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Vinony

holiday

verb

  1. vacation, taking a vacation, break (from something)
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noun

  1. festive day set aside by custom or by law
  2. vacation, taking a vacation, break (from something)
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ/ / /ˈhɒlɪdi/ / /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/

name

Etymology: English surname, variant of Holliday.

  1. A surname.
  2. The holiday season or Christmas season, especially when paired with a year.

    “Holiday 2014”

noun

Etymology: 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”).

  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!”

  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.”

  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.

verb

Etymology: 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”).

  1. To take a period of time away from work or study.
  2. To spend a period of time in recreational travel.