Christmas Eve

English

Etymology

From Middle English Cristemasse eve, from an assumed Old English *Cristes mæsseǣfen.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Christmas Eve

The evening before Christmas Day.
The day before Christmas Day.
- 1681, Church of England, The book of common prayer:
  This Collect is to be repeated every day with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-Eve.

Translations

evening before Christmas Day

Armenian: ճրագալույց (hy) (čragaluycʿ)
Belarusian: Вігілія f (Vihilija)
Bulgarian: Бъдни вечер m (Bǎdni večer)
Catalan: nit de Nadal f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 平安夜 (ping⁴ on¹ je⁶)

Mandarin: 平安夜 (zh) (píng'ānyè)
Czech: Štědrý večer (cs) m
Danish: juleaften (da) c
Dutch: kerstavond (nl) m
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: jólaaftan m
Finnish: jouluaatto (fi)
French: veillée de Noël f, nuit de Noël f, réveillon de Noël m
Galician: Noiteboa f
German: Heiligabend (de) m, Heiliger Abend (de) m, Christnacht f, Weihnachtabend m, Weihnachtsabend (de) m, Heilige Nacht f
Greenlandic: juulliaraq
Hebrew: ערב חג המולד‎ m (érev khág hamolád)
Hungarian: karácsonyéj, karácsonyest, karácsony este (hu), szenteste (hu)
Icelandic: aðfangadagskvöld (is) n, jólaaftann m
Irish: Oíche Nollag f
Italian: Vigilia di Natale f
Japanese: クリスマスイブ (ja) (kurisumasu ibu)
Khmer: រាត្រីបុណ្យណូអែល (riətrəy bon nouʼael)
Korean: 성탄절 전야 (seongtanjeol jeonya), 크리스마스이브 (ko) (keuriseumaseu'ibeu)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: Kūčių vakaras m
Low German: Hilligavend, Heiligavend, Hilligabend, Hilligobend, Heiligobend
Macedonian: Ба́дна ве́чер f (Bádna véčer)
Maltese: Lejliet il-Milied
Manx: Oie'll Vayree f, Oie'll Voirrey f
Norwegian: julaften (no) m
Plautdietsch: Wienachtsowent n
Polish: Wigilia (pl) f
Portuguese: vigília de Natal f, véspera de Natal f
Romanian: Ajunul Crăciunului n
Russian: соче́льник (ru) m (sočélʹnik)
Rusyn: Вельія f (Velʹija)
Scottish Gaelic: Oidhche Nollaige f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ба̏дња̄ ве̏че̄р f

Roman: Bȁdnjā vȅčēr f
Skolt Sami: rosttovkäänan
Slovak: Štedrý Večer m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gwězdka f
Spanish: Nochebuena f
Swedish: julaftons kväll c, julaftonskväll (sv) c
Tagalog: Bisperas ng Pasko
Ukrainian: Святий Вечір m (Svjatyj Večir), Святвечір m (Svjatvečir)
Vietnamese: đêm Nô-en
Welsh: Noswyl Nadolig f

day before Christmas Day

Armenian: ճրագալույց (hy) (čragaluycʿ)
Catalan: vigília de Nadal f, nit de Nadal f
Czech: Štědrý den (cs) m
Danish: juleaftensdag c
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: jólaaftan m
Finnish: jouluaatto (fi)
French: veille de Noël f
Galician: véspera de Nadal f
German: Heiligabend (de) m, Vortag vor Weihnachten m
Greek: Παραμονή Χριστουγέννων f (Paramoní Christougénnon)
Greenlandic: juulliaraq
Hebrew: ערב חג המולד‎ m (érev khág hamolád)
Icelandic: aðfangadagur jóla (is) m, aðfangadagur (is) m
Italian: Vigilia (it) f
Japanese: クリスマスイブ (ja) (kurisumasu ibu)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: Kūčios (lt) f pl, Kūčių diena f, Kalėdų išvakarės f pl
Macedonian: Ба́дник m (Bádnik)
Maltese: Lejliet il-Milied
Norwegian: julaften (no) m
Polish: Wigilia (pl) f
Portuguese: véspera de Natal f
Russian: соче́льник (ru) m (sočélʹnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ба̏дња̄к m, Ба̏дњӣ да̑н m

Roman: Bȁdnjāk (sh) m, Bȁdnjī dȃn m
Skolt Sami: rosttovkäänan
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gwězdka f
Swedish: julafton (sv) c, dopparedagen (sv)
Tagalog: Bisperas ng Pasko
Vietnamese: đêm Nô-en

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Translations to be checked

Norman: ^{(please verify)} Sèrvelle dé Noué f (Jersey)