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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Saint Valentine's Day
- A holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love.
- Synonyms: Valentine's Day, Valentine's
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 273:Tomorrow is S. Valentines day, all in the morning betime, / And I a Maid at your Window, to be your Valentine.
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Translations
Saint Valentine's Day
- Albanian: dita e të dashuruarve
- Arabic: عِيد اَلْحُبّ m (ʕīd al-ḥubb, literally “festival of love”)
- Armenian: Սուրբ Վալենտինի օր (Surb Valentini ōr), Բոլոր սիրահարների օր (Bolor siraharneri ōr)
- Bikol Central: aldaw nin pagkamoot
- Catalan: dia de Sant Valentí m
- Chinese:
- Hakka: 情人節／情人节 (Chhìn-ngìn-chiet)
- Hokkien: 情人節／情人节 (Chêng-jîn-chiat, Chêng-lîn-chiat)
- Mandarin: 情人節／情人节 (zh) (Qíngrén-jié)
- Czech: Den svatého Valentýna (cs) m
- Danish: valentinsdag, Sankt Valentins dag
- Dinka: Aköl de Balentin
- Dutch: Valentijn (nl) m, valentijnsdag m
- Esperanto: Sankt-Valentena tago, Valentena Tago
- Estonian: sõbrapäev (et), valentinipäev
- Finnish: ystävänpäivä (fi)
- French: Saint-Valentin (fr) f
- Galician: Día de San Valentín m, Día dos Namorados
- Georgian: წმინდა ვალენტინის დღე (c̣minda valenṭinis dɣe), შეყვარებულების დღე (šeq̇varebulebis dɣe), სიყვარულის დღე (siq̇varulis dɣe), ვალენტინის დღე (valenṭinis dɣe), ვალენტინობა (valenṭinoba)
- German: Valentinstag (de) m
- Greek: Ημέρα του Αγίου Βαλεντίνου (Iméra tou Agíou Valentínou)
- Hindi: वेलेण्टाइन दिवस m (veleṇṭāin divas)
- Irish: Lá San Vailintín m, Lá Fhéile Vailintín m
- Italian: San Valentino m
- Japanese: バレンタインデー (ja) (Barentain-dē), バレンタイン (Barentain)
- Korean: 성 발렌타인 데이 (seong ballentain dei), 성 밸런타인 축일 (seong baelleontain chugil)
- Luxembourgish: Valentinsdag m
- Maltese: jum San Valentinu
- Navajo: Hajéí Béédahaniih, Ayóóʼádajóʼnínígíí Béédahaniih
- Norman: Saint Valentîn f (Jersey)
- Norwegian: valentinsdag m, Sankt Valentins dag m
- Persian: روز والنتین (ruz-e vâlentin)
- Polish: walentynki (pl) nvir, święto zakochanych n
- Portuguese: Dia de São Valentim m, Dia dos Namorados (pt) m
- Russian: день свято́го Валенти́на (ru) m (denʹ svjatóvo Valentína), день Валенти́на m (denʹ Valentína), день влюблённых m (denʹ vljubljónnyx, literally “lovers' day”)
- Scottish Gaelic: Là nam Pòg m
- Spanish: San Valentín m, Día de San Valentín m, Día de los Enamorados m
- Swahili: siku ya wapendanao
- Swedish: alla hjärtans dag (sv)
- Tagalog: araw ng mga puso
- Thai: วันวาเลนไทน์ (wan-waa-len-taai)
- Turkish: Sevgililer Günü
- Ukrainian: день свято́го Валенти́на m (denʹ svjatóho Valentýna), день Валенти́на m (denʹ Valentýna)
- Vietnamese: lễ Tình Nhân
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Further reading
Valentine's Day on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 