Vianoce

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from German Weihnachten (“Christmas”) by phonetisation of the first part of the word and translating the second part of the word, Nacht (“night”) to noc (“night”), like in Czech.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvi̯anɔt͡sɛ/

Proper noun

Vianoce f pl (genitive singular Vianoc) (plural only)

  1. Christmas

Declension
Declension of Vianoce
plurale tantum
nominative Vianoce
genitive Vianoc
dative Vianociam
accusative Vianoce
locative Vianociach
instrumental Vianocami

Derived terms
  • vianočka
  • vianočný

See also

References
  1. Jiří Rejzek. Český etymologický slovník. Leda, 2001.

Further reading
  • “Vianoce”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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