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The period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur, such as Halloween, American Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
Examples
- What are your plans for the holiday season?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A period in the summer when people go on holiday (vacation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English
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Antonyms: none provided
a time when many people take holidays
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: season
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
歲末年初 /岁末年初
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Chinese Mandarin:
佳節 /佳节
(jiājié)
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Chinese Mandarin:
假期
(jiàqī)
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Finnish:
lomasesonki
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Finnish:
lomakausi
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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French:
saison des fêtes
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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French:
période des fêtes
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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French:
Fêtes
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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French:
temps des fêtes
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Georgian:
სადღესასწაულო სეზონი
(sadɣesasc̣aulo sezoni)
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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German:
Ferienzeit
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Japanese:
連休シーズン
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Japanese:
休暇シーズン
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Korean:
휴가철
(hyugacheol)
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Korean:
연말연시
(yeonmaryeonsi)
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Polish:
ferie
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Russian:
курортный сезон
(kurortnyj sezon)
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Russian:
праздник сезон
(prazdnik sezon)
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Spanish:
temporada de vacaciones
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Spanish:
temporada festiva
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Spanish:
temporada feriada
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur
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Vietnamese:
kỳ nghỉ lễ
— period of the late fall and early winter when several holidays occur