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Christmassy

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkɹɪsməsi/
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adj

Meaning 1

Resembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: un-Christmassy

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gher- Proto-Indo-European *ghrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós) ▲ Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)sl. ▲ Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)sl. Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)der. Latin Chrīstusder. Old English Crist Proto-Germanic *-as Proto-West Germanic *-as Old English -es Old English mæsse Old English Cristes mæsse Middle English Cristemasse English Christmas Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Christmassy From Christmas + -y.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: nadalenc — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Cebuano: paskohanon — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Dutch: kerstachtig — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Faroese: jólaligur — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Finnish: jouluinen — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Finnish: jouluisa — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • French: noëlien — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • German: weihnachtlich — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Icelandic: jólalegur — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Italian: natalizio — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Norwegian: julete — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Norwegian: julaktig — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Portuguese: natalício — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Spanish: navideño — resembling or having feelings of Christmas
  • Swedish: julig — resembling or having feelings of Christmas