festivity

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French festivité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin festivitas

Noun

festivity (countable and uncountable, plural festivities)

1. (often pluralized) A festival or similar celebration.
2. An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.

Antonyms

• (experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment): infestivity

Translations

festival

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: տոնակատարություն (hy) (tonakatarutʻyun), հանդես (hy) (handes), հանդիսավորություն (hy) (handisavorutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: празнуване n (praznuvane), честване n (čestvane)
• Catalan: festivitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 節日／节日 (zh) (jiérì), 节日 (zh) (jiērì), 喜慶日／喜庆日, 喜庆日 (xǐqìngrì)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: festiviteit (nl) f
• Finnish: juhlallisuudet pl, juhlat (fi) pl, festivaali (fi)
• French: festivité (fr) f, réjouissances (fr) f pl
• Galician: festividade (gl) f
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• German: Fest (de) n, Festlichkeit (de) f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: festividade (pt) f
• Russian: пра́зднование (ru) n (prázdnovanije), пра́зднества (ru) n pl (prázdnestva), торжество́ (ru) n (toržestvó)
• Spanish: festividad (es) f
• Telugu: ఉత్సవము (te) (utsavamu)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

experience or expression

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: ցնծություն (hy) (cʻncutʻyun)
• Catalan: festivitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慶典／庆典 (zh) (qìngdiǎn), 庆典 (zh) (qìngdiǎn)

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: vreugde (nl) f
• Finnish: juhlamieli
• French: réjouissances (fr) f pl
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• German: Festlichkeit (de) f
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: festividade (pt) f
• Russian: весе́лье (ru) n (vesélʹje)
• Spanish: festividad (es) f
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} feestelijkheid (nl) f, ^{(please verify)} festiviteit (nl) f
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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} festivitate (ro) f