May Day

See also: mayday

English

Noun

May Day (plural May Days)

The first day of May, a festival celebrating the beginning of the spring season; originally, and still among neopagans, a fertility celebration.
Labour Day, the first day of May, a worldwide workers' holiday.

Synonyms

(workers' holiday):: Labor Day / Labour Day, International Workers' Day

Derived terms

May Day sweep, May-day sweep

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Translations

spring festival

Chinese:
Mandarin: 五朔節／五朔节 (Wǔshuòjié)
Cornish:
Standard Cornish: Cala'Me, Kala' Me m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vappu (fi)
Greek: Πρωτομαγιά (el) f (Protomagiá)
Ingrian: Maipraaznikka
Irish: Lá Bealtaine m
Italian: calendimaggio (it) m
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: yekî gulanê
Scottish Gaelic: Là Bealltainn m, Là Buidhe Bealltainn m, Bealltainn f
Welsh: Gŵyl Fai f, Calan Mai m

workers' holiday

Armenian: Աշխատանքի օր (Ašxatankʻi ōr), (USSR) Աշխատավորների համերաշխության միջազգային օր (Ašxatavorneri hamerašxutʻyan miǰazgayin ōr)
Burmese: အလုပ်သမားနေ့ (my) (a.lupsa.ma:ne.)
Catalan: Primer de Maig m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 勞動節／劳动节 (zh) (láodòngjié)
Danish: første maj c, 1. maj, arbejdernes internationale kampdag c (formal, very rare)
Dutch: Dag van de Arbeid m (Belgium, Suriname)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: volbripäev, töörahvapüha
Finnish: vappu (fi)
French: fête du Travail; fête des Travailleurs
Galician: Día do Traballo m
German: Tag der Arbeit (de) m, Erster Mai (de) m, Maifeiertag (de) m, (dated) Kampftag der Arbeiterklasse m, Kampftag der Arbeiterbewegung m
Greek: Εργατική Πρωτομαγιά (el) f (Ergatikí Protomagiá), Πρωτομαγιά (el) f (Protomagiá)
Hebrew: אחד במאי (he)
Hungarian: munka ünnepe
Icelandic: fyrsti maí
Italian: Primo Maggio m, festa dei lavoratori f
Japanese: メーデー (ja) (Mēdē)
Karelian: pervomaiju
Korean: 노동절(勞動節) (ko) (nodongjeol)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: yekî gulanê
Macedonian: Ден на трудот m (Den na trudot), Меѓународен ден на трудот m (Meǵunaroden den na trudot), Први мај m (Prvi maj)
Malay: Hari Buruh
Northern Sami: válbor
Norwegian: første mai
Polish: Święto Pracy (pl) n
Portuguese: Dia do Trabalhador m, Primeiro de Maio (pt) m
Russian: Пра́здник весны́ и труда́ m (Prázdnik vesný i trudá) (Russia), День труда́ m (Denʹ trudá), День междунаро́дной солида́рности трудя́щихся m (Denʹ meždunaródnoj solidárnosti trudjáščixsja) (USSR), Первома́й (ru) m (Pervomáj)
Scottish Gaelic: Bealltainn f
Sranan Tongo: Wrokomandei
Swahili: leba dei, Siku ya Wafanyakazi
Swedish: första maj, valborg (sv) c, vappen (sv) (Finland)
Tagalog: Araw ng mga Manggagawa

May Day

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