English
Etymology
From late OE. term|Cristes mæsse||Christ's mass, Christ's festival.
Pronunciation
IPA|/'kɻɪs.m�s/
SAMPA|/'krIs.m@s/
SAMPA|/'k@[email protected]/
AHD|KRIS-m�s
audio|en-us-Christmas.ogg|Audio (US)
Proper noun
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- The Christian holiday which celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.
#: This Christmas we'll open presents then go to grandma's for dinner.
- The day it is celebrated, 25th December, an English quarter day.
- The season (traditionally from the 24th of December to the 6th of January) around the celebration of Christ's birth.
#: The Christmas shoppers spent less this December, than last year, but our store will probably see just as many returned items during the twelve days of Christmas.
- US|retailing The period from the Friday following Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve, busy with shopping and preparations for Christmas.
Synonyms
Yule
Translations
trans-top|Christian holiday
Afrikaans: Kersmis
Albanian: Kërshëndella
Arabic: Arab|ع�د ا����اد (�eid al-mil�d) m
Aromanian: c�rciun
Armenian: Õ�Õ¸Ö�Ö�Õ¢ Ô¾Õ¶Õ¸Ö�Õ¶Õ¤ (Surb Dznund)
Azeri: Milad bayramı
Basque: Eguberri
Bosnian: t-|bs|Boži�|m
Breton: Nedeleg
Bulgarian: Рожде��во Х�и��ово (Roždestvo Hristovo)
Catalan: Nadal
Chinese: ��� (Shèng dà n jié)
Cornish: Nadelek
Croatian: t+|hr|Boži�|m
Czech: t-|cs|Vánoce|f|p
Danish: t+|da|jul|c
Dutch: t+|nl|Kerstmis
Esperanto: Kristnasko
Estonian: t-|et|jõulud
Ewe: Blunya
Faeroese: jól
Filipino: pasko
Finnish: t+|fi|joulu
French: t-|fr|Noël
Frisian: Krysttiid
Galician: Nollaig
Georgian: ���� (Šoba)
German: t+|de|Weihnachten
Greek: Χ�ι��ο�γεννα (Christoúgenna)
Gujarati: નાતાલ (N�t�l)
Hebrew: �� ����� (khag ha'molad)
Hindi: ��रिसमस (Krismas), बड़ा दिन (ba.r� din)
Hungarian: t-|hu|Karácsony
Icelandic: t+|is|jól|n|p
Indonesian: t-|id|Natal|xs=Indonesian
Irish: t-|ga|Nollaig|xs=Irish
Italian: t+|it|Natale
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Japanese: ����� (�����) (Kurisumasu)
Javanese: Natal
Korean: �리��� (Keuriseumaseu)
Latin: Christi Natalis
Latvian: Ziemassv�tki
Lithuanian: Kal�dos
Low Saxon: Weihnacht
Malay: Hari Natal
Maltese: Milied
Mongolian: Х�и��о��н ��нд�л��н �дe� (Christosyn M�nd�ls�n Jeder)
Norwegian: t-|no|jul|c
Occitan: Nadal
Old English: Crīstesmæsse
Papiamentu: Pasku
Persian: FAchar|عÛ�د Ù�Û�Ù�اد Ù�سÛ�Ø, FAchar|عÛ�د Ù�Ù�ئÙ�
Polish: Boże Narodzenie
Portuguese: t+|pt|Natal
Romanian: t+|ro|Cr�ciun|n
Russian: t-|ru|Рожде��во|trRoždestvó|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: Nollaig f
Serbian:
Sicilian: Natali
Slovak: Vianoce
Slovene: Boži�
Spanish: t+|es|Navidad|f
Sranan: Bedaki
Swahili: Krismasi
Swedish: t+|sv|jul|c
Tagalog: Pasko
Thai: Thai|à¸�ริสà¸�à¹�มาส (KrÃt-mâat)
Turkish: t+|tr|Noel
Ukrainian: Р�здво (Rizdvó)
Vietnamese: Nô-en
Welsh: Nadolig
Yiddish: (Nitl)
Zulu: Ukhisimuzi
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Derived terms
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Christmas cake
Christmas card
Christmas carol
Christmas club
Christmas cracker
Christmas Eve
Christmas present
Christmas pudding
Christmassy
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Christmastide
Christmas time
Christmas tree
Father Christmas
Merry Christmas
the Twelve Days of Christmas
white Christmas
X-mas/Xmas
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See also
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Advent
Black Friday
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<!--* quarter day how is this related? mentioned above, redundant here -->
Yule
Yuletide
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