Halloween

• Hallowe'en
• Halloweven (archaic)

A Scottish shortening of Allhalloweven, from Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) + even (an archaic/poetic cognate of eve).

Allhallowmas can be superficially analysed as a combination of all + hallow ("saint, holy person") + -mas ("mass, church festival, holiday" as in Christmas), but it's actually a direct descendant of the Middle English and Old English terms for All Saints' Day, whose parts mean the same as in the modern expression: (Middle English Alhalwemesse) and Old English ealra hālgena mæsse (literally "the mass of all the saints", from eall, halga, and mæsse).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌha.ləʊˈiːn/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhɑ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæ.loʊˈiːn/

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Halloween (plural Halloweens)

1. The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.

   They all get dressed up in scary costumes at Halloween.

   • 1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1.

     Black is the night full of fright / You'll be missing the day / What will be here very soon / Changing your way / A knock at your door / It is real or is it a dream / On trembling legs you open the door / And you scream... on Halloween

• All Hallows' Day
• trick-or-treat, trick or treat
• Samhain

English Halloween.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛloːˈʋin/, /ɦɛloˈwiːn/

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Halloween n (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween

• halloweenavond (“the night of Halloween”)
• halloweenfeest (“the celebration of Halloween; a Halloween party”)
• halloweenkostuum (“Halloween costume”)

Borrowed from English Halloween.

• (France) ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.lɔ.win/

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• (Quebec) ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /a.lo.wiːn/

Halloween f (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween

• Halloween on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛloˌwiːn/, /-ˌviːn/

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Halloween n (strong, genitive Halloweens or Halloween, no plural)

1. Halloween

• “Halloween” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Halloween” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Halloween” in Duden online

Borrowed from English Halloween.

• IPA^(key): /ˈal.lo.win/, /al.loˈwin/
• Rhymes: -allowin, -in

Halloween m

1. Halloween

• Ognissanti

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.lɔ.win/, /xɛ.lɔˈwin/, /ˈxa.lɔ.win/

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• Rhymes: -ɔwin
• Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween

Halloween n (indeclinable, related adjective halloweenowy)

1. Halloween (eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces)

• Halloween in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Halloween in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

• Hyphenation: Hal‧lo‧we‧en

Halloween m

1. Halloween (festival that takes place on October 31st, in which people dress up in ghostly costumes and use hollow pumpkins, with candles inside, to decorate houses, gardens, etc.)

• “Halloween” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “Halloween” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “Halloween” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Halloween n (uncountable)

1. Halloween

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

• IPA^(key): /xaloˈwin/ [xa.loˈwĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
• IPA^(key): /ˈxalowin/ [ˈxa.lo.wĩn]
  • Rhymes: -alowin
• Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween

Halloween m (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween (31st of October)