"long weekend" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: long weekends [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Derived forms: May long weekend Related terms: public holiday, bank holiday Translations (weekend extended by one or more days off): 長週末 (Chinese Mandarin), 长周末 (chángzhōumò) (Chinese Mandarin), pitkä viikonloppu (Finnish), pont [masculine] (French), ponte [feminine] (Galician), Brückentag [masculine] (German), Fenstertag [Austria, masculine] (German), Zwickeltag [Austria, masculine] (German), hosszú hétvége (Hungarian), ponte [masculine] (Italian), długi weekend [masculine] (Polish), ponte [feminine] (Portuguese), puente [masculine] (Spanish), sándwich [Chile, masculine] (Spanish), långhelg [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-long_weekend-en-noun-x--Ss2KC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "långhelg"
        }
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      "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
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    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ponte"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ponte"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sándwich"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "weekend extended by one or more days off",
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      "word": "långhelg"
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