Hallowe'enとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Hallowe'en
• Halloweven (archaic)

語源

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 /ˈfɒ.lə/ and tallow /ˈtɒ.lə/.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌha.ləʊˈiːn/
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhɑ.ləˈwiːn/, /ˌhæ.loʊˈiːn/
• (Indic) IPA: /halo.win/
• 韻: -iːn
• ハイフネーション: Hal‧low‧een

固有名詞

Halloween (plural Halloweens)

1. 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

派生語

派生した語

• → Bulgarian: Хе́лоуин (Hélouin)
• → Hawaiian: Heleuī
• → Hebrew: ליל כל הקדושים (calque)
• → Hindi: हैलोवीन (hailovīn)
• → Japanese: ハロウィン, ハロウィーン
• → Malayalam: ഹാലോവീൻ (hālōvīṉ)
• → Māori: Harawīni
• → Russian: Хеллоуи́н (Xellouín)
  • → Bashkir: Хэллоуин (Xellowin)
  • → Tajik: Хеллоуин (Xellouyin)
  • → Tatar: Хэллоуин (Xellowwin)
• → Thai: ฮาโลวีน (haa-loo-wiin)
• → Ukrainian: Хеллові́н (Xellovín)

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