homecoming

English

Etymology

From Middle English hom-comyng, home komyng, home-cumyng, home-commynge, equivalent to home +‎ coming. Probably an alteration of earlier Middle English hom-come, homkome, hame-come, ham-cume, from Old English hāmcyme (“homecoming; return”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊmˌkʌmɪŋ/

Noun

homecoming (plural homecomings)

The act or event of returning home.
His homecoming was saddened by the news of his mother's death the day before.
(Canada, US, also attributive) In colleges and high schools, a tradition centred around a football game, a parade and the "coronation" of a Homecoming Queen.
Many alumni come back for homecoming, and many freshmen are advised to flee.

homecoming ball

homecoming game

Translations

the act of returning home

Chinese:
Mandarin: 回鄉 (zh), 回乡 (zh) (huíxiāng), 歸國 (zh), 归国 (zh) (guīguó)
Czech: návrat domů m
Dutch: thuiskomst (nl) f
Esperanto: reveno
Estonian: koolipidustused
Finnish: kotiinpaluu
French: retour (fr) m
German: Heimkehr (de) f, Heimkunft (de) f, Rückkehr (de) f
Greek: νόστος (el) m (nóstos)

Hungarian: hazatérés (hu)
Japanese: 帰省 (ja) (きせい, kisei), 帰宅 (きたく, kitaku), 帰国 (ja) (きこく, kikoku)
Korean: 귀가 (ko) (gwiga), 귀국 (ko) (gwiguk)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hjemkomst m
Russian: возвраще́ние домо́й n (vozvraščénije domój), возвраще́ние на ро́дину n (vozvraščénije na ródinu)
Spanish: regreso a casa m
Swedish: hemkomst (sv) c, återkomst (sv) c

tradition in colleges and highschools

Swedish: hemvändardag c