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Christmas

N คริสต์มาส เทศกาล เฉลิมฉลอง การ เกิด ของ พระเยซูคริสต์ ใน วันที่ 25 ธันวาคม ของ ทุกปี Christmastime Christmas Day krid-mad

christmas

N วัน คริสต์มาส (วัน ประสูติ ของ พระเยซู เทศกาล คริสต์มาส

christmastide

N เทศกาล คริสต์มาส Christmastime

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHRISTMAS

n. 1. The festival of the Christian church observed annually on the 25th day of December, in memory of the birth of Chris, and celebrated by a particular church service. The festival includes twelve days
2. Christmas-day.

CHRISTMAS-BOX

n.A box in which little presents are deposited at Christmas.

CHRISTMAS-DAY

n.The twenty fifth day of December, when Christmas is celebrated.

CHRISTMAS-FLOWER

CHRISTMAS-ROSE

n.A plant of the genus Helleborus, producing beautiful white flowers about Christmas.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHRISTMAS

Christ "mas, n. Etym: [Christ + mass. ]

Defn: An annual church festival (December 25 ) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. Christmas box. (a ) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b ) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. -- Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. -- Christmas day. Same as Christmas. -- Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas. -- Christmas fern (Bot. ), an evergreen North American fern (Aspidium acrostichoides ), which is much used for decoration in winter. -- Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. -- Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc. , and illuminated on Christmas eve.

CHRISTMASTIDE

Christ "mas *tide `, n. Etym: [Christmas + tide time. ]

Defn: The season of Christmas.

New American Oxford Dictionary

Christmas

Christ mas |ˈkrisməs ˈkrɪsməs | ▶noun ( pl. Christmases ) the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on December 25 in the Western Church. • the period immediately before and after December 25: we had guests over Christmas. ▶exclam. informal expressing surprise, dismay, or despair. DERIVATIVES Christ mas sy |-məsē |adjective ORIGIN Old English Crīstes mæsse (see Christ, Mass ).

Christmas beetle

Christ |mas bee ¦tle ▶noun any of a number of South African or Australian cicadas or beetles that are abundant or noticeable during the summer.

Christmas box

Christ |mas box ▶noun Brit. a present given at Christmas to tradespeople and employees.

Christmas cactus

Christ mas cac tus ▶noun a Brazilian cactus with branching stems of glossy green, flat, broad, tooth-edged sections, the tips of which bear long flowers, typically red or pink, with recurved outer petals. Christmas cacti are widely cultivated as houseplants. [Schlumbergera bridgesii (or Zygocactus bridgesii ), family Cactaceae. ]

Christmas cake

Christ |mas cake ▶noun Brit. a rich fruit cake covered with marzipan and icing, eaten at Christmas.

Christmas card

Christ mas card |ˈkrɪsməs ˌkɑrd | ▶noun a greeting card sent at Christmas.

Christmas Day

Christ mas Day ▶noun December 25, the day on which the festival of Christmas is celebrated.

Christmas disease

Christ |mas dis |ease |ˈkrɪsməsdɪziːz | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a form of haemophilia caused by deficiency of the blood-clotting factor IX rather than the more common factor VIII. ORIGIN 1950s: from the name of Stephen Christmas, the first patient examined in detail.

Christmas Eve

Christ mas Eve |ˈkrɪsməs ˈˌiv | ▶noun December 24, the day or evening before Christmas Day.

Christmas fern

Christ mas fern ▶noun an evergreen fern with dark green leathery fronds that grow in circular clumps from a central rootstock. [Polystichum acrostichoides, family Polypodiaceae. ]

Christmas flower

Christ |mas flower ▶noun S. African the hydrangea, which in South Africa blooms at Christmas.

Christmas Island

Christ mas Is land 1 an island in the Indian Ocean, 200 miles (350 km ) south of Java, administered as an external territory of Australia since 1958; pop. 1,400 (est. 2009 ). 2 former name (until 1981 ) of Kiritimati.

Christmas pudding

Christ |mas pud |ding ▶noun Brit. a rich boiled pudding eaten at Christmas, made with flour, suet, and dried fruit.

Christmas rose

Christ |mas rose ▶noun 1 a small white-flowered winter-blooming hellebore, grown as a houseplant. ●Helleborus niger, family Ranunculaceae. 2 S. African another term for Christmas flower.

Christmas stocking

Christ mas stock ing |ˈkrɪsməs ˌstɑkɪŋ | ▶noun a long sock or similar receptacle hung up by children on Christmas Eve for Santa Claus to fill with presents.

Christmas tree

Christ mas tree |ˈkrɪsməs ˌtri | ▶noun a real or artificial evergreen tree set up and decorated with lights and ornaments as part of Christmas celebrations.

Oxford Dictionary

Christmas

Christ |mas |ˈkrɪsməs | ▶noun ( pl. Christmases ) the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on 25 December in the Western Church. • the period immediately before and after 25 December: we had guests over Christmas. ▶exclamation informal expressing surprise, dismay, or despair. DERIVATIVES Christmassy adjective ORIGIN Old English Crīstes mæsse (see Christ, Mass ).

Christmas beetle

Christ |mas bee ¦tle ▶noun any of a number of South African or Australian cicadas or beetles that are abundant or noticeable during the summer.

Christmas box

Christ |mas box ▶noun Brit. a present given at Christmas to tradespeople and employees.

Christmas cactus

Christ |mas cac ¦tus ▶noun a South American cactus with flattened segmented stems and red, pink, or white flowers, grown as a houseplant. ●Schlumbergera bridgesii, family Cactaceae. ORIGIN so named because it flowers at about the northern midwinter.

Christmas cake

Christ |mas cake ▶noun Brit. a rich fruit cake covered with marzipan and icing, eaten at Christmas.

Christmas card

Christ |mas card ▶noun a greetings card sent at Christmas.

Christmas Day

Christ |mas Day ▶noun the day on which the festival of Christmas is celebrated, 25 December.

Christmas disease

Christ |mas dis |ease |ˈkrɪsməsdɪziːz | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a form of haemophilia caused by deficiency of the blood-clotting factor IX rather than the more common factor VIII. ORIGIN 1950s: from the name of Stephen Christmas, the first patient examined in detail.

Christmas Eve

Christ |mas Eve the day or the evening before Christmas Day, 24 December.

Christmas fern

Christ mas fern ▶noun an evergreen fern with dark green leathery fronds that grow in circular clumps from a central rootstock. [Polystichum acrostichoides, family Polypodiaceae. ]

Christmas flower

Christ |mas flower ▶noun S. African the hydrangea, which in South Africa blooms at Christmas.

Christmas Island

Christ |mas Is ¦land 1 an island in the Indian Ocean 350 km (200 miles ) south of Java, administered as an external territory of Australia since 1958; pop. 1,400 (est. 2009 ). 2 former name (until 1981 ) for Kiritimati.

Christmas pudding

Christ |mas pud |ding ▶noun Brit. a rich boiled pudding eaten at Christmas, made with flour, suet, and dried fruit.

Christmas rose

Christ |mas rose ▶noun 1 a small white-flowered winter-blooming hellebore, grown as a houseplant. ●Helleborus niger, family Ranunculaceae. 2 S. African another term for Christmas flower.

Christmas stocking

Christ |mas stock |ing ▶noun a long sock or similar receptacle hung up by children on Christmas Eve for Father Christmas to fill with presents.

Christmas tree

Christ |mas tree ▶noun an evergreen or artificial tree decorated with lights, tinsel, and other ornaments at Christmas.

Oxford Thesaurus

Christmas

Christmas noun Xmas, Noel; Indian Burra Din; Brit. informal Chrimbo, Chrissie; archaic Yule, Yuletide.

