festival

See also: Festival

EnglishEdit

English Wikipedia has an article on:

festival

Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

From Old French festival, from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstəvəl/
Audio (US)
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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 [...].

NounEdit

festival (plural festivals)

(biblical) A feast or feast day.
- Deuteronomy 16:16 ((Can we date this quote by Holman Christian Standard Bible and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?))
  ¹⁶ All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.
An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.
The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
(Caribbean, Jamaican) fried cornbread

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TranslationsEdit

event or community gathering

Afrikaans: fees (af)
Albanian: festival (sq) m, festë (sq) f
Arabic: عِيد‎ (ar) m (ʿīd)
Armenian: տոն (hy) (ton), փառատոն (hy) (pʿaṙaton)
Azerbaijani: festival, bayram (az)
Bashkir: байрам (bayram)
Basque: jai
Belarusian: фестыва́ль m (fjestyválʹ), свя́та n (svjáta)
Bengali: উৎসব (bn) (utśôb)
Bulgarian: пра́зненство (bg) n (práznenstvo), фестива́л (bg) m (festivál), пра́зник (bg) m (práznik)
Burmese: ပွဲတော် (my) (pwai:tau), ပွဲ (my) (pwai:)
Chamicuro: meesa
Chinese:
Mandarin: 節慶 (zh), 节庆 (zh) (jiéqìng), 節日 (zh), 节日 (zh) (jiérì), 節 (zh), 节 (zh) (jié), 會演 (zh), 会演 (zh) (huìyǎn), 匯演 (zh), 汇演 (zh) (huìyǎn)
Czech: festival (cs), svátek (cs) m
Danish: festival c
Dutch: festival (nl) n, feest (nl) n
Egyptian:

(ḥꜣb)
Esperanto: festivalo
Estonian: pidustused pl, festival (et)
Faroese: hátíð f
Finnish: juhlat (fi) pl, festivaali (fi)
French: festival (fr) m, fête (fr) f
Galician: festival m, festa (gl) f
Georgian: ფესტივალი (pesṭivali), ფესტი (pesṭi), დღესასწაული (dɣesasc̣auli)
German: Festival (de) n, Fest (de) n
Alemannic German: Fäscht n
Greek: φεστιβάλ (el) (festivál)
Ancient: πανήγυρις f (panḗguris)
Gujarati: ઓચ્છવ (gu) m (occhav), મહોચ્છવ m (mahocchav)
Hebrew: פֶסטִיבָל‎ (he) m (festivál), חַג‎ (he) m (khag)
Hindi: त्योहार (hi) m (tyohār), उत्सव (hi) m (utsav), पर्व (hi) m (parv)
Hungarian: fesztivál (hu), ünnepség (hu)
Icelandic: hátíð (is) f
Ido: festivalo (io)
Indonesian: festival (id), pesta (id), perayaan (id)
Irish: fleá f
Italian: festival (it), mostra (it), rassegna (it), sagra (it) f
Japanese: 祭り (ja) (まつり, matsuri), 祭典 (ja) (さいてん, saiten), 祝祭 (ja) (しゅくさい, shukusai)
Jingpho: poi
Kazakh: мейрам (meyram), мереке (kk) (mereke), фестиваль (festïvalʹ)
Khmer: បុណ្យ (km) (bon), មហោស្រព (km) (mĕəʼhaosrɑp)
Korean: 축제 (ko) (chukje) (祝祭 (ko)), 축일 (ko) (chugil)
Kyrgyz: майрам (ky) (mayram), фестиваль (ky) (festivalʹ)
Lao: ງັນ (ngan), ງານ (ngān), ມະຫະກຳ (ma ha kam), ງານບຸນ (ngān bun), ກອງບຸນ (kǭng bun), ມື້ພັກ (lo) (mư̄ phak)

Latin: feria, festum, festivitas f
Latvian: festivāls m, svētki
Lithuanian: festivalis m, šventė (lt) f
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: фестивал m (festival), празник m (praznik)
Malay: perayaan, festival
Malayalam: ഉത്സവം (ml) (utsavaṃ), മേള (ml) (mēḷa), പെരുന്നാൾ (ml) (perunnāḷ)
Manx: ard-laa m
Maori: taiopenga, hui taurima
Mongolian: баяр ёслол (bayar yoslol)
Mòcheno: fest n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: festival m

