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holiday

/ˈhɒləˌdeɪ/HO-luh-day
/ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/HAH-luh-day

Meaningholy day

Common meaning: a day off

Other meanings: time away from work

Journey through time

  1. Middle Englishhaliday‘holy day’source
  2. Middle Englishholy daysource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsholy day → a day offholiday‘a day off’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English hālig + dæg ‘holy + day’.

Roots

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