jack-o'-lantern

Etymology
Originally, a night watchman who carried a lantern. (See Jack.)

Attested as a term for in English folklore in the 1660s, mostly in East Anglia but also in southwestern England. The sense of carved pumpkin in American English is attested in 1834.

Noun

 * 1) A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. It is a symbol of Halloween.
 * 2) A similar item made from a turnip
 * 3)  A will o' the wisp.

Synonyms

 * ,, , Joan the wad , hobby lantern, , peg-a-lantern , Will the Smith , Pinket , Will o' the Wikes , Jack-with-a-lantern

Translations

 * Arabic: قرعة مضيئة
 * Armenian: Դդմից լապտեր
 * Azerbaijani: cek fənəri
 * Basque: Jack Linterna, Jack-o'-lantern
 * Belarusian: свяцільня Джэка
 * Bulgarian: тиквеният фенер
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: græskarhoved
 * Dutch: jack-o'-lantern
 * Estonian: kõrvitslatern
 * Finnish: kurpitsalyhty
 * French: citrouille d'Halloween,, Jack-o’-lantern, lanterne-citrouille
 * Georgian: მნათობი ჯეკი
 * German: Halloween-Kürbis, Jack mit der Laterne, Jack O’Lantern
 * Greek: τζακ ο' λάντερν
 * Hebrew: ג׳ק־או־לנטרן
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: Seán na gealaí
 * Italian: zucca di Halloween, Jack-o'-lantern, Jack della lanterna, lanterna di zucca
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 잭-오-랜턴, 호박등
 * Norman: balle-à-leunettes
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: Jack-o'-lantern
 * Polish: latarnia z dyni
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: Светильник Джек, фонарь из тыквы
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Џек-о'-Лантерн
 * Spanish: calabaza de Halloween,
 * Thai: แจ็กโอแลนเทิร์น
 * Ukrainian: Ліхтар Джека, світи́льник Дже́ка
 * Welsh: jac lantar