HOW TO PRONOUNCE
samhain
/ˈsaʊ.wən/
IPA accent not specified by source
Press play to hear how to pronounce samhain.
American Pronunciation Guide · 0:29
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does samhain mean?
proper noun
- A holiday, falling on the night of 31 October to 1 November, mentioned in Early Irish literature and celebrated by modern neo-pagans as the beginning of winter and the new year, and a time during which the spirits of the dead could return to the earth.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˈsaʊ.wən/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈsaʊ.wɪn//ˈsæm.heɪn/
These alternatives are not labeled by regional accent.
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
No suitable book passage is available for this word yet.