merrymaking

See also: merry-making

English

Alternative forms

merry-making

Etymology 1

merry +‎ making

Noun

merrymaking (usually uncountable, plural merrymakings)

Joyful festivities, especially as a celebration.

Translations

joyful festivities

Bulgarian: веселба (bg) f (veselba), увеселение (bg) n (uveselenie)
Catalan: revetlla (ca) f
Finnish: juhla (fi)
Galician: folía f, troula (gl) f, garula f, xolda (gl) f
German: Fest (de) n, Feier (de) f
Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí)
Hungarian: mulatság (hu), vigalom (hu), dínomdánom (hu)
Irish: siamsaíocht f
Italian: festività (it) f, ricorrenza (it) f
Korean: 잔치 (ko) (janchi)
Latin: cōmīssātiō f
Macedonian: ве́селба f (véselba), весе́лење n (vesélenje)
Portuguese: folia (pt) f, celebração (pt) f
Romanian: petrecere (ro) f
Spanish: verbena (es) f, celebración (es) f, fiesta (es) f, jolgorio (es) m, festejo (es) m
Swedish: lustifikation c, festlighet (sv) c

Etymology 2

merrymake +‎ -ing

Verb

merrymaking

present participle and gerund of merrymake

Anagrams

making merry

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