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
• 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)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin festivitas

Noun

festivitas m (definite singular festivitasen)

1. festivity

References

• “festivitas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin festivitas

Noun

festivitas m (definite singular festivitasen)

1. festivity

References

• “festivitas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.