Meaning of Christmas Eve | Babel Free
Definitions
- The evening before Christmas Day.
- The day before Christmas Day.
Equivalents
Ελληνικά
Παραμονή Χριστουγέννων
Suomi
jouluaatto
עברית
ערב חג המולד
日本語
クリスマスイブ
한국어
크리스마스이브
Nederlands
kerstavond
Polski
Wigilia
Русский
сочельник
Tiếng Việt
đêm Nô-en
Examples
“This Collect is to be repeated every day with the other Collects in Advent, until Christmas-Eve.”
“With trembling fingers did we weave The holly round the Chrismas hearth; A rainy cloud possess’d the earth, And sadly fell our Christmas-eve.”
“Why was the cock supposed to crow all Christmas Eve ("The bird of dawning singeth all night long")?”
“The family celebrated Christmas Eves together in the military stockade, sleeping on mattresses on the floor of Ninoy’s cell.”
“Brad led Matthew into the family room where they celebrated Christmas Eves and told Matthew, “Papa’s gone. He’s in heaven, and we’ll never see him again.””
“And I was mourning the future, too. That Wally wouldn’t spend Christmas Eves with both of his parents, dressed up like a Santa or a Christmas pudding, overindulged in the morning.”
“In 1965, all Coventry's banks closed at noon on Christmas Eve for the first time, to "enable bank staff to get away at a reasonable time". […] On Christmas Day itself there will be no trains, for recent experience has shown that few wish to travel then, even on services which had been drastically reduced: earlier closing of shops and offices on Christmas Eve is the chief reason for this change in the pattern of travel.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.