Singles' Day

See also: Singles Day, and Single's Day

English

11.11: 光棍节

Wikidata

Alternative forms

• Single's Day, Singles Day

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 光棍節／光棍节 (guānggùnjié). From being a day for single people who are not in a relationship, the complement of Valentine's Day. From Chinese slang for a bachelor without familial branches being a stick, and the set of ones in the date of 11/11 being a set of sticks, a set of singles. Originating at the University of Nanjing in the 1990s as Bachelors' Day, and popularized as a shopping event day by Alibaba in the 2000s.

Proper noun

Singles' Day (plural Singles' Days)

2. (holidays, countable) November 11th, a day for shopping and celebrating not being in a relationship, originating in China, the shopping event has spread worldwide.

Synonyms

• Anti-Valentine Day
• Anti-Valentine's Day
• Anti-Valentines' Day
• Anti-Valentines Day
• Bachelor Day
• Bachelors Day
• Bachelor's Day
• Bachelors' Day

 

Antonyms

• Valentine's Day
• White Day (Japan)

 

Hypernyms

• 11/11
• 11, 11
• 11,11
• 11-11
• 11.11

 

• 11 November
• 11, November
• 11th of November
• November 11
• November 11th

 

• celebration
• day
• holiday
• observance

 

Translations

a day for celebrating being single, a day for shopping, 11.11

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 光棍節／光棍节 (zh) (guānggùnjié), 雙11／双11, 雙十一／双十一 (zh) (Shuāngshíyī)

See also

other observances on 11 November

• Armistice Day
• Poppy Day
• Remembrance Day
• Veterans Day