holiday
nounEtymology
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”).
- inherited from halyday
Definitions
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!
A day declared free from work by the state or government.
A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel
A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.
- How much holiday are you allowed?
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A period during which pupils do not attend their school
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.
A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.
- a mortgage payment holiday
A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.
To take a period of time away from work or study.
To spend a period of time in recreational travel.
A surname.
The holiday season or Christmas season, especially when paired with a year.
- Holiday 2014
The neighborhood
Derived
alcoholiday, all holiday, antiholiday, bank holiday, blindman's holiday, blind man's holiday, busman's holiday, drug holiday, enjoy your holiday, go on holiday, half-holiday, Hallmark holiday, happy holidays, high days and holidays, High Holidays, holidate, Holiday, holiday camp, holidayer, holiday fic, holidayfic, holiday heart, holiday heart syndrome, holiday home, holidayism, holiday let, holiday-maker, holidaymaker, holidaymaking, holiday ownership, holiday package, holiday park, holiday pay, holiday season, holiday speeches, holiday time, holiday tree, holiday village, holigay, legal holiday · +13 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at holiday. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at holiday. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at holiday
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA