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The first day of May, a festival celebrating the beginning of the spring season; originally, and still among neopagans, a fertility celebration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
Labour Day, the first day of May, a worldwide workers' holiday.
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observed in many countries to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia and related countries in honor of labor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: First of May, May 1
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: day
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Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
五朔節 /五朔节
(Wǔshuòjié)
— spring festival
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Cornish:
Cala'Me
— spring festival
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Cornish:
Kala' Me
— spring festival
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Finnish:
vappu
— spring festival
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Greek:
Πρωτομαγιά
(Protomagiá)
— spring festival
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Ingrian:
Maipraaznikka
— spring festival
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Irish:
Lá Bealtaine
— spring festival
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Italian:
calendimaggio
— spring festival
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Northern Kurdish:
yekî gulanê
— spring festival
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Polish:
święto majowe
— spring festival
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Scottish Gaelic:
Là Bealltainn
— spring festival
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Scottish Gaelic:
Là Buidhe Bealltainn
— spring festival
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Scottish Gaelic:
Bealltainn
— spring festival
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Spanish:
mayos
— spring festival
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Welsh:
Gŵyl Fai
— spring festival
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Welsh:
Calan Mai
— spring festival
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Arabic:
يَوْم العُمَّال العَالَمِيّ
(yawm al-ʕummāl al-ʕālamiyy)
— workers' holiday
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Arabic:
يَوْم العُمَّال
(yawm al-ʕummāl)
— workers' holiday
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Armenian:
Աշխատանքի օր
(Ašxatankʻi ōr)
— workers' holiday
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Burmese:
အလုပ်သမားနေ့
(a.lupsa.ma:ne.)
— workers' holiday
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Catalan:
Primer de Maig
— workers' holiday
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Chinese Mandarin:
勞動節 /劳动节
(láodòngjié)
— workers' holiday
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Danish:
første maj
— workers' holiday
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Danish:
1. maj
— workers' holiday
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Danish:
arbejdernes internationale kampdag
— workers' holiday
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Dutch:
Dag van de Arbeid
— workers' holiday
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Estonian:
volbripäev
— workers' holiday
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Estonian:
töörahvapüha
— workers' holiday
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Finnish:
vappu
— workers' holiday
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French:
fête du Travail
— workers' holiday
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French:
fête des Travailleurs
— workers' holiday
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Galician:
Día do Traballo
— workers' holiday
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German:
Tag der Arbeit
— workers' holiday
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German:
Erster Mai
— workers' holiday
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German:
Maifeiertag
— workers' holiday
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German:
Kampftag der Arbeiterklasse
— workers' holiday
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German:
Kampftag der Arbeiterbewegung
— workers' holiday
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Greek:
Εργατική Πρωτομαγιά
(Ergatikí Protomagiá)
— workers' holiday
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Greek:
Πρωτομαγιά
(Protomagiá)
— workers' holiday
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Hebrew:
אחד במאי
— workers' holiday
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Hungarian:
munka ünnepe
— workers' holiday
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Icelandic:
fyrsti maí
— workers' holiday
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Italian:
Primo Maggio
— workers' holiday
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Italian:
festa dei lavoratori
— workers' holiday
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Japanese:
メーデー
(Mēdē)
— workers' holiday
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Karelian:
pervomaiju
— workers' holiday
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Korean:
노동절
(nodongjeol)
— workers' holiday
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Northern Kurdish:
yekî gulanê
— workers' holiday
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Macedonian:
Ден на трудот
(Den na trudot)
— workers' holiday
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Macedonian:
Меѓународен ден на трудот
(Meǵunaroden den na trudot)
— workers' holiday
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Macedonian:
Први мај
(Prvi maj)
— workers' holiday
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Malay:
Hari Buruh
— workers' holiday
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Norwegian:
første mai
— workers' holiday
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Polish:
Święto Pracy
— workers' holiday
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Portuguese:
Dia do Trabalhador
— workers' holiday
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Portuguese:
Primeiro de Maio
— workers' holiday
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Russian:
Пра́здник весны́ и труда́
(Prázdnik vesný i trudá)
— workers' holiday
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Russian:
День труда́
(Denʹ trudá)
— workers' holiday
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Russian:
Первома́й
(Pervomáj)
— workers' holiday
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Northern Sami:
válbor
— workers' holiday
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Scottish Gaelic:
Bealltainn
— workers' holiday
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Upper Sorbian:
dźěłowy dźeń
— workers' holiday
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Lower Sorbian:
źěłowy źeń
— workers' holiday
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Sranan Tongo:
Wrokomandei
— workers' holiday
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Swahili:
leba dei
— workers' holiday
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Swahili:
Siku ya Wafanyakazi
— workers' holiday
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Swedish:
första maj
— workers' holiday
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Swedish:
valborg
— workers' holiday
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Swedish:
vappen
— workers' holiday
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Tagalog:
Araw ng mga Manggagawa
— workers' holiday
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Turkish:
işçi bayramı
— workers' holiday