public holiday

English

Noun

public holiday (plural public holidays)

1. A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Terra Firma Party Codex entry:

     Terra Firma is an Alliance political party formed after the First Contact War. Its policy agenda is based on the principle that Earth must 'stand firm' against alien influences. This covers a variety of legislation. Recent activities by Terra Firma include opposition to a law requiring high school alien language study, a proposal to increase tariffs on alien imports, and leading a popular movement to mark the First Contact War with a public holiday.

Synonyms

• PH

Related terms

• statutory holiday

Translations

national or regional holiday from work on a specific day

• Arabic: عُطْلَة رَسْمِيَّة f (ʕuṭla rasmiyya), إِجَازَة عَامَّة f (ʔijāza ʕāmma)
• Belarusian: дзяржа́ўнае свя́та n (dzjaržáŭnaje svjáta), свя́та n (svjáta)
• Bulgarian: официа́лен пра́зник m (oficiálen práznik), пра́зник (bg) m (práznik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公眾假期／公众假期 (gōngzhòng jiàqī), 公共假期 (zh) (gōnggòng jiàqī), 公定假日 (gōngdìng jiàrì), 假期 (zh) (jiàqī), 假日 (zh) (jiàrì), 公休 (zh) (gōngxiū), 公休日 (zh) (gōngxiūrì)

• Czech: svátek (cs) m, státní svátek m
• Esperanto: festotago
• Estonian: riigipüha
• Finnish: yleinen vapaapäivä, kansallinen vapaapäivä
• French: fête légale f, jour férié (fr) m, fête (fr) f
• German: Feiertag (de) m, gesetzlicher Feiertag m
• Japanese: 祝日 (ja) (しゅくじつ, shukujitsu), 祭日 (ja) (さいじつ, saijitsu), 休日 (ja) (きゅうじつ, kyūjitsu), 公休 (ja) (こうきゅう, kōkyū), 公休日 (こうきゅうび, kōkyūbi)
• Korean: 공휴일(公休日) (ko) (gonghyuil), 공휴(公休) (ko) (gonghyu)
• Malay: cuti umum (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fridag m

  Nynorsk: fridag m

• Polish: święto (pl) n
• Portuguese: feriado (pt) m
• Romanian: sărbătoare legală (ro) f
• Russian: обще́ственный пра́здник m (obščéstvennyj prázdnik), госуда́рственный пра́здник m (gosudárstvennyj prázdnik), пра́здник (ru) (prázdnik)
• Slovak: štátny sviatok m, sviatok m
• Spanish: fiesta legal f, festivo (es) m, feriado (es) m
• Ukrainian: держа́вне свя́то n (deržávne svjáto), свя́то n (svjáto)

See also

• bank holiday