holiday
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈhɒlədi//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈhɒlɪdi//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈhɑləˌdeɪ//
A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.
Substantiv
- 1
A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.
Near-synonyms: holy day, feast day, festival (feast day sense)
Today is a Wiccan holiday!
Monday, January 18, was the holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. In the morning I held a reception for the diplomatic representatives of other nations in the inner quadrangle at Georgetown, addressing them from the steps of Old North Building.
- 2
A day declared free from work by the state or government.
- 3
A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
How much holiday are you allowed?
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
Climb aboard a butterfly and take off in the breeze. Let your worries flutter by and do the things you please. In the land where dollar bills are falling off the trees. On a dreamer’s holiday.[…]Make it a long vacation. Time, there is plenty of. You need no reservation. Just bring along the one you love.
- 4
A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).
I want to take a French course this summer holiday.
- 5
A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
a mortgage payment holiday
- 6
A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos Proto-Germanic *hailaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-Germanic *hailagaz Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-Germanic *hailagadagaz Old English hāliġdæġ Middle English halyday English holiday 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”).
Verb
- 1
To take a period of time away from work or study.
- 2
To spend a period of time in recreational travel.
Formen
- Plural
- holidays
- Präteritum
- holidayed
- Partizip II
- holidayed
- Partizip I
- holidaying
- 3. Person Singular
- holidays
holiday · A day on which a religious event or secular celebration is traditionally observed.
Holiday · A surname.holidays · (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work,…holiness · The state or condition of being holy.