different between holiday vs ferial

English

Etymology

From Middle English halyday, holyday, halidei, hali?dei, from Old English h?li?dæ? (“holy day, Sabbath”), equivalent to holy +? day. Compare West Frisian hjeldei (“holiday”), Danish helligdag (“holiday”), Norwegian helligdag (“holiday”), Swedish helgdag (“holiday, feast”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?l?de?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?l??de?/

Noun

holiday (plural holidays)

1. A day on which a festival, religious event, or national celebration is traditionally observed.

   Synonyms: feast day, holy day

2. A day declared free from work by the state or government.

   Synonyms: (UK) bank holiday, national holiday

3. (chiefly Britain, Australia) A period of one or more days taken off work for leisure and often travel; often plural.

   Synonyms: leave, time off, (US) vacation; see also Thesaurus:vacation
4. (chiefly Britain, Australia) A period during which pupils do not attend their school; often plural; rarely used for students at university (usually: vacation).

   Synonym: (US) vacation

5. (finance) A period during which, by agreement, the usual payments are not made.

6. A gap in coverage, e.g. of paint on a surface, or sonar imagery.

   Synonym: lacuna

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

holiday (third-person singular simple present holidays, present participle holidaying, simple past and past participle holidayed) (chiefly Britain)

1. To take a period of time away from work or study.
2. (Britain) To spend a period of time for travel.

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References

Anagrams

• hyaloid, hyoidal

Middle English

Noun

holiday

1. Alternative form of halyday

English

Etymology

From Old French ferial or Medieval Latin f?ri?lis, from Latin f?ria (“weekday”) (whence the first sense), f?riae (“holidays”) (whence the second).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f????l/

Adjective

ferial (not comparable)

1. (ecclesiastical) Pertaining to an ordinary weekday, rather than a festival or fast.
2. Jovial, festive, as if pertaining to a holiday.
   • 1922, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow, page 274:

     [They] dance within the magic shade

     That makes them drunken, merry, and strong

     To laugh and sing their ferial song :

     'Free, free . . . !'

Translations

Noun

ferial (plural ferials)

1. (ecclesiastical) A feria.

Anagrams

• A-lifer, failer, farlie, fraile

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fe??i?a?l]
• Hyphenation: fe?ri?al
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

ferial (not comparable)

1. (Austria, dated) ferial (pertaining to a holiday)

Declension

Further reading

• “ferial” in Duden online

Old French

Adjective

ferial m (oblique and nominative feminine singular feriale)

1. ferial (pertaining to a holiday)

Spanish

Adjective

ferial (plural feriales)

1. ferial, on a weekday