English
Etymology
Partial calque of German Walpurgisnacht.
Noun
Walpurgis night (plural Walpurgis nights)
- Walpurgisnacht ("Walpurga's night"), a feast of witchcraft in German folklore, observed on 30 April.
- (by extension) Any orgiastic or bacchanalian party.
Translations
feast of witchcraft in German folklore
- Danish: Valborgsaften
- Esperanto: Valpurga Nokto
- Estonian: volbriöö (et)
- French: Nuit de Walpurgis f
- German: Walpurgisnacht (de) f
- Greek: βαλπούργεια νύχτα (el) f (valpoúrgeia nýchta)
- Italian: Notte di Valpurga f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Valborgsnatten m, Valborgsnatta f
- Nynorsk: Valborgsnatta f
- Polish: Noc Walpurgi f
- Portuguese: Walpurgisnacht m or f, noite de Walpurgis f, noite de santa Valburga f
- Russian: Вальпургиева ночь f (Valʹpurgijeva nočʹ)
- Spanish: Noche de Walpurgis f
- Swedish: valborgsmässoafton (sv) c
- Ukrainian: Вальпургієву ніч f (Valʹpurhijevu nič)
- Volapük: el Walpurgisnacht, jimagivanazälaneit (vo), zälaneit jimagivanas
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