Halloween

See also: halloween and Hallowe'en

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Alternative forms

• Hallowe'en
• Halloweven (archaic)

Etymology

A Scottish shortening of Allhalloweven, from Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) + even (an archaic or poetic variant of eve; see also een).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

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

Derived terms

• anti-Halloween
• Halloweekend
• Halloween crab
• Slutoween
• Summerween

Descendants

• → Hawaiian: Heleuī
• → Hindi: हैलोवीन (hailovīn)
• → Japanese: ハロウィン, ハロウィーン
• → Malayalam: ഹാലോവീൻ (hālōvīṉ)
• → Maori: Harawīni
• → Russian: Хеллоуи́н (Xellouín)
  • → Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellowin)
  • → Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin)
  • → Tatar: Хэллоуин (Xellouwin)
• → Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin)
• → Ukrainian: Хеллові́н (Xellovín)

Translations

October 31st

Afrikaans: Allerheilige-aand, Halloween Arabic: هَالُوِين m (hāluwīn), عِيدُ جَمِيعِ القِدِّيسِين (ʕīdu jamīʕi l-qiddīsīn) Hijazi Arabic: هَالُوِين m (hāluwīn, haluwīn) Armenian: Հելոուին (Helouin) Azerbaijani: Hellouin Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellowin) Bavarian: Ollaheilignomd Belarusian: Хэлоўі́н m (Xeloŭín) Bengali: হ্যালোউইন (hêlōuin), হ্যালোইন (bn) (hêlōin) Bulgarian: Хелоуин m (Helouin) Catalan: dia de vigília de Tots Sants m Cherokee: ᏓᎾᎵᎬᏚᎸᏍᎬ (danaligvdulvsgv) Chickasaw: Sholop Inittak Chinese: Cantonese: 萬聖節 / 万圣节 (maan6 sing3 zit3) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖夜 / 万圣夜 (maan6 sing3 je6), 萬聖節前夕 / 万圣节前夕 (maan6 sing3 zit3 cin4 zik6) Mandarin: 萬聖夜 / 万圣夜 (zh) (Wànshèngyè), 萬聖節 / 万圣节 (zh) (Wànshèngjié) (originally meant All Hallows' Day), 萬聖節前夕 / 万圣节前夕 (zh) (Wànshèngjié qiánxī, Wànshèngjié qiánxí) Czech: Halloween (cs) m Danish: allehelgensaften (da) c Dutch: allerheiligenavond m, Halloween (nl) n Esperanto: Haloveno Faroese: allahalgannaaftan m, alhalgunaaftan m Finnish: halloween (fi) French: Halloween (fr) Galician: Samaín m Georgian: ჰელოუინი (helouini) German: Halloween (de) n Greek: Χάλοουϊν n (Cháloouïn) Gujarati: હેલોવીન (helovīn) Hawaiian: Heleuī Hebrew: לֵיל כָּל הַקְּדוֹשִׁים (he) (leil kol haqdoshím) Hindi: हैलोवीन (hailovīn) Hungarian: halovín Hunsrik: Hexenacht f Icelandic: hrekkjavaka (is) f Irish: Oíche Shamhna f Italian: Halloween (it) m, vigilia di Ognissanti f Japanese: ハロウィーン (ja) (Harowīn), ハロウィン (ja) (Harowin) Kannada: ಹ್ಯಾಲೋವೀನ್ (hyālōvīn‌) Korean: 할로윈 (Hallowin) Kyrgyz: Хеллоуин (Hellouin) Latin: Pervigilium Omnium Sanctorum n Latvian: Halovīns m Lithuanian: Helovinas m, Helovynas m, Šiurpnaktis m Macedonian: Ноќ на вештерките f (Noḱ na vešterkite) Malagasy: Halôhinina Malayalam: ഹാലോവീൻ (hālōvīṉ) Manx: Oie Houney f Marathi: हॅलोवीन (hĕlovīn) Mongolian: Cyrillic: сүнсний баяр (sünsnii bajar) Navajo: Doo Hóshkał Bá Hazʼą́ Nepali: हलोविन (halovina), ह्यालविन (hyālavina) Norman: Veil'ye d'la Toussaint f (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: allehelgensaften m Nynorsk: allehelgensaftan m Old English: ealra hālgena mæsseǣfen m Persian: هالووین (fa) (hâluvin) Polish: Halloween (pl) n Portuguese: Dia das Bruxas (pt) m, Halloween (pt) m, Raloim m (very rare), Véspera de Todos os Santos f Punjabi: ਹੈਲੋਵੀਨ (hailovīn) Romani: Dudumêngi-Ryat f Romanian: Halloween n Russian: Хеллоуи́н m (Xellouín), Халуви́н m (Xaluvín), Хэллоуи́н (ru) m (Xɛllouín), Халуи́н (Xaluín) Sardinian: Faghide bene a sos mortos Scots: Hallae E'en Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche Shamhna f Serbo-Croatian: Noć vještica f, Halloveen m Sinhalese: හැලෝවීන් (hælōwīn) Slovene: noč čarovnic m Spanish: Halloween (es) m, Noche de Brujas f, jalogüin m (very rare) Swedish: halloween (sv) Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin) Tamil: ஆலோவீன் (ālōvīṉ) Tatar: Хэллоуин (Xellouwin) Telugu: హాలోవీన్ (hālōvīn) Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin) Turkish: Cadılar Bayramı Ukrainian: Гелові́н m (Helovín), Хелові́н m (Xelovín), Відьо́мська ніч f (Vidʹómsʹka nič), Хеллові́н m (Xellovín), Хеллоуїн (Xelloujin) Urdu: ہالووین (hālovīn) Uyghur: پەرىشتىلەر بايرىمى (perishtiler bayrimi) Vietnamese: Halloween (vi) Welsh: Nos Galan Gaeaf f, (informal) Nos Glangaea Western Panjabi: ہالووین (hāloven) Yakut: Хэллоуин (Qellouin), Һеллоуин (Hellouin) Yiddish: האַלאָווין (halovin) Yoruba: Halowíìnì

