merrymaking

See also: merry-making

English

Alternative forms

• merry-making

Etymology 1

From merry +‎ making.

Noun

merrymaking (usually uncountable, plural merrymakings)

1. Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.

Translations

joyful festivities

Bulgarian: веселба (bg) f (veselba), увеселение (bg) n (uveselenie) Catalan: revetlla (ca) f Finnish: juhla (fi) Galician: folía f, troula (gl) f, garula f, garufa f, xolda (gl) f German: Fest (de) n, Feier (de) f Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí) Hungarian: mulatság (hu), vigalom (hu), dínomdánom (hu) Ingrian: guljanja Irish: siamsaíocht f Italian: festività (it) f, ricorrenza (it) f Korean: 잔치 (ko) (janchi) Latin: cōmīssātiō f Macedonian: ве́селба f (véselba), весе́лење n (vesélenje) Portuguese: folia (pt) f, celebração (pt) f Romanian: petrecere (ro) f Spanish: verbena (es) f, celebración (es) f, fiesta (es) f, jolgorio (es) m, festejo (es) m Swedish: lustifikation c, festlighet (sv) c

Etymology 2

From merrymake +‎ -ing.

Verb

merrymaking

1. present participle and gerund of merrymake

Anagrams

• making merry