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Christmas_Eve

Christmas Eve

English

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)
Catalan: nit de Nadal
Chinese:
Mandarin: 平安夜 (zh) ‎(píng'ānyè)
Czech: Štědrý večer (cs) m
Dutch: kerstavond (nl) m
Danish: juleaften (da) c
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
Greenlandic: juulliaraq
Hebrew: ערב חג המולד m ‎(érev khág hamolád)
Hungarian: karácsonyéj, karácsonyest, karácsony este (hu), szenteste (hu)
Icelandic: aðfangadagskvöld (is) n
Irish: Oíche Nollag f
Japanese: クリスマスイブ (ja) ‎(kurisumasu ibu)
Korean: 성탄절 전야 ‎(seongtanjeol jeonya), 크리스마스이브 (ko) ‎(keuriseumaseu-ibeu)

Macedonian: Ба́дна ве́чер f ‎(Bádna véčer)
Maltese: Lejliet il-Milied
Manx: Oie'll Vayree f, Oie'll Voirrey f
Norwegian: julaften (no) m
Polish: Wigilia (pl) f
Portuguese: vigília de Natal f
Romanian: Ajunul Crăciunului n
Russian: соче́льник (ru) m ‎(sočélʹnik)
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
Welsh: Noswyl Nadolig f

day before Christmas Day

Armenian: ճրագալույց (hy) ‎(čragaluycʿ)
Czech: Štědrý den (cs) m
Danish: juleaftensdag c
Faroese: jólaaftan m
Finnish: jouluaatto (fi)
French: veille de Noël f
German: Heiligabend (de) m
Greek: Παραμονή Χριστουγέννων f ‎(Paramoní Christougénnon)
Greenlandic: juulliaraq
Hebrew: ערב חג המולד m ‎(érev khág hamolád)
Icelandic: aðfangadagur (is) jól (is)a m, aðfangadagur (is) m
Italian: Vigilia (it) f
Japanese: クリスマスイブ (ja) ‎(kurisumasu ibu)

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)
Vietnamese: đêm Nô-en

See also

Christmas Eve on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Boxing Day
St. Stephen's Day