Christmas

Etymology 1
The is derived from, , from , from  +  +. The English word is analysable as.

The, , and are derived from the proper noun.

Adjective (“red and green in colour”) refers to these colours being traditionally associated with Christmas.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A festival or holiday commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ and incorporating various Christian, pre-Christian, pagan, and secular customs, which in Western Christianity is celebrated on December 25 (Christmas Day) in most places.
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Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:, Kërshëndella
 * Alutiiq: Aʀusistuaq
 * Amharic: ገና
 * Arabic: كْرِيسْمَاس,, عِيد الْمِيلَاد
 * Egyptian Arabic: عيد الميلاد
 * Hijazi Arabic: كْرِسْمَس, عيد الميلاد
 * South Levantine Arabic: عيد الميلاد
 * Armenian: Սուրբ Ծնունդ
 * Aromanian: Crãciun
 * Assamese: বৰদিন
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܕܡܵܘܠܵܕܵܐ, ܥܹܐܕܵܐ ܙܥܘܿܪܵܐ
 * Asturian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: Milad
 * Basque:
 * Bavarian: Weihnåchtn
 * Cimbrian: Boinichtn
 * Mòcheno: Bainechtn
 * Belarusian: каля́ды, Раство́, Ражджаство́, Ражаство́, Нараджэ́нне Хрысто́ва
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central: Pasko
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, Рождество Христово
 * Burmese: ,
 * Carpathian Rusyn: Ріство́
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: Pasko
 * Central Franconian: Weihnachte
 * Cherokee: ᏓᏂᏍᏓᏲᎯᎲ
 * Chichewa: Khirisimasi
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 聖誕節
 * Hakka: 聖誕節
 * Hokkien: ,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Chuukese: Kirisimas
 * Chuvash: Раштав
 * Cornish:
 * Standard Cornish: Nadelyk
 * Unified Cornish: Nadelek
 * Corsican:
 * Czech: Boží hod,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Dzongkha: ཡེ་ཤུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྟོན
 * Esperanto: kristnasko
 * Estonian:
 * Ewe: Blunya
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * Franco-Provençal: Chalendes
 * French:
 * Friulian: Nadâl
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:, , ქრისტეს შობა
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Wiehnachte
 * Silesian: Weihnachta, Weihnachten
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic:
 * Guaraní: Arareñói
 * Gujarati: નાતાલ
 * Hausa: Kir̃sìmatì
 * Hawaiian: Kalikimaka, Kalikamaka
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: क्रिसमस, क्रिस्मस, बड़ा दिन, ईद-ए-तवल्लुद, ईद-ए-विलादत
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: Weinachte
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Igala: Íkéléchìmáchì
 * Igbo: Ekeresìmeèsì
 * Ilocano: Paskua
 * Inari Sami: juovlah
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: Joulu
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: Notlaic
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Javanese: Natal
 * Kannada: ಕ್ರಿಸ್ಮಸ್
 * Karelian: Rastavu
 * Kazakh: Рождество
 * Khmer: ណូអែល, បុណ្យណូអែល
 * Komi-Zyrian: Рӧштво
 * Konkani: नाताळ
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, ,
 * Kyrgyz: Рождество
 * Ladin: Nadel
 * Ladino: Noel
 * Lakota: Wóšpipi, Wóšpipi Káǧapi
 * Lao: ຄິດສະມາດ, ໂນແອນ, ບົນໂນແອນ
 * Latin: Christi Natalis, festum Nativitatis Domini, nativitas
 * Latvian: Ziemassvētki, Ziemsvētki
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lombard:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Wiehnachten
 * Lule Sami: javlla
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: Божиќ
 * Malay: Hari Natal, Krismas
 * Malayalam: ക്രിസ്തുമസ്
 * Maltese: Milied
 * Manx: Nollick, Nollick Vooar
 * Maori: Kirihimete
 * Marathi: नाताळ
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: Рошто
 * Western Mari: Шартял
 * Marshallese: Kūrijm̧ōj
 * Middle English: Cristemasse
 * Mingrelian: ქირსე
 * Mòcheno: bainechtn
 * Mon: ,
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: Зул сар, Христосын мэндэлсэн өдөр
 * Navajo: Késhmish
 * Nepali: क्रिसमस
 * Nigerian Pidgin: Krismas
 * Norman: Noué, Nouel
 * Northern Sami: juovllat
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: jol, jul
 * Occitan:
 * Odia: ,
 * Ofo: noⁿˊpi
 * Ojibwe: niibaanamom
 * Old English: ġēol, Cristes mæsse, midwinter
 * Old Norse: jól
 * Papiamentu: Pasku
 * Pashto: کرسمس
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, , عِیدِ میلادِ مَسیح,
 * Pite Sami: jåvvlå
 * Plautdietsch: Wienachten
 * Polabian: tribĕ
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਵੱਡਾ ਦਿਨ, ਕ੍ਰਿਸਮਸ
 * Rhine Franconian: Woihnachde
 * Romagnol: Nadêl
 * Romanian:, Nașterea lui Isus Cristos, Nașterea Domnului
 * Russian:, , Кри́стмас
 * Santali: ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱝ ᱢᱟᱦᱟᱸ
 * Scots: Yule
 * Scottish Gaelic: Nollaig
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Бо̀жић, Рождество
 * Roman: Bòžić,
 * Sicilian:
 * Silesian Gody
 * Sindhi:
 * Sinhalese: නත්තල
 * Skolt Sami: rosttov
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: gódy
 * Upper Sorbian: hody
 * Sotho: Kresemese
 * Southern Sami: jåvlh
 * Spanish:, Crismes
 * Sranan Tongo: Bedaki, kresneti
 * Swahili: Krismasi
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Tajik:, Кристмас
 * Tamil: கிசிமிசி, கிறிஸ்மஸ்,, , நத்தார்
 * Tatar: Раштуа
 * Telugu: క్రిస్మస్
 * Thai:, คริสตสมภพ
 * Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤུའི་འཁྲུངས་སྐར
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: Isanyň dogluşy, roždestwo, milad
 * Udmurt: Толсур, Ымусьтон
 * Ukrainian:, Різдво́ Христо́ве
 * Ume Sami: juvlla
 * Urdu: کِرِسْمَس, کْرِسْمَس, بَڑا دِن, عِیدِ تَوَلُّد, عِیدِ وِلادَت, عِیدِ میلادِ مَسِیح
 * Uyghur: روجدېستۋو, روجىستىۋا
 * Uzbek: Mavlud,
 * Vietnamese: Nô-en,
 * Vilamovian: Waeinahta, Wajnaochta
 * Volapük: ,
 * Walloon:
 * Welsh:
 * West Flemish: Kestdag
 * West Frisian: Krysttiid
 * Yiddish: ניטל
 * Yoruba: Kérésìmesì
 * Yup'ik: Alussistuaq, Selavi
 * Zulu: Ukhisimuzi

