Good Friday

English

Etymology

From good (“holy”) — compare good tide to refer to Christmas or Shrovetide (e.g. Goodtyde and Gudtyde in some British dialects) — earlier Old English Langa-Friġedæġ (“Long Friday”).

Proper noun

Good Friday (plural Good Fridays)

1. (Christianity) The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified.

Synonyms

• Black Friday, Golden Friday, Great Friday, Holy Friday, Pasch of the Cross

Translations

The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified

• Afrikaans: Goeie Vrydag
• Arabic: الْجُمْعَة الْعَظِيمَة f (al-jumʿa al-ʿaẓīma); جُمْعَة الْآلَام f (jumʿat al-ʾālām),
• Aragonese: Viernes Santo m
• Armenian: Ավագ ուրբաթ (Avag urbatʻ)
• Basque: Ostiral Santua
• Breton: Gwener-ar-Groaz (br) m
• Bulgarian: Разпе́ти пе́тък m (Razpéti pétǎk)
• Catalan: Divendres Sant
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耶穌受難じゅなん節ぶし／耶稣受难节 (zh) (Yēsū Shòunànjié), 耶稣受难节 (zh) (Yēsū shòunànjié), 耶穌受難じゅなん日び／耶稣受难日び (Yēsū Shòunànrì), 耶稣受难日び (Yēsū shòunànrì), 受難じゅなん節ぶし／受难节 (Shòunànjié), 受难节 (shòunànjié)

• Czech: Velký pátek (cs) m
• Danish: langfredag (da) c
• Dutch: Goede Vrijdag (nl) m
• Elfdalian: launggfrjådag m
• Esperanto: Sankta Vendredo
• Estonian: suur reede
• Faroese: langafríggjadagur m
• Finnish: pitkäperjantai (fi)
• French: vendredi saint (fr) m
• Galician: Venres Santo m
• Georgian: დიდი პარასკევი (didi ṗarasḳevi)
• German: Karfreitag (de) m, Charfreitag m, Hoher Freitag m, Stiller Freitag m
• Greek: Μεγάλη Παρασκευή (el) f (Megáli Paraskeví)
• Greenlandic: tallimanngornersuaq, tallimanngortoq tannaartoq
• Guaraní: Arapoteĩ marangatu
• Hebrew: יום שישי הטוב m (yom shishi hatov)
• Hindi: गुड फ़्राइडे (guḍ frāiḍe), होली फ़्राइडे (holī frāiḍe)
• Hungarian: nagypéntek (hu)
• Icelandic: föstudagurinn langi (is) m
• Indonesian: Jum'at Agung
• Irish: Aoine an Chéasta f
• Italian: Venerdì Santo (it) m
• Japanese: 聖せい金曜日きんようび (せいきんようび, Sei-kinyōbi), 受難じゅなん日び (じゅなんび, Junanbi)
• Korean: 성 금요일 (seong geumyoil), 수난일 (ko) (sunanil)
• Latin: Diēs Passiōnis Dominī m, Parascēvē f (Late Latin)
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• Latvian: Lielā Piektdiena
• Limburgish: Goje Vriedig
• Lithuanian: Didysis Penktadienis
• Luxembourgish: Karfreideg m
• Malay: Jumaat Agung
• Maltese: Ġimgħa l-Kbira
• Manx: Jeheiney Chaisht
• Navajo: Ndaʼiiníísh Yáʼátʼéehii, Jesus Biʼdiisxínę́ędą́ą́ʼ Bééhániih
• Norman: Lé Véndrédi Saint m
• Northern Sami: guhkesbearjadat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: langfredag m

  Nynorsk: langfredag m

• Old English: Langa-Friġedæġ m
• Pennsylvania German: Karfreidaag
• Plautdietsch: Stelle Friedach f
• Polish: Wielki Piątek (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sexta-feira Santa (pt)
• Rhine Franconian: Kafreidag
• Romanian: Vinerea Mare (ro) f, Vinerea Patimilor (ro) f
• Romansch: venderdi sontg m
• Russian: Страстна́я пя́тница (ru) f (Strastnája pjátnica), Вели́кая пя́тница f (Velíkaja pjátnica)
• Scottish Gaelic: Dihaoine na Càisge m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Велики петак m

  Roman: Veliki petak (sh) m

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: śichy pětk m

  Upper Sorbian: wulki pjatk m, ćichi pjatk m

• Spanish: Viernes Santo (es) m
• Swahili: Ijumaa Kuu
• Swedish: långfredag (sv) c
• Tagalog: Biyernes Santo, Mahal na Araw
• Turkish: Kutsal Cuma
• Ukrainian: Страсна́ п'я́тниця f (Strasná pʺjátnycja)
• Vietnamese: Thứ sáu Tuần Thánh
• Walloon: Bon vénrdi (wa)
• Welsh: Dydd Gwener y Groglith m
• West Frisian: Goedfreed