See also

• All Hallows' Day
• Reformation Sunday
• Samhain
• trick-or-treat
• trick or treat

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛloːˈʋin/, /ɦɛloˈwiːn/

• Audio:

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Noun

Halloween n (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween

Derived terms

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (France):

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• Audio (Switzerland):

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• ^{(aspirated h)} (Quebec) IPA^(key): /a.lo.win/
• Hyphenation: Ha‧llo‧ween

Noun

Halloween f (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween

See also

• Samain
• Halloween on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛloˌwiːn/, /-ˌviːn/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. Halloween

Declension

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Halloween
genitive	eines	des	Halloweens, Halloween
dative	einem	dem	Halloween
accusative	ein	das	Halloween

Declension of Halloween [sg-only, neuter, strong]

Further reading

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

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Halloween

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Halloween m

1. Halloween

See also

• Ognissanti

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Halloween

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛlɔwin, -in, -alɔwin
• Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween

Proper noun

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)

Related terms

adverb

• halloweenowo

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Halloween

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌha.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ], /ˌʁɛ.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌhɛ.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌha.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ], /ˌʁɛ.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌhɛ.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌʁa.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌχa.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ], /ˌʁɛ.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌχɛ.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.lo(w)ˈwin/, /a.lo(w)ˈwi.nɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.lo(w)ˈwin/, /a.lo(w)ˈwi.nɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.lowˈwin/, /a.lowˈwi.nɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.loˈwin/, /a.loˈwi.nɨ/

• Rhymes: -ĩ, -in, -inɨ

Proper noun

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.)

   Synonym: Dia das Bruxas

   Coordinate term: Dia do Saci

   • 1995 March, André Barcinski, quoting Supla, “Supla Legal”, Páginas Negras, in Trip, volume 8, number 41, Você ouve todos os estilos de rock ou é um daqueles punks ortodoxos?, page 7, column 2:

     Não, sempre tive a cabeça muito aberta. Acho que o artista tem que ser como uma esponja, e absorver tudo que está à sua volta. Outro dia, no Halloween, fui ver o Mercyful Fate (veterana banda de heavy metal) fantasiado de Super Supla...

     No, I've always been very open-minded. I think an artist must be like a sponge, and absorb everything around them. The other day, on Halloween, I went to watch Mercyful Fate (a veteran heavy metal band) dressed up as Super Supla...

References

• “Halloween”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “Halloween”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Noun

Halloween n (uncountable)

1. Halloween

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	Halloween	Halloweenul
genitive-dative	Halloween	Halloweenului
vocative	Halloweenule

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Halloween

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Halloween m (plural Halloweens)

1. Halloween (31st of October)