Standard Lemma guide

holiday

name · noun · verb · 15 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ/
  • Received-Pronunciation, dated: /ˈhɒlɪdi/
  • General-American: /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 L AH0 D EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH AA1 L IH0 D EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The holiday season or Christmas season, especially when paired with a year.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Examples

  • Holiday 2014

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A census-designated place in Pasco County, Florida, United States, named after Holiday Drive, a road.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

A community in the township of Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: holy day, feast day, festival (feast day sense)
  • Today is a Wiccan holiday!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: holy day, feast day, festival

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A day declared free from work by the state or government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bank holiday, national holiday, day off, off day

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, UK

Examples

  • How much holiday are you allowed?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: leave, time off, vacation, annual leave, break, day off, getaway, holiday, leave of absence, pause, recess, time away, vac, vaca, vacay

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, UK

Examples

  • I want to take a French course this summer holiday.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vacation

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance

Examples

  • a mortgage payment holiday

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lacuna

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To take a period of time away from work or study.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To spend a period of time in recreational travel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we get two weeks of vacation every summer
  • we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vacation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: leisure, leisure time

Narrower terms: half-term, vac, field day, outing, picnic, honeymoon, paid vacation

14

noun

Meaning 14

a day on which work is suspended by law or custom

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • no mail is delivered on federal holidays
  • it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: day

Narrower terms: half-holiday, feast day, fete day, religious holiday, holy day, Christmas Eve, Dec 24, legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Poppy Day, Ramanavami, Mesasamkranti

15

verb

Meaning 15

spend or take a vacation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vacation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spend, pass

Narrower terms: honeymoon

History

Etymology

English surname, variant of Holliday.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh2ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-Germanic *hailagaz Proto-Indo-European *dhegwh-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-Germanic *hailagadagaz Old English hāliġdæġ Middle English halyday English holiday From Middle English halyday, holyday, halidei, haliȝdei, from Old English hāliġdæġ (“holy day, Sabbath”), equivalent to holy + day. Compare West Frisian hjeldei (“holiday”), Danish helligdag (“holiday”), Norwegian helligdag (“holiday”), Swedish helgdag (“holiday, feast”).

