festival

See also: Festival

EnglishEdit

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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 [...].

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

Afrikaans: fees
Arabic: عيد m (ʿīd)
Armenian: տոն (ton), փառատոն (pʿaṙaton)
Basque: jai
Bulgarian: празненство (bg) n (práznestvo), фестивал (bg) m (festivál)
Chamicuro: meesa
Chinese:
Mandarin: 節慶 (zh), 节庆 (jiéqìng), 節日 (zh), 节日 (jiérì), 節 (zh), 节 (zh) (jié), 會演 (zh), 会演 (zh) (huìyǎn), 匯演 (zh), 汇演 (zh) (huìyǎn)
Czech: festival
Danish: festival c
Dutch: festival (nl) n
Esperanto: festivalo
Finnish: festivaali (fi)
French: festival (fr) m
Georgian: ფესტივალი (p’estivali)
German: Festival (de) n
Greek: φεστιβάλ (el) (festivál)
Hindi: त्योहार (tyōhār), उत्सव (utsav), पर्व (parva)
Irish: fleá f
Italian: mostra (it), rassegna (it), festival (it)
Japanese: 祭り (まつり, matsuri), 祭典 (ja) (さいてん, saiten), 祝祭 (ja) (しゅくさい, shukusai)

Korean: 축제 (ko) (chukje) (祝祭 (ko))
Latin: feria, festum, festivitas f
Manx: ard-laa m
Maori: taiopenga, hui taurima
Norwegian: festival m
Persian: جشنواره (fa) (jašnvâre), فستیوال (fa) (festivâl)
Polish: festiwal (pl) m
Portuguese: festival (pt)
Russian: фестиваль (ru) m (festiválʹ), праздник (ru) m (prázdnik), празднество (ru) n (prázdnestvo)
Sanskrit: महोत्सव (mahotsava)
Scottish Gaelic: féill f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фестивал m, празник m

Roman: festival m, praznik m
Spanish: festival m
Swahili: tamasha (sw)
Swedish: festival (sv) c
Telugu: పండుగ (te) (panDuga)
Thai: งานฉลอง (ngaan chà-lŏng), มหกรรม (má-hà-gam)
Turkish: festival (tr), şenlik (tr)
Vietnamese: ngày hội, đại hội liên hoan, hội diễn (vi)
Welsh: gŵyl (cy) m, f

CzechEdit

NounEdit

festival m

festival (an event or community gathering)

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

festival m (plural festivals)

festival

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English festival.

NounEdit

festival m (invariable)

festival
worker's festival

SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English festival.

NounEdit

festival m (plural festivais)

festival

Serbo-CroatianEdit

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