Nynorsk: festival m
Pali: mahussava
Pashto: عيد‎ (ps) m (id), جشن‎ (ps) m (ǰašᶕn), فستيوال‎ m (festiwãl)
Persian: جشنواره‎ (fa) (jašnvâre), فستیوال‎ (fa) (festivâl), عید‎ (fa) (eyd, id), جشن‎ (fa) (jašn)
Polish: festiwal (pl) m, święto (pl) n
Portuguese: festival (pt)
Quechua: raymi (qu)
Romanian: festival (ro) n
Russian: фестива́ль (ru) m (festiválʹ), пра́здник (ru) m (prázdnik), пра́зднество (ru) n (prázdnestvo)
Sanskrit: उत्सव (sa) m (utsava), महोत्सव (sa) m (mahotsava)
Scottish Gaelic: féill f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фестивал m, празник m

Roman: festival (sh) m, praznik (sh) m
Shan: ပွႆး (shn) (póay)
Slovak: festival (sk) m, sviatok m
Slovene: festival (sl) m, praznik (sl) m
Spanish: festival m
Swahili: tamasha (sw)
Swedish: festival (sv) c
Tajik: ид (tg) (id), фестивал (festival), ҷашн (tg) (jašn)
Tatar: бәйрәм (tt) (bäyräm)
Telugu: పండుగ (te) (paṇḍuga)
Thai: งานฉลอง (ngaan-chà-lɔ̌ɔng), มหกรรม (th) (má-hà-gam)
Tibetan: དུས་ཆེན (dus chen)
Turkish: festival (tr), şenlik (tr), bayram (tr)
Turkmen: festiwal, baýram (tk)
Ukrainian: фестива́ль m (festyválʹ), свя́то n (svjáto)
Urdu: تہوار‎
Uyghur: بايرام‎ (bayram), فېستىۋال‎ (fëstiwal)
Uzbek: festival (uz), bayram (uz)
Vietnamese: ngày hội, đại hội liên hoan, hội diễn (vi), lễ hội (vi)
Welsh: gŵyl (cy) m or f
White Hmong: rooj noj mov
Yiddish: יאָמטעוו‎ (yomtev)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /fəs.tiˈval/
(Central) IPA^(key): /fəs.tiˈbal/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /fes.tiˈval/

NounEdit

festival m (plural festivals)

festival

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English festival

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈfɛstɪval]
Hyphenation: fe‧s‧ti‧val

NounEdit

festival m inan

festival (an event or community gathering)

DeclensionEdit

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	festival	festivaly
genitive	festivalu	festivalů
dative	festivalu	festivalům
accusative	festival	festivaly
vocative	festivale	festivaly
locative	festivalu, festivale	festivalech
instrumental	festivalem	festivaly

DutchEdit

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

festival

Wikipedia ^nl

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English festival, from Old French festival, from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”).

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛs.tiˌvɑl/
Audio
(file)
Hyphenation: fes‧ti‧val

NounEdit

festival n (plural festivals, diminutive festivalletje n)

A festival (festive event or gathering).

Derived termsEdit

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English festival, from Old French festival.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /fɛs.ti.val/
Audio
(file)
Audio (Paris)
(file)

NounEdit

festival m (plural festivals)

festival

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English festival.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛs.ti.val/, (traditional) /fes.tiˈval/^[1]

NounEdit

festival m (invariable)

festival
worker's festival

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ReferencesEdit

^ festival in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

festival

Wikipedia ^no

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

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

festival

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fəʃ.tiˈval/

NounEdit

festival m (plural festivais)

festival

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French festival.

NounEdit

festival n (plural festivaluri)

festival

DeclensionEdit

Declension of festival

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) festival	festivalul	(niște) festivaluri	festivalurile
genitive/dative	(unui) festival	festivalului	(unor) festivaluri	festivalurilor
vocative	festivalule		festivalurilor

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NounEdit

festìvāl m (Cyrillic spelling фестѝва̄л)

festival

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

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NounEdit

festival m (plural festivales)

festival

TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French festival.

NounEdit

festival (definite accusative festivali, plural festivaller)

festival

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şenlik

[1] stival in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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festival

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