From Middle English halyday holyday halidei haliȝdei Old English hāliġdæġ ( “ holy day, Sabbath ” ) , equivalent to holy day 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] 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 ) leisure and often travel ; often plural.
Synonyms: leave time off ( US ) vacation see also Thesaurus:vacation 1897 1898 ), Winston Churchill , chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode 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 ) 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 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)
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
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
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)
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 ) ( British , intransitive ) 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 