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festival en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈfestəvəl/ (Australia)
  • /ˈfestəvəl/ (New-Zealand)
  • [ˈfestəvl̩] ~ [ˈfe̞stəvl̩] (Australia)
  • /ˈfɛstɪvəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈfɛstɪvl̩] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈfe̝stəvl̩] ~ [ˈfɪstəvl̩] (New-Zealand)
  • [ˈfɛstəvl̩] (General-American)
  • [ˈfɛstɪvl̩] (General-American)
  • /ˈfɛstəvəl/ (General-American)
  • /ˈfɛstɪvəl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). By surface analysis, festive + -al. Displaced native Old English frēols. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English festival dai, festiuall day (“feast day, festival”).

Meanings

  1. Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
    • the temple of the Gods […] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most festival Degree=Sup lexicographic
feastiuall alternative, obsolete lexicographic
more festival Degree=Cmp lexicographic

festival en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈfestəvəl/ (Australia)
  • /ˈfestəvəl/ (New-Zealand)
  • [ˈfestəvl̩] ~ [ˈfe̞stəvl̩] (Australia)
  • /ˈfɛstɪvəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈfɛstɪvl̩] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˈfe̝stəvl̩] ~ [ˈfɪstəvl̩] (New-Zealand)
  • [ˈfɛstəvl̩] (General-American)
  • [ˈfɛstɪvl̩] (General-American)
  • /ˈfɛstəvəl/ (General-American)
  • /ˈfɛstɪvəl/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). By surface analysis, festive + -al. Displaced native Old English frēols. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English festival dai, festiuall day (“feast day, festival”).

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A feast or feast day.
    • All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed. 2009, “Deuteronomy 16:16”, in Holman Christian Standard Bible:
  2. (countable, uncountable) An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
    • A Welsh eisteddfod is a literary festival.
    • The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.
  3. (countable, uncountable) In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
  4. (Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable) Fried cornbread.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
festivals Number=Plur lexicographic
feastiuall alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

festival seating · megafestival · Festival of the Rosary · Qingming Festival · teknival · festivalwear · Mid-Autumn Festival · Car Festival · Double Ninth Festival · Pure Brightness Festival · festie · pride festival · festivalgoer · Tuen Ng Festival · Dragon Boat Festival · harvest festival · Zhongqiu Festival · Dumpling Festival · Laba Festival · festy · Festival of Lights · prefestival · Winterval · Bon Festival · festivally · Chung Yueng Festival · Ghost Festival · Hungry Ghost Festival · snow festival · Renaissance festival · pseudofestival · Spring Festival · Lantern Festival · Magpie Festival · Double Fifth Festival · Kaul festival · Da Jiu Festival · rocket festival · festivalist · Festival of Weeks · minifestival · nonfestival · Double Seventh Festival · Sweet Festival · winter festival · Harvest Festival · macrofestival · Tomb Sweeping Festival · Festival of Light · festivalize · festivalization

Relateds

heortology · festilogy · festive · festivities · festal · festivity

Translations (193)

