# Halloween
## English

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### Alternative forms

* Hallowe'en
* Halloweven (archaic)

### Etymology

A Scottish shortening of Allhalloweven, from Allhallowmas (the obsolete earlier name of All Saints' Day) + even (an archaic or poetic variant of eve; see also een).
For the American pronunciation with /ɑ/, compare the Southern English traditional dialect pronunciations fallow /ˈfɒlə/ and tallow /ˈtɒlə/.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌha.ləʊˈiːn/
* (US, Canada) IPA: /ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhɑ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæ.loʊˈiːn/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Halloween (plural Halloweens)
* The eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces.
    They all get dressed up in scary costumes at Halloween.
** 1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1.
    Black is the night full of fright / You'll be missing the day / What will be here very soon / Changing your way / A knock at your door / It is real or is it a dream / On trembling legs you open the door / And you scream... on Halloween

#### Derived terms

* anti-Halloween
* Halloweekend
* Halloween crab
* Slutoween
* Summerween

#### Descendants

* → Hawaiian: Heleuī
* → Hindi: हैलोवीन (hailovīn)
* → Japanese: ハロウィン, ハロウィーン
* → Malayalam: ഹാലോവീൻ (hālōvīṉ)
* → Maori: Harawīni
* → Russian: Хеллоуи́н (Xellouín)
** → Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellowin)
** → Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin)
** → Tatar: Хэллоуин (Xellouwin)
* → Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin)
* → Ukrainian: Хеллові́н (Xellovín)

#### Translations
### See also

* All Hallows' Day
* Reformation Sunday
* Samhain
* trick-or-treat
* trick or treat

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɛloːˈʋin/, /ɦɛloˈwiːn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Halloween n (plural Halloweens)
* Halloween

#### Derived terms

* halloweenavond (“the night of Halloween”)
* halloweenfeest (“the celebration of Halloween; a Halloween party”)
* halloweenkostuum (“Halloween costume”)

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

### Pronunciation

* (France) IPA: /a.lɔ.win/
* Audio (France):(file)
* Audio (Switzerland):(file)
* (Quebec) IPA: /a.lo.win/
* Hyphenation: Ha‧llo‧ween

### Noun

Halloween f (plural Halloweens)
* Halloween

### See also

* Samain
* Halloween on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{fr}$

## German
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɛloˌwiːn/, /-ˌviːn/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Halloween n (strong, genitive Halloweens or Halloween, no plural)
* Halloween

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Halloween” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Halloween” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Halloween” in Duden online

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Halloween.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈal.lo.win/, /al.loˈwin/
* Rhymes: -allowin, -in

### Noun

Halloween m
* Halloween

### See also

* Ognissanti

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxɛ.lɔ.win/, /xɛ.lɔˈwin/, /ˈxa.lɔ.win/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlɔwin, -in, -alɔwin
* Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween

### Proper noun

Halloween n (indeclinable, related adjective halloweenowy)
* Halloween (eve of All Hallows' Day; October 31st; celebrated (mostly in English-speaking countries) by children going door-to-door in costume and soliciting candy with menaces)

#### Related terms

* halloweenowo

### Further reading

* Halloween in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Halloween in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌʁa.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌha.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ], /ˌʁɛ.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌhɛ.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌʁa.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌha.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ], /ˌʁɛ.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌhɛ.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˌʁa.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌχa.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ], /ˌʁɛ.lo(w)ˈĩ/ [ˌχɛ.lo(ʊ̯)ˈĩ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /a.lo(w)ˈwin/, /a.lo(w)ˈwi.nɨ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /a.lo(w)ˈwin/, /a.lo(w)ˈwi.nɨ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /a.lowˈwin/, /a.lowˈwi.nɨ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /a.loˈwin/, /a.loˈwi.nɨ/
* Rhymes: -ĩ, -in, -inɨ

### Proper noun

Halloween m
* Halloween (festival that takes place on October 31st, in which people dress up in ghostly costumes and use hollow pumpkins, with candles inside, to decorate houses, gardens, etc.)
    Synonym: Dia das Bruxas
    Coordinate term: Dia do Saci
** 1995 March, André Barcinski, quoting Supla, “Supla Legal”, Páginas Negras, in Trip, volume 8, number 41, Você ouve todos os estilos de rock ou é um daqueles punks ortodoxos?, page 7, column 2:Não, sempre tive a cabeça muito aberta. Acho que o artista tem que ser como uma esponja, e absorver tudo que está à sua volta. Outro dia, no Halloween, fui ver o Mercyful Fate (veterana banda de heavy metal) fantasiado de Super Supla...No, I've always been very open-minded. I think an artist must be like a sponge, and absorb everything around them. The other day, on Halloween, I went to watch Mercyful Fate (a veteran heavy metal band) dressed up as Super Supla...

### References

* “Halloween”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “Halloween”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

### Noun

Halloween n (uncountable)
* Halloween

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Halloween.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xaloˈwin/ [xa.loˈwĩn]
** Rhymes: -in
* IPA: /ˈxalowin/ [ˈxa.lo.wĩn]
** Rhymes: -alowin
* Syllabification: Ha‧llo‧ween

### Noun

Halloween m (plural Halloweens)
* Halloween (31st of October)