festival
English
Etymology
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From Old French festival, from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
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:
Noun
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
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Translations
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Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [fəs.tiˈβal]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [fəs.tiˈval]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [fes.tiˈval]
Noun
festival m (plural festivals)
Czech
Noun
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- festival (an event or community gathering)
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English festival, from Old French festival, from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”).
Pronunciation
Noun
festival n (plural festivals, diminutive festivalletje n)
- A festival (festive event or gathering).
Derived terms
- dorpsfestival
- festivalganger
- festivalisering
- festivalpubliek
- filmfestival
- kunstfestival
- muziekfestival
- songfestival
- theaterfestival
French
Etymology
From English festival, from Old French festival.
Pronunciation
Noun
festival m (plural festivals)
Further reading
- “festival”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from English festival.
Noun
festival m (uncountable)
- festival
- worker's festival
Synonyms
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin festivalis, via English festival
Noun
festival m (definite singular festivalen, indefinite plural festivaler, definite plural festivalene)
- a festival
References
- “festival” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin festivalis, via English festival
Noun
festival m (definite singular festivalen, indefinite plural festivalar, definite plural festivalane)
- a festival
References
- “festival” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From French festival, ultimately from Latin fēstīvālis.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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Serbo-Croatian
Noun
festìvāl m (Cyrillic spelling фестѝва̄л)
Declension
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 also
Spanish
Noun
festival m (plural festivales)
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French festival.
Noun
festival (definite accusative festivali, plural festivaller)
Synonyms
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- Caribbean English
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- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms derived from Old French
- Dutch terms derived from Late Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch neuter nouns
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French terms derived from Old French
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian uncountable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Latin
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Turkish terms borrowed from French
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish nouns