Duden Dictionary

Christmas-Carol

Christ mas-Ca rol , Christ mas ca rol Substantiv, Neutrum , das Christmascarol |ˈkrɪsməsˈkærəl ˈkrɪsməsˈkærəl |das Christmas-Carol; Genitiv: des Christmas-Carols, Plural: die Christmas-Carols das Christmascarol; Genitiv: des Christmascarols, Plural: die Christmascarols englisch volkstümliches englisches Weihnachtslied

Christmas-Pantomime

Christ mas-Pan to mime , Christ mas pan to mime Substantiv, feminin , die Christmaspantomime |ˈkrɪsməsˈpæntəmaɪm ˈkrɪsməsˈpæntəmaɪm |die Christmas-Pantomime; Genitiv: der Christmas-Pantomime, Plural: die Christmas-Pantomimes die Christmaspantomime; Genitiv: der Christmaspantomime, Plural: die Christmaspantomimes aus englisch Christmas pantomime »Weihnachtsspiel «in England zur Weihnachtszeit aufgeführtes burleskes Ausstattungsstück nach einem Thema aus Märchen, Sage und Geschichte

Spanish Dictionary

christmas

christmas nombre masculino Esp Tarjeta que se envía para felicitar la Navidad :su madre considera que a principios de diciembre ya se tienen que empezar a escribir los christmas .ETIMOLOGÍA Elisión del préstamo del inglés Christmas (card ), procedente del antiguo Cristemas, derivado de Cristes maesse ‘la fiesta de Cristo ’.Se pronuncia ‘crismas ’.El plural es christmas .

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Christmas

Christ mas /krɪ́sməs / (! Christ-のtは発音しない ) 〖Christ (キリストの )Mass (ミサ ); 〗→Christ 名詞 1 クリスマス , キリスト降誕祭 (Christmas Day ) 〘12月25日; 英国では四季支払日 (quarter days ) の1つ; →holiday 〙▸ a white [green ] Christmas 雪のある [雪のない ]クリスマスコミュニケーション A: (A ) merry [happy ] Christmas (to you )! クリスマスおめでとう .B: (The ) same to you! おめでとう .❢(1 )同じ (A ) merry [happy ] Christmas (to you )で返答することもある (→wish 他動詞 4 , same 代名詞成句 ). (2 )キリスト教徒以外に対する配慮からはHappy Holidays. などの表現が好ましいとされる .2 ＝Christmastime .3 〖形容詞的に〗クリスマスの ▸ the Christmas holidays [｟米｠vacation ]クリスマス休暇 ; (学校の )冬休み .～̀ b ó nus ｟英｠(年金生活者への )クリスマス特別給付金 .～́ b ò x ｟英｠クリスマス祝儀 [の贈り物 ](→Boxing Day ).～́ c à ke クリスマスケーキ .～́ c à rd クリスマスカード .～́ c à rol クリスマスキャロル〘クリスマスに歌われる奉祝歌〙.～́ Cl ù b ｟米｠クリスマスクラブ〘クリスマスに払い戻す定期預金〙.～́ cr à cker ｟英｠クリスマスクラッカー〘小さなプレゼント紙帽子などが飛び出す; 単にcrackerともいう〙.～̀ d í nner クリスマスディナー〘12月25日の昼にとり, 七面鳥が主料理, 最後に～ pudding 〙.～̀ É ve クリスマス前夜 [前日 ].～̀ p ú dding クリスマスプディング〘～ dinnerのデザート〙.～̀ st ó cking (贈り物を入れてもらう )クリスマスの靴下 .～́ tr è e クリスマスツリー .

Christmastide

Chr í stmas t ì de 名詞｟古｠＝Christmastime .

Christmastime

Chr í st mas t ì me 名詞クリスマス季節〘Christmas Eve (12月24日 )からNew Year's Day (1月1日 )まで; 英ではEpiphany (1月6日 )まで〙.