Halloween
Syllables: Hal·low·eenUK/ˌha.ləˈwiːn//ˌhæ.ləˈwiːn/
Halloween proper noun: 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.
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.
- 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 Halloween1987, Kai Hansen, "Halloween", Helloween, Keeper Of The Seven Keys: Part 1.
Halloween meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Halloween in Hindi
- October 31st
- हैलोवीन hailovīn
Halloween in Tamil
- October 31st
- ஆலோவீன் ālōvīṉ
Halloween in Marathi
- October 31st
- हॅलोवीन hĕlovīn
Halloween in Urdu
- October 31st
- ہالووین hālovīn
More languagesFewer languages
- Halloween in Bengali
- হ্যালোউইন hêlōuin, হ্যালোইন hêlōin
- Halloween in Telugu
- హాలోవీన్ hālōvīn
- Halloween in Malayalam
- ഹാലോവീൻ hālōvīṉ
- Halloween in Kannada
- ಹ್ಯಾಲೋವೀನ್ hyālōvīn
- Halloween in Punjabi
- ਹੈਲੋਵੀਨ hailovīn
- Halloween in Gujarati
- હેલોવીન helovīn
- Halloween in Sinhala
- හැලෝවීන් hælōwīn
- Halloween in Nepali
- हलोविन halovina, ह्यालविन hyālavina
- Halloween in Arabic
- هَالُوِين hāluwīn, عِيدُ جَمِيعِ القِدِّيسِين ʕīdu jamīʕi l-qiddīsīn
- Halloween in Persian
- هالووین hâluvin
- Halloween in Thai
- ฮาโลวีน haa-loo-wiin
- Halloween in Vietnamese
- Halloween
Forms of Halloween
| plural | Halloweens |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Hallowe'en |
| alternative form (archaic) | Halloweven |
Origin of Halloween
From a Scots 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/.
Words formed from Halloween
Phrases with Halloween
Words that rhyme with Halloween
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about Halloween
- What does Halloween mean?
- Halloween means 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.
- What is Halloween in Hindi?
- Halloween in Hindi is हैलोवीन (hailovīn). See Halloween meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Halloween?
- Halloween is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Halloween?
- Halloween is pronounced /ˌha.ləˈwiːn/ (UK).
Words near Halloween in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Halloween (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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