Halloween
name/ˌha.ləˈwiːn/UK/ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/CA/halo.win/
Etymology
From a Scots shortening of Allhalloweven, from Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) + even (an archaic or poetic variant of eve; see also een). For the American pronunciation with /ɑ/, compare the Southern English traditional dialect pronunciations fallow /ˈfɒ.lə/ and tallow /ˈtɒ.lə/.
- derived from shortening of Allhalloweven
Definitions
The eve of All Hallows' Day
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.
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No curated loop yet for Halloween. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA