bpnne Saint-Nicolas, bonne fête de Saint-Nicolas
"Saint Martin" is an English equivalent of the French name St Martin. The abbreviation St stands for "saint." The pronunciation will be "seh mar-teh" in French.
There is no Saint Colin. There are two origins for the name "Colin". The first is as the English spelling for the Gaelic name Cailean (alternative English spellings are Cailin, Caelan and Callan). There is no Saint Cailean. The other origin of the name "Colin" is from French, as the diminuitive of "Nicholas". There is indeed a very famous saint by the name of Nicholas. This is Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, 270-343 AD. His relics are in Bari, Italy where they were translated from Myra (in modern day Turkey) in 1087. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of children and of sailors, as well as the cities of Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Liverpool and Lorraine. His feast day is 6 December.
Father Christmas in English Pere Noel in French etc Maybe also Saint Nicholas
Nicholas. Claus is a German nickname for Nicholas. They called him Santa Claus while in English he was properly called Saint Nicholas. The Americans adopted the German nickname for him. The English called him "Father Christmas".
Saint Nicholas. :)
St. Nicholas is the saint. When spoken/translated from German, it sounded a lot like Santa Claus. St. Nicholas made a practice of giving gifts to the poor.
"Jump Saint Mary" can be translated to French as "Sauter Sainte Marie."
"Happy Saint Valentine's Day!" in English means Buon San Valentino! in English.
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SaintSankt Nikolaus - Saint Nicholas
Repas brasserie au Saint Amour is a literal French equivalent of the English phrase "Brasserie fare at Le Saint Amour." The pronunciation of the bar-restaurant dining-related prepositional phrase -- which references French Canada's famed Le Saint Amour ("The Holy Love," "The Saintly Love") in Old Québec -- will be pronounced "ruh-pa brah-sree oh seh-a-moor" in French.