ハロウィン
解説 Definition
Halloween は、毎年10月31日に行われる行事「ハロウィン」を指します。仮装、かぼちゃの飾り、子どもがお菓子をもらう習慣などで知られています。
Halloween is an annual observance on October 31, widely associated with costumes, carved pumpkins, parties, and children asking for treats. As the name of a particular holiday or occasion, it is normally written with an initial capital letter.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Halloween は「ハロウィン」とそのまま音で入りやすい語ですが、覚えるなら hallow（聖なるもの）+ eve（前夜）を思い出すとよいです。All Hallows’ Eve、つまり「諸聖人の日の前夜」が縮まったもの。出口の exit とはまったく別で、ex- + it の分解はここでは使いません。10月31日の仮装やかぼちゃの行事として、前夜祭の名前だと押さえると定着します。
Remember Halloween through its older full expression, All Hallows’ Eve: hallow refers to a holy person or saint, and eve means the evening before a special day. Halloween was therefore named as the evening before All Saints’ Day. This connection gives the spelling a meaningful structure instead of treating it only as a borrowed sound. In modern contexts, picture October 31, costumes, carved pumpkins, and children asking for candy. Also remember to capitalize Halloween because it is the name of a particular annual observance, just as other named holidays are capitalized.
例文
Halloween is on October 31.
ハロウィンは10月31日です。
The children wore costumes for Halloween.
子どもたちはハロウィンのために仮装しました。
We put a pumpkin by the door for Halloween.
私たちはハロウィン用に玄関のそばにかぼちゃを置きました。
halloween の類義語・関連語
halloween の語源・成り立ち Etymology
Halloween は All Hallows’ Even / Eve（諸聖人の日の前夜）が縮まった語です。hallow は古英語由来で「聖人・神聖なもの」、even は「夕べ」を表します。つまり本来は宗教行事の前夜を指す名で、現在の仮装やかぼちゃの行事名にもつながっています。holy や hallow が同系語です。
Halloween is a shortened form of All Hallows’ Even or All Hallows’ Eve, meaning the evening before All Hallows’ Day, another name for All Saints’ Day. Hallow, from Old English, refers to a holy person or saint, while even was an older word for “evening.” Forms such as Hallowe’en preserve an apostrophe marking omitted letters. The historical religious name later became associated with the customs now widely observed on October 31, including costumes, pumpkins, and collecting treats.
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