Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

white day

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.37 in modern English

Syllables
white -day
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

14 March (one month after Valentine's Day), marked in Japan and some other Asian countries by men giving gifts (traditionally white in color) to the women who gave gifts to them on Valentine's Day.

Etymology

Calque of Japanese ホワイトデー (Howaito Dē), itself from English white day.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does white day mean?
14 March (one month after Valentine's Day), marked in Japan and some other Asian countries by men giving gifts (traditionally white in color) to the women who gave gifts to them on Valentine's Day.
Where does white day come from?
It is traced to English.

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