Phrase guide

merry Christmas

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

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phrase

Meaning 1

Used to express good wishes on or before Christmas Day.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Merry Christmas, Jack. / Same to you. And a happy New Year.
  • Have a merry Christmas, Jack. / Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

199 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: geseënde Kersfees — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Akan: Afishapa — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Albanian: gëzuar Krishtlindjen — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Alutiiq: Nunaniqsaakici Aʀusistuami — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Amharic: መልካም ገና (mälkam gäna) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Arabic: عِيد مِيلَاد مَجِيد (ʕīd mīlād majīd) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Arabic: مِيلَاد مَجِيد (mīlād majīd) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Aragonese: feliz nadal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Armenian: շնորհավոր Սուրբ Ծնունդ (šnorhavor Surb Cnund) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Asturian: feliz navidá — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Aymara: sooma nawira-ra — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Azerbaijani: milad bayramınız mübarək — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Azerbaijani: milad bayramın mübarək — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Basque: Eguberri on — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Karo Batak: selamat wari Natal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Belarusian: з Каля́дамі (z Kaljádami) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Belarusian: з Нараджэ́ннем (z Naradžénnjem) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Belarusian: з Нараджэ́ннем Хрыстовым (z Naradžénnjem Xrystóvym) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Central Bikol: maugmang pasko — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Breton: nedeleg laouen — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Bulgarian: Ве́села Ко́леда (Vésela Kóleda) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Catalan: bon Nadal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Cebuano: malipayong Pasko — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏬᏢᏗ ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ ᎤᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ (uwotlvdi danisdayohihv) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Chichewa: khrisimasi yabwino — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Chinese Cantonese: 聖誕快樂 /圣诞快乐 (sing3 daan3 faai3 lok6) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖誕快樂 /圣诞快乐 (Shèngdàn kuàilè) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 聖誕節快樂 /圣诞节快乐 (Shèngdànjié kuàilè) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Cornish: Nadelik lowen — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Corsican: bon Natale — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Czech: veselé Vánoce — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Danish: glædelig jul — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Danish: god jul — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Dutch: vrolijk kerstfeest — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Dutch: prettig kerstfeest — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Erzya: уцяскав Роштува (ućaskav Roštuva) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Erzya: Роштува марто (Roštuva marto) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Esperanto: ĝojan Kristnaskon — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Estonian: häid jõule — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Ewe: Blunya na wo — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Extremaduran: felís Naviá — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Faroese: gleðilig jól — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Finnish: hyvää joulua — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Finnish: hauskaa joulua — good wishes at Christmas time
  • French: joyeux Noël — good wishes at Christmas time
  • West-Frisian: noflike krystdagen — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Friulian: bon Nadâl — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Galician: bo Nadal! — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Georgian: შობას გილოცავთ (šobas gilocavt) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Georgian: შობას გილოცავ (šobas gilocav) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Georgian: ბედნიერ შობას გისურვებთ (bednier šobas gisurvebt) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Georgian: გილოცავ შობის დღესასწაულს! (gilocav šobis dɣesasc̣auls!) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Georgian: გილოცავთ შობის დღესასწაულს! (gilocavt šobis dɣesasc̣auls!) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • German: frohe Weihnachten — good wishes at Christmas time
  • German: fröhliche Weihnachten — good wishes at Christmas time
  • German: schöni Wiehnachte — good wishes at Christmas time
  • German: frohi Wiehnachte — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Greek: καλά Χριστούγεννα (kalá Christoúgenna) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Cappadocian Greek: Χαϊρλου Χρουστού Πάσκας (Chaïrlou Chroustoú Páskas) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Greenlandic: juullimi pilluarit — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Greenlandic: juullisiorluarit — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Haitian Creole: Jwaye Nowèl — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Hawaiian: mele Kalikimaka — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Hebrew: חג מולד שמח (khag molad sameakh) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Hindi: शुभ बड़ा दिन (śubh baṛā din) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Hindi: शुभ क्रिस्मस (śubh krismas) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Hindi: मेरी क्रिसमस (merī krismas) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Hindi: क्रिसमस मुबारक (krismas mubārak) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Hungarian: boldog karácsonyt — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Icelandic: gleðileg jól — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Indonesian: selamat hari Natal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Indonesian: selamat Natal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Ingrian: Onnekasta Joulua — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Irish: Nollaig Shona — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Italian: buon Natale — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Japanese: メリークリスマス (merii kurisumasu) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Japanese: メリクリ (merikuri) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Javanese: sugeng Natal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Jingpho: ngwi pyaw ai X'mas rai u ga! — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Kalmyk: Рождество өлзәтә болтха (Rozhdestvo ölzätä boltxa) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Karelian: hyviä rastavua — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Kazakh: рождество құтты болсын (rojdestvo qūtty bolsyn) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Khmer: រីករាយថ្ងៃបុណ្យណូអែល (riikriəythngaybonyɔɔnouʼael) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Khmer: បុណ្យណូអែល (bon-nouʼael) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Korean: 메리 크리스마스 (meri keuriseumaseu) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Korean: 즐거운 성탄절 (jeulgeoun seongtanjeol) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Kyrgyz: Жаратканнын туысымен (Jaratkannın tuısımen) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Ladin: bon Nadel — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Lao: ສຸກສັນວັນຄຣິດສມາດ (suk san wan khrit sa māt) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Latin: felix dies Nativitatis — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Latin: Natale Hilare — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Latvian: priecīgus Ziemassvētkus — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Lithuanian: Linksmų Kalėdų — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Livonian: rīemliži talšpivḑi — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Lushootseed: haʔɬ pədx̌aʔx̌aʔ — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Luxembourgish: schéine Chrëschtdag — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Macanese: filiz Natal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Macedonian: Среќен Божиќ (Sreḱen Božiḱ) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Macedonian: Христос се роди (Hristos se rodi) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Macedonian: Навистина се роди (Navistina se rodi) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Malay: selamat hari Natal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Malay: selamat Natal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Maltese: il-Milied it-Tajjeb — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Manx: nollick Ghennal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Māori: Meri Kirihimete — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Mapudungun: Ayiwün Paskon — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Eastern Mari: Рошто пайрем дене! (Rošto pajrem deńe!) