"VE Day" meaning in English

See VE Day in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /viː.iː ˈdeɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /vi.i ˈdeɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-VE Day.wav Forms: V-E Day [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: Initialism of victory (in) Europe + day. Etymology templates: {{initialism|en|victory (in) Europe}} Initialism of victory (in) Europe Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=VE Day}} VE Day
  1. Short for Victory in Europe Day: the date 8 May 1945 when Germany unconditionally surrendered its armed forces to the Allies, bringing World War II to an end; and each anniversary commemorating that date. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Victory in Europe Day (extra: the date 8 May 1945 when Germany unconditionally surrendered its armed forces to the Allies, bringing World War II to an end; and each anniversary commemorating that date) Related terms: VJ Day, VP Day, D-Day, X-Day, Y-Day Translations (Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date): يوم النصر في أوروبا (Arabic), Հաղթանակի օրը Եվրոպայում (Haġtʻanaki ōrə Evropayum) (Armenian), Денят на Победата (Denjat na Pobedata) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Dia de la Victòria a Europa [masculine] (Catalan), VE-dag [common-gender] (Danish), V-dag [masculine] (Dutch), Bevrijdingsdag [masculine] (Dutch), voitonpäivä (Finnish), día da Vitoria en Europa [masculine] (Galician), ევროპაში გამარჯვების დღე (evroṗaši gamarǯvebis dɣe) (Georgian), VE-Day [masculine, uncommon] (German), יום הניצחון באירופה (Hebrew), Sigurdagurinn í Evrópu [masculine] (Icelandic), Hari Kemenangan di Eropa (Indonesian), Lá an Bhua san Eoraip [masculine] (Irish), giornata della vittoria in Europa [masculine] (Italian), ヨーロッパ戦勝記念日 (Yōroppa senshi youkinenbi) (alt: ヨーロッパせんしょうきねんび) (Japanese), 유럽 전승 기념일 (yureop jeonseung ginyeomil) (Korean), Eiropas uzvaras diena [feminine] (Latvian), Hari Kemenangan di Eropa (Malay), VE-dagen [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Frigjeringsdagen [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), روز پیروزی در اروپا (Persian), Narodowy Dzień Zwycięstwa [masculine] (Polish), Dia da Vitória na Europa [masculine] (Portuguese), Ziua Victoriei în Europa [feminine] (Romanian), День Победы в Европе (Denʹ Pobedy v Jevrope) (Russian), Dan zmage v Evropi [masculine] (Slovene), Día de la Victoria en Europa [masculine] (Spanish), วันชัยในทวีปยุโรป (Thai), День Перемо́ги в Євро́пі (Denʹ Peremóhy v Jevrópi) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Ngày Chiến thắng (Vietnamese)

Alternative forms

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          "Germany"
        ],
        [
          "unconditionally",
          "unconditionally"
        ],
        [
          "surrendered",
          "surrender#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "armed forces",
          "armed forces"
        ],
        [
          "Allies",
          "Allies"
        ],
        [
          "bringing",
          "bring#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "World War II",
          "World War II"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "anniversary",
          "anniversary"
        ],
        [
          "commemorating",
          "commemorate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/viː.iː ˈdeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vi.i ˈdeɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "يوم النصر في أوروبا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Haġtʻanaki ōrə Evropayum",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "Հաղթանակի օրը Եվրոպայում"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Denjat na Pobedata",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Денят на Победата"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dia de la Victòria a Europa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "第二次世界大戰歐戰勝利紀念日 /第二次世界大战欧战胜利纪念日 (Dì-èr Cì Shìjiè Dàzhàn Ōuzhàn shènglì jìniànrì, literally “Second World War European War Victory Anniversary Date”)",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "VE-dag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "V-dag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bevrijdingsdag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "voitonpäivä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "día da Vitoria en Europa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "evroṗaši gamarǯvebis dɣe",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "ევროპაში გამარჯვების დღე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "VE-Day"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "יום הניצחון באירופה"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sigurdagurinn í Evrópu"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "Hari Kemenangan di Eropa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lá an Bhua san Eoraip"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "giornata della vittoria in Europa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ヨーロッパせんしょうきねんび",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Yōroppa senshi youkinenbi",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "ヨーロッパ戦勝記念日"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yureop jeonseung ginyeomil",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "유럽 전승 기념일"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Eiropas uzvaras diena"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "Hari Kemenangan di Eropa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "VE-dagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Frigjeringsdagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "روز پیروزی در اروپا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Narodowy Dzień Zwycięstwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dia da Vitória na Europa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ziua Victoriei în Europa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Denʹ Pobedy v Jevrope",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "День Победы в Европе"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dan zmage v Evropi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Día de la Victoria en Europa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "วันชัยในทวีปยุโรป"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Denʹ Peremóhy v Jevrópi",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "День Перемо́ги в Євро́пі"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Victory in Europe Day; and each anniversary commemorating that date",
      "word": "Ngày Chiến thắng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "VE Day"
}

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