long weekend

English

Noun

long weekend (plural long weekends)

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

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