See also: Festival
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French festival, from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
festival (comparative more festival, superlative most festival)
- Pertaining to a feast or feast-day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
- the temple of the Gods [...] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
NounEdit
festival (plural festivals)
- An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.
- In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
celebration
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CzechEdit
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ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
festival m (invariable)
- festival
- worker's festival
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
- festivaliere
- festivaliero
PortugueseEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
festìvāl m (Cyrillic spelling фестѝва̄л)
DeclensionEdit
declension of festival
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | festìvāl | festivali |
| genitive | festivála | festivala |
| dative | festivalu | festivalima |
| accusative | festival | festivale |
| vocative | festivale | festivali |
| locative | festivalu | festivalima |
| instrumental | festivalom | festivalima |