long weekend

English

Noun

long weekend (plural long weekends)

1. A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.

   Labor Day weekend is the long weekend that defines the end of Summer in the US.

   I took a long weekend with my wife when no one else had a holiday.

Derived terms

• May long weekend

Translations

weekend extended by one or more days off

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長週末／长周末 (chángzhōumò)

• Finnish: pitkä viikonloppu
• French: pont (fr) m
• Galician: ponte (gl) f
• German: Brückentag (de) m, Fenstertag (de) m (Austria), Zwickeltag (de) m (Austria)
• Hungarian: hosszú hétvége
• Italian: ponte (it) m
• Polish: długi weekend (pl) m
• Portuguese: ponte (pt) f
• Spanish: puente (es) m, sándwich (es) m (Chile)
• Swedish: långhelg (sv) c

See also

• public holiday
• bank holiday