Noun

 * 1)  Sprigs of holly and other evergreen plants used as Christmas decorations; also, any Christmas decorations.

Translations

 * Finnish: oksa joulukoristeena
 * Macedonian:


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Adjective

 * 1)  Red and green in colour.
 * 2)  Of a dish: having a sauce made with red (ripe) and green (unripe) chili peppers.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: punaista ja vihreää chiliä sisältävä
 * Macedonian:

Verb

 * 1)  To decorate (a place) with.
 * 2)  To bring (someone) Christmas cheer.
 * 3)  To celebrate Christmas.
 * 4)  To spend Christmas or the Christmas season in some place.
 * 5)  To subject to Christmas celebrations.
 * 1)  To celebrate Christmas.
 * 2)  To spend Christmas or the Christmas season in some place.
 * 3)  To subject to Christmas celebrations.
 * 1)  To spend Christmas or the Christmas season in some place.
 * 2)  To subject to Christmas celebrations.
 * 1)  To subject to Christmas celebrations.
 * 1)  To subject to Christmas celebrations.
 * 1)  To subject to Christmas celebrations.
 * 1)  To subject to Christmas celebrations.
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 * 1)  To subject to Christmas celebrations.

Translations

 * Finnish: koristella joulukoristein
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: viettää joulua
 * Macedonian:


 * Finnish: viettää joulua
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Etymology 2
Short for, probably a variant of or , a  for.

Interjection

 * : Christ, Jesus Christ, Jiminy Cricket, Jiminy Crickets.

Noun

 * 1) Christmas present