) (Harowīn), ハロウィン (ja) (Harowin) Kannada: ಹ್ಯಾಲೋವೀನ್‌ (hyālōvīn‌) Korean: 할로윈 (Hallowin) Kyrgyz: Хеллоуин (Hellouin) Latin: Pervigilium Omniorum Sanctorum n Latvian: Halovīns m Lithuanian: Helovinas m Macedonian: Ноќ на вештерките f (Noḱ na vešterkite) Malagasy: Halôhinina Malayalam: ഹാലോവീൻ (hālōvīṉ) Manx: Oie Houney f Marathi: हॅलोवीन (hĕlovīn) Navajo: Doo Hóshkał Bá Hazʼą́ Nepali: हलोविन (halovina), ह्यालविन (hyālavina) Norman: Veil'ye d'la Toussaint f (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: allehelgensaften m Nynorsk: allehelgensaftan m Old English: ealra hālgena mæsseǣfen m Persian: هالووین‎ (fa) (hâluvin) Polish: Halloween (pl) n Portuguese: Dia das Bruxas (pt) m, Halloween (pt) m, Raloim m (very rare), Véspera de Todos os Santos f Punjabi: ਹੈਲੋਵੀਨ (hailovīn) Romanian: Halloween n Russian: Хеллоуи́н m (Xellouín), Халуви́н m (Xaluvín), Хэллоуи́н (ru) m (Xɛllouín), Халуи́н (Xaluín) Sardinian: Faghide bene a sos mortos Scots: Hallae E'en Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche Shamhna f Serbo-Croatian: Noć vještica n, Halloveen m Sinhalese: හැලෝවීන් (hælōwīn) Slovene: noč čarovnic m Spanish: Halloween (es) m, Noche de Brujas f, jalogüin m (very rare) Swedish: halloween (sv) Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin) Tamil: ஆலோவீன் (ālōvīṉ) Tatar: Хэллоуин (Xellouin) Telugu: హాలోవీన్ (hālōvīn) Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin) Turkish: Cadılar Bayramı Ukrainian: Гелові́н m (Helovín), Хелові́н m (Xelovín), Відьо́мська ніч f (Vidʹómsʹka nič) Urdu: ہالووین‎ (hālovīn) Uyghur: پەرىشتىلەر بايرىمى‎ (perishtiler bayrimi) Vietnamese: Halloween (vi), đêm trước ngày lễ Các Thánh Welsh: Nos Galan Gaeaf f, (informal) Nos Glangaea Western Panjabi: ہالووین‎ Yakut: Хэллоуин (Xellouin), Һеллоуин (Hellouin) Yiddish: האַלאָווין‎ (halovin)

See also

• All Hallows' Day
• trick-or-treat, trick or treat
• Samhain

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Dutch

Etymology

English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛloːˈʋin/, /ɦɛloˈwiːn/

Noun

Halloween n (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween

Derived terms

• halloweenavond (“the night of Halloween”)
• halloweenfeest (“the celebration of Halloween; a Halloween party”)
• halloweenkostuum (“Halloween costume”)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• (France) ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.lɔ.win/

• Audio (France)

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• Audio (Switzerland)

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• (Quebec) ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.lo.wiːn/

Noun

Halloween f (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween

See also

• Halloween on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛloˌwiːn/, /-ˌviːn/

• Audio

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Noun

Halloween n (strong, genitive Halloweens or Halloween, no plural)

1. Halloween

Declension

Declension of Halloween [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Halloween
genitive	eines	des	Halloweens, Halloween
dative	einem	dem	Halloween
accusative	ein	das	Halloween

Further reading

• “Halloween” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Halloween” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Halloween” in Duden online

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.lo.win/, /al.loˈwin/
• Rhymes: -allowin, -in

Noun

Halloween m

1. Halloween

See also

• Ognissanti

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.lɔ.win/, /xɛ.lɔˈwin/, /ˈxa.lɔ.win/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔwin
• Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween

Proper noun

Halloween n (indeclinable)

1. Halloween

Derived terms

adjective

• halloweenowy

 

Further reading

• Halloween in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Halloween in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Noun

Halloween n (uncountable)

1. Halloween

Declension

declension of Halloween (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) Halloween	Halloweenul
genitive/dative	(unui) Halloween	Halloweenului
vocative	Halloweenule

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xaloˈwin/ [xa.loˈwĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
• IPA^(key): /ˈxalowin/ [ˈxa.lo.wĩn]
  • Rhymes: -alowin

Noun

Halloween m (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween (31st of October)