holiday

== English == === Alternative forms === holyday (obsolete or emphasizing holiness) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒlɪˌdeɪ/, (dated) /ˈhɒlɪdi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/ Hyphenation: hol‧i‧day === Noun === holiday (plural holidays) A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed. Synonyms: feast day, holy day A day declared free from work by the state or government. Synonyms: (UK) bank holiday, national holiday, day off, off day (chiefly UK, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural. Synonyms: leave, time off, (US) vacation; see also Thesaurus:vacation (chiefly UK, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation). Synonym: (US) vacation (finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made. A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery. Synonym: lacuna ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === holiday (third-person singular simple present holidays, present participle holidaying, simple past and past participle holidayed) (chiefly British) (intransitive) To take a period of time away from work or study. (British, intransitive) To spend a period of time in recreational travel. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === hyaloid, hyoidal == Middle English == === Noun === holiday alternative form of halyday