Across languages

Translations

408 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: festë — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Arabic: عِيد (ʕīd) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Armenian: տոն (ton) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Aromanian: sãrbãtoari — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Avar: байрам (bajram) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Azerbaijani: bayram — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Bashkir: байрам (bayram) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Bashkir: ғәйет (ğəyet) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Belarusian: свя́та (svjáta) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Belarusian: пра́знік (práznik) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Bengali: ছুটির দিন (chuṭir din) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Bulgarian: пра́зник (práznik) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Burmese: အလုပ်ပိတ်ရက် (a.luppitrak) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Catalan: festa — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Chichewa: holide — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Chinese Cantonese: 節日 /节日 (zit3 jat6) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Chinese Cantonese: 節慶 /节庆 (zit3 hing3) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 節日 /节日 (jiérì) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 節慶 /节庆 (jiéqìng) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Choctaw: nittak hullo — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Chukchi: праздник (prazdnik) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Chukchi: эӈэӈыткун (ėṇėṇytkun) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Chukchi: крычмын (kryčmyn) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Chuvash: уяв (ujav) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Crimean Tatar: bayram — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Czech: svátek — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Danish: helligdag — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Dutch: feestdag — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Esperanto: festotago — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Estonian: püha — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Finnish: juhlapäivä — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Finnish: pyhäpäivä — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • French: fête — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Galician: festa — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Galician: día santo — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Galician: día festivo — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Georgian: დღესასწაული (dɣesasc̣auli) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • German: Feiertag — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Greek: γιορτή (giortí) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Ancient Greek: ἑορτή (heortḗ) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Gujarati: તહેવાર (tahevār) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Gujarati: ઉત્સવ (utsav) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Hebrew: חג \ חַג (khag) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Hebrew: יום טוב (yóm ṭóv) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Hindi: अवकाश (avkāś) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Hindi: छुट्टी (chuṭṭī) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Hindi: ईद (īd) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Hungarian: ünnepnap — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Icelandic: helgidagur — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Indonesian: liburan — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Ingrian: pyhäpäivä — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Irish: lá saoire — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Italian: giorno festivo — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Japanese: 祭日 (saijitsu) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Japanese: 祭り (matsuri) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Kaitag: байра́н (bajrán) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Kazakh: мейрам (meiram) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Kazakh: айт (ait) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃឈប់សម្រាក (thngay chup sɑmraak) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Khmer: បុណ្យ (bon) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃឈប់បុណ្យ (thngay chup bon) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Korean: 축제일 (chukjeil) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Korean: 축일 (chugil) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Central Kurdish: جەژن (cejn) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Central Kurdish: عهید — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Northern Kurdish: eyd — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Kyrgyz: майрам (mayram) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Kyrgyz: айт (ayt) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Lao: ມື້ພັກ (mư̄ phak) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Latin: diēs fēstus — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Latin: fēria — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Latin: fēstum — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Macedonian: празник (praznik) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Malay: hari perayaan — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Maltese: jum il-festa — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Northern Mansi: ялпыӈ хо̄тал (âlpyň hōtal) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Manx: feaill — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Manx: feailley — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Māori: hararei — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Mòcheno: fest — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Mongolian: баяр (bajar) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: helligdag — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: helgedag — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høytidsdag — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høgtidsdag — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heilagdag — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: helgedag — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: høgtidsdag — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Church Slavic: праздьникъ (prazdĭnikŭ) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Old English: hāliġdæġ — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Pannonian Rusyn: швето (šveto) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Pannonian Rusyn: одпочивок (odpočivok) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Pashto: عيد (id) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Dari: عِید (īd) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Iranian Persian: عِید (eyd) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Iranian Persian: عید (id) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Plautdietsch: Heljedach — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Polish: święto — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Portuguese: feriado — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Romanian: sărbătoare — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Russian: пра́здник (prázdnik) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Scottish Gaelic: latha-fèille — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̑знӣк — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Serbo-Croatian: свѐтковина — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȃznīk — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Serbo-Croatian: svètkovina — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Shor: пайрам (payram) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Slovak: sviatok — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Slovene: praznik — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Upper Sorbian: swjaty dźeń — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Lower Sorbian: swěźeń — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Lower Sorbian: swěźeńk — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Lower Sorbian: swěty źeń — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Spanish: festividad — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Spanish: fiesta — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Swahili: likizo — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Swedish: högtid — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Tajik: ид (id) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Tamil: விடுமுறை (viṭumuṟai) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Tatar: бәйрәм (bäyräm) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Telugu: సెలవు (selavu) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Thai: วันหยุด (wan-yùt) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Turkish: bayram — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Turkmen: baýramçylyk — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Turkmen: baýram — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Ukrainian: свя́то (svjáto) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Ukrainian: пра́зник (práznyk) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Urdu: عِید ('īd) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Urdu: چُھٹّی (chuṭṭī) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Uyghur: بايرام (bayram) — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Uzbek: bayram — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Vietnamese: ngày lễ — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Welsh: gŵyl — day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed
  • Arabic: عُطْل (ʕuṭl) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Arabic: عُطْلَة (ʕuṭla) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Arabic: عطلة (ʕɛṭlə) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Arabic: يوم راحة (yom raḥə) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Armenian: տոն (ton) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Bashkir: байрам көнө (bayram könö) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Bashkir: ял көнө (yal könö) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Basque: jaiegun — day declared free from work by the government
