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The day on which Christmas is celebrated. It is December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Alternative letter-case form of Christmas Day.
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Usage: alt-of
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a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Christmas, Xmas, Dec 25
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quarter day, feast day, fete day, holy day of obligation, legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday
From Middle English Cristemasse day, from Old English Cristes mæssedæġ (“Christmas Day”, literally “day of Christ's mass”). Now equivalent to Christmas + day.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
dia de Nadal
— the 25th/24th of December
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Czech:
první svátek vánoční
— the 25th/24th of December
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Danish:
første juledag
— the 25th/24th of December
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Dutch:
kerstdag
— the 25th/24th of December
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Esperanto:
kristnaskotago. Kristnaska Tago
— the 25th/24th of December
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Faroese:
jóladagur
— the 25th/24th of December
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Finnish:
joulupäivä
— the 25th/24th of December
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French:
jour de Noël
— the 25th/24th of December
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Galician:
día de Nadal
— the 25th/24th of December
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Galician:
Nadal
— the 25th/24th of December
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German:
Weihnachtstag
— the 25th/24th of December
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Greek:
ημέρα Χριστουγέννων
(iméra Christougénnon)
— the 25th/24th of December
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Greenlandic:
juullerujussuaq
— the 25th/24th of December
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Greenlandic:
juullip-ullua
— the 25th/24th of December
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Icelandic:
jóladagur
— the 25th/24th of December
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Icelandic:
fyrsti í jólum
— the 25th/24th of December
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Ingrian:
Joulunpäivä
— the 25th/24th of December
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Irish:
Nollaig
— the 25th/24th of December
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Lakota:
Waníkiya Tȟúŋpi Aŋpétu
— the 25th/24th of December
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Norwegian Bokmål:
første juledag
— the 25th/24th of December
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Norwegian Bokmål:
juledagen
— the 25th/24th of December
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
første juledag
— the 25th/24th of December
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
juledagen
— the 25th/24th of December
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Old English:
ġēoldæġ
— the 25th/24th of December
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Old English:
Cristes mæssedæġ
— the 25th/24th of December
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Old English:
middes wintres mæssedæġ
— the 25th/24th of December
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Polish:
Boże Narodzenie
— the 25th/24th of December
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Polish:
pierwszy dzień świąt
— the 25th/24th of December
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Portuguese:
dia de Natal
— the 25th/24th of December
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Russian:
Рождество́
(Roždestvó)
— the 25th/24th of December
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Scottish Gaelic:
Là Nollaige
— the 25th/24th of December
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Swedish:
juldagen
— the 25th/24th of December
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Tagalog:
Kapaskuhan
— the 25th/24th of December
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Turkish:
bocuk
— the 25th/24th of December
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Vietnamese:
ngày lễ Nô-en
— the 25th/24th of December
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Vietnamese:
ngày Giáng sinh
— the 25th/24th of December
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Volapük:
kritidadel
— the 25th/24th of December
