holiday

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.
2. A day declared free from work by the state or government.
3. (Australia, UK) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
4. (Australia, UK) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
5. A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
6. A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.

Verb

1. (British, intransitive) To take a period of time away from work or study.
2. (British, intransitive) To spend a period of time in recreational travel.

Concetti

vacanza

giorno festivo

festa

ferie

vacanze

festività

villeggiatura

passare le vacanze

feria

festeggiamento

🎉

festicciola

giorno di festa

festivo

giorno di vacanza

passare

festa nazionale

solennità

tempo libero

trascorrere

villeggiare

festaiolo

di festa

giorno di riposo

cura

sinonimi

vacation

festival

feast

leave

day off

celebration

🎉

festivity

time off

rest

leisure

fiesta

festive

national holiday

vacation

feast day

break

public holiday

best

absence

bank holiday

festal

furlough

gala

holy day

party

🥳

Sunday

time

⌚

vac

discharge

festival day

otioseness

half-term

affair

honeymoon

idleness

jollification

joy

😂

jubilee

lay off

day of rest

leave of absence

coated

memorial day

name-day

closed

business suspended

pass

paying off

playtime

ceremony

Traduzioni

Feiertag

congé

vacances

fête

⛷️

vacance

Urlaub

vakantie

jour férié

vacaciones

férias

Ferien

feriado

fiesta

🥳

día festivo

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈhɒlɪdeɪ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: halyday

Ereditato da inglese antico: hāliġdæġ

Affine frisone occidentale: hjeldei

Affine danese: helligdag

Affine norvegese: helligdag

Affine svedese: helgdag

In summary

From Middle English halyday, holyday, halidei, haliȝdei, from Old English hāliġdæġ (“holy day, Sabbath”), equivalent to holy + day. Compare West Frisian hjeldei (“holiday”), Danish helligdag (“holiday”), Norwegian helligdag (“holiday”), Swedish helgdag (“holiday, feast”).