Meanings
nounThe Twelve Days of Christmas
- The season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany; Christmas season, Christmas time, Christmastide, Twelvetide. The Christmas season traditionally ended with the feast of the Epiphany on January 6.
- An 18th-century English Christmas carol which describes a series of successively grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.
Synonyms: Christmas season, Christmastide, Christmas time, Twelvetide
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn 18th-century English Christmas carol which describes a series of successively grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas.
Translations
Arabic اِثْنَا عَشَر يَوْمَا مِن عِيد الْمِيلَاد
- اِثْنَا عَشَر يَوْمَا مِن عِيد الْمِيلَاد (iṯnā ʕašar yawmā min ʕīd al-mīlād)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Bengali বড়দিনের বারো দিন
- বড়দিনের বারো দিন (boṛdiner barō din)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Finnish joulunaika
- joulunaikathe season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
French Douze jours de Noël
- Douze jours de Noëlthe season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
German zwölf Weihnachtstage, die Zwölften
- zwölf Weihnachtstagethe season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
- die Zwölftenthe season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Greek Δώδεκα ημέρες των Χριστουγέννων
- Δώδεκα ημέρες των Χριστουγέννων (Dódeka iméres ton Christougénnon)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Hindi क्रिस्मस के बारह दिन
- क्रिस्मस के बारह दिन (krismas ke bārah din)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Italian Dodici giorni di Natale
- Dodici giorni di Natalethe season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Japanese クリスマスの十二日間
- クリスマスの十二日間the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Korean 크리스마스의 열두 일
- 크리스마스의 열두 일 (keuriseumaseuui yeoldu il)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Polish dwanaście dni Świąt Bożego Narodzenia
- dwanaście dni Świąt Bożego Narodzeniathe season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Portuguese Doze dias de natal
- Doze dias de natalthe season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Russian свя́тки, Рожде́ственские свя́тки
- свя́тки (svjátki)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
- Рожде́ственские свя́тки (Roždéstvenskije svjátki)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
- Двена́дцать дней Рождества́ (Dvenádcatʹ dnej Roždestvá)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
- коля́ды (koljády)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
- святы́е дни (svjatýje dni)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
- святы́е (svjatýje)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Spanish Doce días de Natal
- Doce días de Natalthe season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
Ukrainian свя́тки
- свя́тки (svjátky)the season or time made up of the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany
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APA
Twelve Days of Christmas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Twelve%20Days%20of%20Christmas
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Chicago
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