Jubilee

See also: jubilee and jubilée

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew יוֹבֵל‎ (yovél, “ram's horn, shofar”), which was used for the proclamation of the year of Jubilee.

Noun

Jubilee (plural Jubilees)

(Jewish law) a year of rest, observed by the Israelites every 50 years
(in Roman Catholicism) a holy year when people are encouraged to make a pilgrimage to Rome
The Jubilee Line of the London Underground (named after the silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II).

Translations

a year of rest, observed by the Israelites every 50 years

Chinese:
Mandarin: 禧年, 聖年
German: Jobeljahr (de) n, Jubeljahr (de) n, Erlassjahr n, Erlaßjahr n (old spelling), Halljahr n
Hebrew: יוֹבֵל‎ (he) m (yovél), שְׁנַת הַיּוֹבֵל‎ f (sh'nat ha-yovél)

Hungarian: Jóbel-év
Japanese: 聖年 (seinen)
Old Armenian: յոբելեան (yobelean)

a holy year when people are encouraged to make a pilgrimage to Rome

German: Jubeljahr (de) n

Hungarian: jubileum (hu)

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