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Moksha: Роштува мархта (Roštuva marxta) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Mon: မာရေဝ်ခရေတ်သမာတ် — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Mon: တ္ၚဲခရေတ်သမာတ် — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Mongolian: Зул сарын мэнд хүргэе (Zul saryn mend xürgeje) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Classical Nahuatl: cualli tlacatilizilhuitl — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Navajo: Yáʼátʼééh Késhmish — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Navajo: Nizhónígo Késhmish Adííłeeł — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Norman: un bouan Noué! — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gledelig jul — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Norwegian Bokmål: god jul — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gledeleg jul — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: god jul — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Occitan: bon Nadal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Pannonian Rusyn: щешлїви Крачун (ščešljivi Kračun) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Христос раждаєтся (Xristos raždajetsja) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Pannonian Rusyn: славите єго (slavite jeho) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Papiamentu: Bon Pascu — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Persian: میلاد مسیح مبارک باد (milâd-e masih mobârak bâd) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Persian: کریسمس مبارک (kerismas mobârak) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Polish: Wesołych Świąt — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Polish: Wesołych Świąt Bożego Narodzenia — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Portuguese: Feliz Natal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Romanian: Crăciun fericit — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Romansh: legreivlas fiastas da Nadal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Russian: с Рождество́м (s Roždestvóm) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Russian: с Рождество́м Христо́вым (s Roždestvóm Xristóvym) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Russian: Весёлого Рождества́ (Vesjólovo Roždestvá) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Russian: Счастли́вого Рождества́ (Sčastlívovo Roždestvá) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Inari-Sami: pyereh juovlah — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Lule-Sami: buorre javlla — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Northern Sami: buorit juovllat — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Pite Sami: buorre jåvvlå — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Skolt-Sami: šiõǥǥ rosttvid — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Southern Sami: læhkoe jåvlh — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Ume-Sami: buörrie juvlla — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Samoan: Manuia le Kerisimasi — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Scots: merrie Christmas — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Scots: merrie Chrissmas — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Scots: blythe Yule — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Scottish Gaelic: Nollaig Chridheil — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Serbo-Croatian: Срећан Божић — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Serbo-Croatian: Сретан Божић — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Serbo-Croatian: Христос се роди — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Serbo-Croatian: ваистину се роди — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Serbo-Croatian: Srećan Božić — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sretan Božić — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hristos se rodi — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Serbo-Croatian: vaistinu se rodi — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Sicilian: bon Natali — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Silesian: Radosnych Godōw — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Sinhalese: සුභ නත්තලක් (subha nattalak) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Slovak: veselé Vianoce — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Slovene: Vesel božič — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Lower Sorbian: Wjasołe gódy — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Upper Sorbian: wjesołe hody — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Spanish: feliz Navidad — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Sranan Tongo: wan switi Kresneti — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Sundanese: wilujeng Natal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Swahili: heri ya Krismasi — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Swahili: Krismasi njema — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Swedish: god jul — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Tagalog: maligayang Pasko — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Tajik: мавлуди Исо муборак (mavlud-i Iso muborak) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Tamil: கிறிஸ்துமஸ் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள் (kiṟistumas nalvāḻttukkaḷ) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Telugu: మెర్రీ క్రిస్మస్ (merrī krismas) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Thai: สุขสันต์วันคริสต์มาส (sùk-sǎn wan krís-mâas) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Turkish: mutlu Noeller — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Turkmen: roždestwoňyz gutly bolsun — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Udmurt: Выль Арен, но Толсур (Vyľ Aren, no Tolsur) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Ukrainian: з Різдво́м (z Rizdvóm) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Ukrainian: з Різдво́м Христо́вим (z Rizdvóm Xrystóvym) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Unami: mèli Këlëshmësh — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Urdu: کرسمس مبارک (krismas mubārak) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Urdu: جشنِ کرسمس مبارک (jašan-e krismas mubārak) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Urdu: شبھ بڑا دن (shubh baṛā din) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Urdu: شبھ کرسمس (shubh krismas) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Urdu: میری کرسمس (merī krismas) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Uzbek: rojdestvo muborak — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Venetan: bon Nadal — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Veps: Raštvoidenke i Udenke Vodenke — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Vietnamese: chúc mừng Giáng sinh — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Vietnamese: chúc mừng Nô-en — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Vietnamese: mừng Chúa Giáng sinh — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Walloon: boune fiesse di Noyé — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Welsh: Nadolig Llawen — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Yiddish: אַ פֿריילעכן ניטל (a freylekhn nitl) — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Yoruba: kú ọdún Kérésìmesì — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Yoruba: kú ọdún — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Yoruba: kú ìyèdún — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Yup'ik: Alussistuaqegtaarmek piamken — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Yup'ik: Alussistuaqegcikici — good wishes at Christmas time
  • Zulu: uKhisimusi oMuhle — good wishes at Christmas time