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 (countable and uncountable, 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.
- (Caribbean, uncountable) fried cornbread
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /fəs.tiˈval/
- (Central) IPA(key): /fəs.tiˈbal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /fes.tiˈval/
NounEdit
festival m (plural festivals)
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
festival m inan
- festival (an event or community gathering)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | festival | festivaly |
genitive | festivalu | festivalů |
dative | festivalu | festivalům |
accusative | festival | festivaly |
vocative | festivale | festivaly |
locative | festivalu, festivale | festivalech |
instrumental | festivalem | festivaly |
Further readingEdit
- festival in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- festival in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English festival, from Old French festival, from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
festival n (plural festivals, diminutive festivalletje n)
- A festival (festive event or gathering).
Derived termsEdit
- dorpsfestival
- festivalganger
- festivalisering
- festivalpubliek
- filmfestival
- kunstfestival
- muziekfestival
- songfestival
- theaterfestival
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English festival, from Old French festival.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
festival m (plural festivals)
Further readingEdit
- “festival” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English festival.
NounEdit
festival m (invariable)
- festival
- worker's festival
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin festivalis, via English festival
NounEdit
festival m (definite singular festivalen, indefinite plural festivaler, definite plural festivalene)
- a festival
ReferencesEdit
- “festival” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin festivalis, via English festival
NounEdit
festival m (definite singular festivalen, indefinite plural festivalar, definite plural festivalane)
- a festival
ReferencesEdit
- “festival” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French festival, ultimately from Latin fēstīvālis.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
festival m (plural festivais)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
festìvāl m (Cyrillic spelling фестѝва̄л)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | festìvāl | festivali |
genitive | festivála | festivala |
dative | festivalu | festivalima |
accusative | festival | festivale |
vocative | festivale | festivali |
locative | festivalu | festivalima |
instrumental | festivalom | festivalima |
See alsoEdit
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
festival m (plural festivales)
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French festival.
NounEdit
festival (definite accusative festivali, plural festivaller)