  • Belarusian: свя́та (svjáta) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Belarusian: выхадны́ дзень (vyxadný dzjenʹ) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Belarusian: выхадны́ (vyxadný) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Bulgarian: пра́зник (práznik) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Catalan: dia de festa — day declared free from work by the government
  • Catalan: dia feriat — day declared free from work by the government
  • Chichewa: holide — day declared free from work by the government
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國定假日 /国定假日 — day declared free from work by the government
  • Czech: svátek — day declared free from work by the government
  • Danish: helligdag — day declared free from work by the government
  • Danish: fridag — day declared free from work by the government
  • Dutch: feestdag — day declared free from work by the government
  • Esperanto: festotago — day declared free from work by the government
  • Finnish: yleinen vapaapäivä — day declared free from work by the government
  • French: jour férié — day declared free from work by the government
  • French: jour de congé — day declared free from work by the government
  • Galician: día festivo — day declared free from work by the government
  • German: gesetzlicher Feiertag — day declared free from work by the government
  • German: Ruhetag — day declared free from work by the government
  • Greek: αργία (argía) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Hindi: छुट्टी (chuṭṭī) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Hindi: अवकाश (avkāś) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Hindi: छुट्टी का दिन (chuṭṭī kā din) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Hungarian: szünnap — day declared free from work by the government
  • Hungarian: szabadnap — day declared free from work by the government
  • Indonesian: liburan — day declared free from work by the government
  • Irish: lá saoire — day declared free from work by the government
  • Italian: giorno festivo — day declared free from work by the government
  • Japanese: 休日 (kyūjitsu) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Japanese: 休暇 (kyūka) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Kazakh: мереке (mereke) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Korean: 휴일 (hyuil) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Korean: 휴가 (hyuga) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Lao: ມື້ພັກງານ (mư̄ phak ngān) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Latin: fēriae — day declared free from work by the government
  • Latin: fēstum — day declared free from work by the government
  • Macedonian: празник (praznik) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Macedonian: неработен ден (neraboten den) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Malay: cuti — day declared free from work by the government
  • Malayalam: അവധി (avadhi) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Maltese: btala — day declared free from work by the government
  • Maltese: franka — day declared free from work by the government
  • Māori: hararei — day declared free from work by the government
  • Norwegian Bokmål: helligdag — day declared free from work by the government
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heilagdag — day declared free from work by the government
  • Iranian Persian: تَعْطیل (ta'til) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Iranian Persian: هالیدِی (hâlidey) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Polish: święto — day declared free from work by the government
  • Portuguese: feriado — day declared free from work by the government
  • Russian: пра́здник (prázdnik) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Russian: выходно́й день (vyxodnój denʹ) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Russian: выходно́й (vyxodnój) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Scottish Gaelic: latha-fèille — day declared free from work by the government
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̑знӣк — day declared free from work by the government
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȃznīk — day declared free from work by the government
  • Slovak: sviatok — day declared free from work by the government
  • Slovene: praznik — day declared free from work by the government
  • Spanish: día festivo — day declared free from work by the government
  • Spanish: feriado — day declared free from work by the government
  • Spanish: día feriado — day declared free from work by the government
  • Spanish: día de fiesta — day declared free from work by the government
  • Swahili: likizo — day declared free from work by the government
  • Swedish: helgdag — day declared free from work by the government
  • Tamil: விடுமுறை (viṭumuṟai) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Tamil: விடுப்பு (viṭuppu) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Thai: วันหยุด (wan-yùt) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Tibetan: གུང་གསེང (gung gseng) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Turkish: tatil — day declared free from work by the government
  • Ukrainian: свя́то (svjáto) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Ukrainian: вихідни́й день (vyxidnýj denʹ) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Ukrainian: вихідни́й (vyxidnýj) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Urdu: تَعْطِیل (ta'tīl) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Urdu: چُھٹّی (chuṭṭī) — day declared free from work by the government
  • Vietnamese: nghỉ lễ — day declared free from work by the government
  • Albanian: festë — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Albanian: pushim — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Arabic: إِجَازَة (ʔijāza) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Arabic: عُطْلَة (ʕuṭla) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Armenian: արձակուրդ (arjakurd) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Azerbaijani: tətil — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Bashkir: ял (yal) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Belarusian: во́дпуск (vódpusk) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Bulgarian: о́тпуска (ótpuska) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Bulgarian: о́тпуск (ótpusk) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Bulgarian: вака́нция (vakáncija) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Catalan: vacances — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Chichewa: holide — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 假日 (jiàrì) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 休假日 (xiūjiàrì) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 假期 (jiàqī) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Czech: dovolená — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Danish: ferie — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Dutch: vakantie — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Esperanto: libertempo — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Estonian: puhkust — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Finnish: loma — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Finnish: lomapäivä — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Finnish: vapaapäivä — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • French: congé — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • French: vacances — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Galician: vacacións — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • German: Urlaub — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • German: Ferien — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Greek: διακοπές (diakopés) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Hebrew: חופשה \ חֻפְשָׁה (khufshá) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Hindi: छुट्टी (chuṭṭī) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Hindi: अवकाश (avkāś) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Hindi: छुट्टी का दिन (chuṭṭī kā din) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Hungarian: szabadság — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Irish: saoire — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Italian: vacanza — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Italian: ferie — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Japanese: 休暇 (kyūka) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Japanese: 休日 (kyūjitsu) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Kazakh: демалыс (demalys) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃលំហែ (thngay lumhae) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Khmer: ល្ហែ (lhae) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Khmer: រហែ (rɔɔrɔhae) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Korean: 휴가 (hyuga) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Kyrgyz: дем алыш (dem alış) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Kyrgyz: отпуск (otpusk) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Latin: cessātiō — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Latin: fēriae — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Latvian: atvaļinājums — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Lithuanian: atóstogos — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Macedonian: одмор (odmor) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Malay: cuti — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Maltese: vaganza — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Māori: hararei — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Mongolian: амралт (amralt) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ferie — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ferie — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Pashto: تعطيل (ta'tíl) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Iranian Persian: تَعْطیل (ta'til) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Polish: urlop — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Polish: wakacje — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Polish: wczasy — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Portuguese: férias — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Romanian: vacanţă — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Russian: о́тпуск (ótpusk) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Russian: отгу́л (otgúl) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Scottish Gaelic: saor-làithean — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Scottish Gaelic: làithean-saora — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Scottish Gaelic: saor-latha — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀дмор — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Serbo-Croatian: òdmor — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Sikkimese: གུང་སེང (gung seng) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Slovak: dovolenka — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Slovene: dopust — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Spanish: vacación — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Spanish: vacaciones — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Swahili: likizo — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Swedish: semester — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Tajik: таътил (ta'til) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Tajik: отпуска (otpuska) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Tamil: விடுமுறை (viṭumuṟai) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Tamil: விடுப்பு (viṭuppu) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Turkish: tatil — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Turkmen: dynç alyş — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Ukrainian: відпу́стка (vidpústka) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Urdu: تَعْطِیل (ta'tīl) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Urdu: چُھٹّی (chuṭṭī) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Uyghur: تەتىل (tetil) — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Uzbek: otpuska — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Uzbek: taʼtil — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Vietnamese: ngày nghỉ — period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
  • Azerbaijani: tətil — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Belarusian: кані́кулы (kaníkuly) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Belarusian: вака́цыя (vakácyja) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Bulgarian: вака́нция (vakáncija) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Catalan: vacances — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Chichewa: holide — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Chinese Mandarin: 假期 (jiàqī, jiàqí) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Czech: prázdniny — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Danish: ferie — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Dutch: vakantie — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Esperanto: (lernejaj) ferioj — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Estonian: vaheaeg — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Estonian: koolivaheaeg — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Finnish: loma — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • French: vacances — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Galician: vacacións — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • German: Ferien — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • German: Urlaub — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Greek: διακοπές (diakopés) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Hindi: अवकाश (avkāś) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Hindi: छुट्टी (chuṭṭī) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Hungarian: szünet — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Hungarian: vakáció — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Irish: laethanta saoire — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Italian: vacanza — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Kazakh: демалыс (demalys) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Korean: 방학 (banghak) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Latin: fēriae — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Latin: cessātiō — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Latvian: brīvdienas — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Macedonian: распуст (raspust) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Malagasy: fialantsasatra — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Malayalam: അവധിക്കാലം (avadhikkālaṁ) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ferie — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ferie — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Iranian Persian: تَعْطیل (ta'til) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Iranian Persian: تَعْطیلات (ta'tilât) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Polish: wakacje — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Polish: ferie — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Polish: wolne — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Portuguese: férias — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Russian: кани́кулы (kaníkuly) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Scottish Gaelic: saor-làithean — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Scottish Gaelic: làithean-saora — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Spanish: vacaciones — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Swahili: likizo — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Swedish: lov — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Tajik: таътил (ta'til) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Tamil: விடுமுறை (viṭumuṟai) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Tamil: விடுப்பு (viṭuppu) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Turkish: tatil — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Turkmen: kanikul — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Ukrainian: кані́кули (kaníkuly) — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Uzbek: kanikul — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Uzbek: tatil — period during which pupils do not attend school
  • Hungarian: haladék — finance: period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made
  • Polish: wakacje kredytowe — finance: period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made
  • Danish: helligdag — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Finnish: aukko — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Hungarian: kihagyott/kimaradt rész/felület — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Hungarian: hézag — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Hungarian: kihagyás — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Hungarian: hiány — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Italian: vacanza — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Polish: luka — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Polish: opuszczenie — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Polish: pominięcie — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Polish: nieciągłość — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Russian: опло́шность (oplóšnostʹ) — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Russian: про́пуск (própusk) — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Russian: плешь (plešʹ) — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Swahili: likizo — unintentional gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery
  • Finnish: lomailla — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Hindi: छुट्टी (chuṭṭī) — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Hindi: अवकाश (avkāś) — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Hungarian: szabadságon van — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Hungarian: szabadnapos — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Macedonian: отсуствува (otsustvuva) — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Macedonian: зема одмор (zema odmor) — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Māori: hararei — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Polish: brać urlop — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Polish: wziąć urlop — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Portuguese: tirar férias — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Russian: брать о́тпуск (bratʹ ótpusk) — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Russian: проводи́ть о́тпуск (provodítʹ ótpusk) — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Russian: проводи́ть кани́кулы (provodítʹ kaníkuly) — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Russian: отдыха́ть (otdyxátʹ) — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Spanish: vacacionar — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Tamil: விடுமுறை எடு (viṭumuṟai eṭu) — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Vietnamese: nghỉ mát — to take a period of time away from work or study
  • Finnish: matkustella — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
  • German: reisen — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
  • German: eine Ferienreise machen — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
  • German: urlauben — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
  • Hungarian: kirándul — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
  • Māori: hararei — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
  • Polish: spędzać wakacje — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
  • Polish: spędzić wakacje — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
  • Polish: wczasować się — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
  • Russian: путеше́ствовать (putešéstvovatʹ) — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
  • Spanish: vacacionar — to spend a period of time in recreational travel
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