From good ( “ holy ” ) ; compare good tide to refer to Christmas or Shrovetide (e.g. Goodtyde and Gudtyde in some British dialects), Good Wednesday , and the Good Book to refer to the Bible. Earlier called Old English Langa-Friġedæġ ( “ Long Friday ” ) .
Good Friday (plural Good Fridays )
( Christianity ) The Friday before Easter Sunday , the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified .
1807 , [Germaine] de Staël Holstein , translated by D[ ennis] Lawler, “[ Book X. Holy week.] Chap[ ter] IV.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. [ … ] , volume III, London: [ … ] Corri, [ … ] ; and sold by Colburn, [ … ] , and Mackenzie, [ … ] , →OCLC , page 43 :But Good Friday soon restored to lord Nelville all those religious emotions, the want of which he so much regretted on the preceding days.
The Friday before Easter Sunday, the commemoration of the day on which Christ was crucified
Afrikaans: Goeie Vrydag
Arabic: الْجُمْعَة الْعَظِيمَة f ( al-jumʕa al-ʕaẓīma ) ; جُمْعَة الْآلَام f ( jumʕat al-ʔālām ) ,
Aragonese: Viernes Santo m
Armenian: Ավագ ուրբաթ ( Avag urbatʻ )
Basque: Ostiral Santua
Breton: Gwener-ar-Groaz (br) m
Bulgarian: Разпе́ти пе́тък m ( Razpéti pétǎk )
Catalan: Divendres Sant
Chinese:
Mandarin: 耶穌受難節 / 耶稣受难节 (zh) ( Yēsū shòunànjié ) , 耶穌受難日 / 耶稣受难日 ( Yēsū shòunànrì ) , 受難節 / 受难节 ( shòunànjié )
Czech: Velký pátek (cs) m
Danish: langfredag (da) c
Dutch: Goede Vrijdag (nl) m
Elfdalian: launggfrjådag m
Esperanto: Sankta Vendredo
Estonian: suur reede
Faroese: langafríggjadagur m
Finnish: pitkäperjantai (fi)
French: vendredi saint (fr) m
Galician: Venres Santo m
Georgian: დიდი პარასკევი ( didi ṗarasḳevi ) , წითელი პარასკევი ( c̣iteli ṗarasḳevi )
German: Karfreitag (de) m , Charfreitag m , Hoher Freitag m , Stiller Freitag m
Greek: Μεγάλη Παρασκευή (el) f ( Megáli Paraskeví )
Greenlandic: tallimanngornersuaq , tallimanngortoq tannaartoq
Guaraní: Arapoteĩ marangatu
Hebrew: יום שישי הטוב m ( yom shishi hatov )
Hindi: गुड फ़्राइडे ( guḍ frāiḍe ) , होली फ़्राइडे ( holī frāiḍe )
Hungarian: nagypéntek (hu)
Icelandic: föstudagurinn langi (is) m
Indonesian: Jumat Agung
Ingrian: Strastnoi Päätetsä
Irish: Aoine an Chéasta f
Italian: Venerdì Santo (it) m
Japanese: 聖金曜日 ( せいきんようび, Sei-kinyōbi ) , 受難日 ( じゅなんび, Junanbi )
Korean: 수난일 (ko) ( sunanil ) , 성금요일 ( seonggeumyoil ) ( used predominantly in the Roman Catholic church )
Jeju: 우순오리 ( usunori )
Latin: Diēs Passiōnis Dominī m , Parascēvē f ( Late Latin )
Latvian: Lielā Piektdiena
Limburgish: Goje Vriedig
Lithuanian: Didysis Penktadienis
Low German:
German Low German: Stillfreedag
Luxembourgish: Karfreideg m
Malay: Jumaat Agung
Malayalam: ദുഖഃവെള്ളി ( dukhaḥveḷḷi ) , ദുഃഖ വെള്ളി ( duḥkha veḷḷi )
Maltese: Ġimgħa l-Kbira
Manx: Jeheiney Chaisht
Navajo: Ndaʼiiníísh Yáʼátʼéehii , Jesus Biʼdiisxínę́ędą́ą́ʼ Bééhániih
Norman: Lé Véndrédi Saint m
Northern Sami: guhkesbearjadat
Norwegian:
Bokmål: langfredag m
Nynorsk: langfredag m
Occitan: Venredí Sant m
Old English: Langa-Friġedæġ m
Pennsylvania German: Karfreidaag
Plautdietsch: Stelle Friedach f
Polish: Wielki Piątek (pl) m
Portuguese: Sexta-feira Santa (pt)
Rhine Franconian: Kafreidag
Romanian: Vinerea Mare (ro) f , Vinerea Patimilor (ro) f
Romansch: venderdi sontg m
Russian: Страстна́я пя́тница (ru) f ( Strastnája pjátnica ) , Вели́кая пя́тница f ( Velíkaja pjátnica )
Sardinian: Vennerì Santu m , Vennerì de Passione m , Vennerì de Cruce m , Vennerì de Morti m , Vennerì de Is Misterius m
Scottish Gaelic: Dihaoine na Càisge m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Велики петак m
Roman: Veliki petak (sh) m
Slovak: Veľký piatok m
Slovene: Veliki petek m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: śichy pětk m
Upper Sorbian: wulki pjatk m , ćichi pjatk m
Spanish: Viernes Santo (es) m
Swahili: Ijumaa Kuu
Swedish: långfredag (sv) c
Tagalog: Biyernes Santo
Turkish: Kutsal Cuma
Ukrainian: Страсна́ п'я́тниця f ( Strasná pʺjátnycja )
Vietnamese: Thứ sáu Tuần Thánh
Walloon: Bon vénrdi (wa)
Welsh: Dydd Gwener y Groglith m , Gwener y Groglith m
West Frisian: Goedfreed