Halloween

See also: halloween and Hallowe'en

English

Alternative forms

Hallowe'en

Etymology

A shortening of All-Hallow-even, All Hallows’ Eve (the name of the evening before All Saints Day), from Old English ealra halgena mæssedæg (“All Hallows' Mass-day”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhæləʊˈiːn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌhæləˈwiːn/, /ˌhɑləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæloʊˈiːn/
Audio (US) (file)

Proper noun

Halloween (plural Halloweens)

The eve of All Hallows' Day; 31st October; celebrated (mostly in the United Kingdom, Canada, United States and Ireland) by children going door-to-door in costume and demanding candy with menaces.

Translations

31st of October

Afrikaans: Allerheilige-aand, Halloween
Arabic: هالووين‎‎ m (haluwīn)
Armenian: Հելոուին (Helouin)
Belarusian: Хэлоўі́н m (Xeloŭín)
Bengali: হ্যালোউইন (hjalouin), হ্যালোইন (bn) (hjaloin)
Bulgarian: Хелоуин m (Helouin)
Chickasaw: Sholop Inittak
Chinese:
Cantonese: 萬聖節, 万圣节 (maan⁶ sing³ zit³) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖夜, 万圣夜 (maan⁶ sing³ je⁶), 萬聖節前夕, 万圣节前夕 (maan⁶ sing³ zit³ cin⁴ zik⁶)

Mandarin: 萬聖夜, 万圣夜 (Wànshèngyè), 萬聖節 (zh), 万圣节 (zh) (Wànshèngjié) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖節前夕 (zh), 万圣节前夕 (zh) (Wànshèngjié qiánxī, Wànshèngjié qiánxí)
Czech: Halloween (cs) m
Danish: allehelgensaften (da) c
Esperanto: Haloveno
Faroese: allahalgannaaftan m, alhalgunaaftan m
Finnish: halloween (fi)
French: Halloween (fr)
Galician: Samaín m
Georgian: ჰელოუინი (helouini)
German: Halloween (de) n
Greek: χάλοουιν (el) (cháloouin)
Gujarati: હેલોવીન (helovīn)
Hebrew: לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים‎‎ (he) (leil kol haqdoshím)
Hindi: हैलोवीन (hailovīn)
Icelandic: hrekkjavaka f
Irish: Oíche Shamhna f
Italian: Halloween (it) m, vigilia di Ognissanti f
Japanese: ハロウィーン (ja) (Harouīn), ハロウィン (ja) (Harouin)

Kannada: ಹ್ಯಾಲೋವೀನ್‌ (hyālōvīn‌)
Korean: 할로윈 (Hallowin)
Macedonian: Ноќ на вештерките f (Noḱ na vešterkite)
Navajo: Doo Hóshkał Bá Hazʼą́
Norman: Veil'ye d'la Toussaint f (Jersey)
Old English: Ealra Hālgena Ǣfen
Persian: هالووین‎‎ (fa) (hâlouvin)
Polish: Dziady m pl, Halloween (pl) m, wigilia Wszystkich Świętych f
Portuguese: Dia das Bruxas (pt) m
Romanian: Halloween n
Russian: Хеллоуи́н m (Xɛllouín), Халуви́н m (Xaluvín), Хэллоуи́н (ru) m (Xɛllouín), Халуи́н (Xaluín)
Sardinian: Faghide bene a sos mortos
Scots: Hallae E'en
Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche Shamhna f
Spanish: Halloween (es) m
Swedish: halloween (sv)
Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin)
Telugu: హాలోవీన్ (hālōvīn)
Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin)
Turkish: Cadılar Bayramı
Ukrainian: Геллові́н m (Hellovín), Хеллові́н m (Xellovín), Відьо́мська ніч f (Vidʹómsʹka nič)
Urdu: ہالووین‎‎ (hālovīn)
Uyghur: پەرىشتىلەر بايرىمى‎‎ (perishtiler bayrimi)
Vietnamese: Halloween (vi), đêm trước ngày lễ Các Thánh
Welsh: Nos Galan Gaeaf f, (informal) Nos Glangaea
Yakut: Хэллоуин (Xellouin)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

(France) ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.lɔ.win/
Audio (France) (file)
(Quebec) ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.lo.wiːn/

Noun

Halloween f (plural Halloweens)

Halloween

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈallowin/

Noun

Halloween m (plural Halloween)

Halloween

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Noun

Halloween m (plural Halloweens)

Halloween (31st of October)

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