Phrase guide

New Year's Day

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A holiday celebrating the first day of the New Year, celebrated on January 1 in cultures following the Gregorian calendar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Holonym: New Year's (holiday-time sense)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: New Year's

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the first day of the year

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: New Year's, January 1

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Nuwejaarsdag — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Armenian: Նոր Տարի (Nor Tari) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Bashkir: Яңы йыл (Yañı yıl) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Burmese: နှစ်ဆန်းတစ်ရက် (hnachcan:tacrak) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Burmese: နှစ်ဆန်းတစ်ရက်နေ့ (hnachcan:tacrakne.) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Catalan: Cap d'Any — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Cebuano: Bag-ong Tuig — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Chinese: 番仔正 (hoan-á-chian) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Chinese: 正月初一 (chian-ge̍h chhoe-it) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 元旦 (yuándàn) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大年初一 (dànián chūyī) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Czech: Nový rok — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Danish: nytårsdag — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Danish: første nytårsdag — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Dutch: Nieuwjaar — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Dutch: nieuwjaarsdag — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Egyptian: F15 (wp-rnpt) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Esperanto: novjartago — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Estonian: uusaasta — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Finnish: uudenvuodenpäivä — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • French: jour de l'an — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • French: Nouvel An — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Galician: Ano Novo — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Galician: Aninovo — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Georgian: ახალი წელი (axali c̣eli) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • German: Neujahr — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • German: Neujahrstag — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Greek: Πρωτοχρονιά (Protochroniá) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Hiligaynon: Bag-ong Tuig — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Hungarian: újév — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Icelandic: nýársdagur — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Ilocano: Baro a Tawen — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Indonesian: Hari Tahun Baru — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Irish: Lá Caille — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Italian: capodanno — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Japanese: 元日 (ganjitsu) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Japanese: 元旦 (gantan) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Kapampangan: Bayung Banua — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃឡើងស័ក (tŋay laəŋ sak) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី (tŋay cool cnam tməy) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Kinaray-a: Bag-ong Tuig — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Korean: 신정 (sinjeong) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Lithuanian: naujųjų metų diena — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Livonian: ūdāigast pǟva — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Maltese: l-Ewwel tas-Sena — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Mòcheno: Najorto — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Navajo: tsʼídá náhááh bijį́į́ goneʼ — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Norman: Jour dé l'An — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nyttårsdag — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Norwegian Bokmål: første nyttårsdag — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nyttårsdag — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Ojibwe: anamikodaadin — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Ojibwe: ojiindiwini-giizhigad — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Old English: ġēares dæġ — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Polish: Nowy Rok — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Portuguese: Ano Novo — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Romanian: Anul Nou — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Romanian: ziua de Anul Nou — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Russian: Но́вый год (Nóvyj god) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Scots: Ne'er's Day — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Scots: Neuar-day — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Scottish Gaelic: Là na Bliadhna Ùire — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Scottish Gaelic: Callainn — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Serbo-Croatian: doček nove godine — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Serbo-Croatian: nova godina — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Slovak: Nový rok — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Spanish: Año Nuevo — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Swahili: siku ya mwaka — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Swedish: nyårsdag — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Tagalog: Bagong Taon — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Tamil: புத்தாண்டு நாள் (puttāṇṭu nāḷ) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Telugu: సంవత్సరాది (saṁvatsarādi) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Thai: วันขึ้นปีใหม่ (wan khuen pi mai) — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Turkish: yılbaşı — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Unami: Newiyal — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Vietnamese: tết dương lịch — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Vietnamese: Tết dương lịch — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Waray-Waray: Bag-ong Tuig — holiday occurring on the first day of the year
  • Welsh: Dydd Calan — holiday occurring on the first day of the year