Phrase guide

public holiday

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A national or regional holiday from work on a specific day, usually for cultural reasons or celebrations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

authorized by law and limiting work or official business

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: legal holiday, national holiday

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: holiday

Narrower terms: New Year's Day, New Year's, January 1, Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Decoration Day, Independence Day, Fourth of July, July 4, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Discovery Day, October 12, Christmas, Christmas Day, Xmas, Dec 25, Boxing Day, bank holiday, Commonwealth Day, Empire day, May 24, Dominion Day, July 1, Bastille Day, 14 July, Veterans Day, Veterans' Day, Armistice Day, November 11, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day, Victoria Day

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عُطْلَة رَسْمِيَّة (ʕuṭla rasmiyya) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Arabic: إِجَازَة عَامَّة (ʔijāza ʕāmma) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Belarusian: дзяржа́ўнае свя́та (dzjaržáwnaje svjáta) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Belarusian: свя́та (svjáta) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Bulgarian: официа́лен пра́зник (oficiálen práznik) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Bulgarian: пра́зник (práznik) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公眾假期 /公众假期 (gōngzhòng jiàqī) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公共假期 (gōnggòng jiàqī) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公定假日 (gōngdìng jiàrì) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 假期 (jiàqī) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 假日 (jiàrì) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公休 (gōngxiū) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公休日 (gōngxiūrì) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Czech: svátek — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Czech: státní svátek — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Esperanto: festotago — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Estonian: riigipüha — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Finnish: yleinen vapaapäivä — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Finnish: kansallinen vapaapäivä — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • French: fête légale — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • French: jour férié — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • French: fête — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • German: Feiertag — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • German: gesetzlicher Feiertag — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Japanese: 祝日 (shukujitsu) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Japanese: 祭日 (saijitsu) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Japanese: 休日 (kyūjitsu) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Japanese: 公休 (kōkyū) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Japanese: 公休日 (kōkyūbi) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Korean: 공휴일 (gonghyuil) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Korean: 공휴 (gonghyu) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Malay: cuti umum — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fridag — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fridag — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Polish: święto — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Polish: dzień wolny od pracy — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Portuguese: feriado — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Romanian: sărbătoare legală — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Russian: обще́ственный пра́здник (obščéstvennyj prázdnik) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Russian: госуда́рственный пра́здник (gosudárstvennyj prázdnik) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Russian: пра́здник (prázdnik) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Slovak: štátny sviatok — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Slovak: sviatok — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Spanish: fiesta legal — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Spanish: festivo — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Spanish: feriado — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Ukrainian: держа́вне свя́то (deržávne svjáto) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day
  • Ukrainian: свя́то (svjáto) — national or regional holiday from work on a specific day