festival

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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstəvəl/

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AdjectiveEdit

festival (comparative more festival, superlative most festival)

1. 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)

1. An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.
2. In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.

Related termsEdit

• festive
• festivities

TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

festival m

1. festival (an event or community gathering)

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Festival

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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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• Hyphenation: fes‧ti‧val

NounEdit

festival n (plural festivals, diminutive festivalletje n)

1. festival

Derived termsEdit

• filmfestival
• songfestival

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fɛs.ti.val/

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NounEdit

festival m (plural festivals)

1. festival

External linksEdit

• “festival” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

EtymologyEdit

From English festival.

NounEdit

festival m (invariable)

1. festival
2. worker's festival

SynonymsEdit

• mostra
• rassegna

Related termsEdit

• festivaliere
• festivaliero

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Festival

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin festivalis, via English festival

NounEdit

festival m (definite singular festivalen, indefinite plural festivaler, definite plural festivalene)

1. a festival

ReferencesEdit

• “festival” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

Festival

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin festivalis, via English festival

NounEdit

festival m (definite singular festivalen, indefinite plural festivalar, definite plural festivalane)

1. a festival

ReferencesEdit

• “festival” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

EtymologyEdit

From English festival.

NounEdit

festival m (plural festivais)

1. festival

NounEdit

festìvāl m (Cyrillic spelling фестѝва̄л)

1. festival

DeclensionEdit

See alsoEdit

• praznik

NounEdit

festival m (plural festivales)

1. festival

EtymologyEdit

From French festival.

NounEdit

festival

1. festival

SynonymsEdit

• şenlik