Black Friday

== English == === Etymology === From black (“bad; ill-omened; marked by disaster”). Friday is an ill-omened day according to ancient superstition, so a Friday that was darkened by another ill-omen (such as being the 13th) or an actual disaster became known as "Black Friday". Philadelphia police applied the term to the day after Thanksgiving because the large number of people out shopping made traffic chaotic. Later, PR efforts purposely invented the incorrect, more positive "etymology" (which is a very popular urban legend and false etymology that was even in Wiktionary from 2008 to 2015) that the name was given because this day is supposedly the first day of the year on which retailers typically posted profits ('in the black') rather than losses ('in the red'). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Black Friday (plural Black Fridays) Synonym of Friday the thirteenth (“a Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened)”). (possibly obsolete) Good Friday, the Friday before Easter. Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof. (Internet slang, poker, historical) The conclusion of United States v. Scheinberg in 15 April 2011, after which major online poker sites stopped offering real money play to their United States customers. (US, Canada, UK, business, retailing) The day after US Thanksgiving Day, generally regarded as the first day of the Christmas season, and the busiest shopping day of the year. Observed in the US, Canada, and more recently to an extent, the UK. Coordinate term: Cyber Monday (by extension) The sales period involving heavy price reductions immediately following US Thanksgiving Day, from Friday (the original Black Friday) through Monday (Cyber Monday). ==== Coordinate terms ==== Black Monday Black Tuesday Black Thursday ==== Translations ==== === See also === boxing day === References === == French == === Etymology === From English Black Friday (“day after US Thanksgiving Day”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blak fʁaj.dɛ/ === Noun === Black Friday m (uncountable) synonym of vendredi fou: Black Friday == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Black Friday. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Black Friday f or (less common) m (plural Black Fridays) (advertising, retailing) Black Friday (period with widespread discounts after the fourth Tuesday of November) Synonym: (uncommon) Sexta-Feira Negra ==== Derived terms ==== Black Fraude == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Black Friday. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌblaɡ ˈfɾaidei/ [ˌblaɣ̞ ˈfɾai̯.ð̞ei̯] Syllabification: Black Fri‧day === Noun === Black Friday m (plural Black Fridays) Black Friday == Swedish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Black Friday. === Noun === Black Friday c Black Friday; the day after US Thanksgiving Day when retailers offer special discounts. (by extension) The sales period involving price reductions immediately before and after US Thanksgiving Day. Coordinate term: Black Week ==== Derived terms ==== Black Friday-vecka (“Black Friday week”) === See also === Black Weekend Cyber Monday mellandagsrea (“December 25th to 31st sale period”) Singles' Day