festivitas

Latin

Etymology

From fēstīvus (“joyous, festive; pleasing”) +‎ -tās, from fēstus (“feast-like; festive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /feːsˈtiː.u̯i.taːs/, [feːs̠ˈt̪iːu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fesˈti.vi.tas/, [fesˈt̪iːvit̪äs]

Noun

fēstīvitās f (genitive fēstīvitātis); third declension

1. festivity, merriment, joy, mirth
2. kind demeanour, kindness
3. festival
4. feast
5. (of speech) humour, pleasantry, jocoseness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fēstīvitās	fēstīvitātēs
Genitive	fēstīvitātis	fēstīvitātum
Dative	fēstīvitātī	fēstīvitātibus
Accusative	fēstīvitātem	fēstīvitātēs
Ablative	fēstīvitāte	fēstīvitātibus
Vocative	fēstīvitās	fēstīvitātēs

Synonyms

• (feast): fēstum
• (festival): fēstum
• (festivity): fēstīvum

Related terms

• fēstīvālis
• fēstīvē
• fēstīviter
• fēstīvum
• fēstīvus
• fēstum
• fēstus

Descendants

• Catalan: festivitat
• English: festivity
• French: festivité
• Italian: festività
• Portuguese: festividade
• Romanian: festivitate
• Sicilian: fistività, fistivitati
• Spanish: festividad

References

• “festivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “festivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• festivitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin festivitas.

Noun

festivitas m (definite singular festivitasen)

1. festivity

References

• “festivitas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin festivitas.

Noun

festivitas m (definite singular festivitasen)

1. festivity

References

• “festivitas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.