ko 축제 (event or community gathering) · gu તહેવાર (event or community gathering) · fa-ira عِیْد (event or community gathering) · io festivalo (event or community gathering) · ps جشن (event or community gathering) · kk мереке (event or community gathering) · cmn 會演 /会演 (event or community gathering) · nb festival (event or community gathering) · ml ഉത്സവം (event or community gathering) · be фестыва́ль (event or community gathering) · ru пра́зднество (event or community gathering) · tk festiwal (event or community gathering) · vi ngày hội (event or community gathering) · ne पर्व (event or community gathering) · nn festival (event or community gathering) · mk фестива́л (event or community gathering) · ckb فێستیڤاڵ (event or community gathering) · egy H-b-W4 (event or community gathering) · is hátíð (event or community gathering) · uk фестива́ль (event or community gathering) · sle ಹಬ್ಬ (event or community gathering) · my ပွဲ (event or community gathering) · tr bayram (event or community gathering) · ru пра́здник (event or community gathering) · ne चाड (event or community gathering) · az bayram (event or community gathering) · et festival (event or community gathering) · bo དུས་ཆེན (event or community gathering) · eu jai (event or community gathering) · ru фестива́ль (event or community gathering) · te పండుగ (event or community gathering) · mi taiopenga (event or community gathering) · tt бәйрәм (event or community gathering) · ml പെരുന്നാൾ (event or community gathering) · sw tamasha (event or community gathering) · th มหกรรม (event or community gathering) · nl festival (event or community gathering) · lo ມື້ພັກ (event or community gathering) · sa महोत्सव (event or community gathering) · ur جَشْن (event or community gathering) · el φεστιβάλ (event or community gathering) · hi पर्व (event or community gathering) · km មហោស្រព (event or community gathering) · kix sǖmaī (event or community gathering) · uz bayram (event or community gathering) · lo ງານບຸນ (event or community gathering) · mi hui taurima (event or community gathering) · hu fesztivál (event or community gathering) · bg пра́зненство (event or community gathering) · sv festival (event or community gathering) · de Fest (event or community gathering) · izh guljanja (event or community gathering) · sh prȃznīk (event or community gathering) · ka ფესტი (event or community gathering) · ur عِید (event or community gathering) · bn উৎসব (event or community gathering) · ccc meesa (event or community gathering) · my ပွဲတော် (event or community gathering) · ky фестиваль (event or community gathering) · lv festivāls (event or community gathering) · gsw Fäscht (event or community gathering) · lo ມະຫະກຳ (event or community gathering) · az festival (event or community gathering) · id perayaan (event or community gathering) · fr fête (event or community gathering) · ur میلَہ (event or community gathering) · cs festival (event or community gathering) · fa-ira فِسْتیوال (event or community gathering) · fr festival (event or community gathering) · la festivitas (event or community gathering) · hu ünnepség (event or community gathering) · cmn 節日 /节日 (event or community gathering) · km ពិធីបុណ្យ (event or community gathering) · lo ເທດສະການ (event or community gathering) · ko 축일 (event or community gathering) · lt festivalis (event or community gathering) · sh festìvāl (event or community gathering) · sk festival (event or community gathering) · hy տոն (event or community gathering) · la festum (event or community gathering) · mww rooj noj mov (event or community gathering) · pl święto (event or community gathering) · shn ပွႆး (event or community gathering) · ja 祝祭 (event or community gathering) · mk празник (event or community gathering) · vi lễ tết (event or community gathering) · ms festival (event or community gathering) · sq festë (event or community gathering) · ga fleá (event or community gathering) · cmn 匯演 /汇演 (event or community gathering) · uz festival (event or community gathering) · hi त्योहार (event or community gathering) · fo hátíð (event or community gathering) · tr festival (event or community gathering) · he פֶסטִיבָל (event or community gathering) · yi יאָמטעוו (event or community gathering) · th งานฉลอง (event or community gathering) · vi hội diễn (event or community gathering) · uli boong (event or community gathering) · uk свя́то (event or community gathering) · it festival (event or community gathering) · gu મહોચ્છવ (event or community gathering) · hi जश्न (event or community gathering) · ka ფესტივალი (event or community gathering) · ca festival (event or community gathering) · qu raymi (event or community gathering) · ba байрам (event or community gathering) · ps فستيوال (event or community gathering) · kk мейрам (event or community gathering) · nl feest (event or community gathering) · sk sviatok (event or community gathering) · ang frēols (event or community gathering) · lt šventė (event or community gathering) · kn ಹಬ್ಬ (event or community gathering) · gl festa (event or community gathering) · kac poi (event or community gathering) · it sagra (event or community gathering) · ka დღესასწაული (event or community gathering) · tg ид (event or community gathering) · ar عِيد (event or community gathering) · si උත්සවය (event or community gathering) · mhn fest (event or community gathering) · ar مَهْرَجَان (event or community gathering) · lo ກອງບຸນ (event or community gathering) · grc πανήγυρις (event or community gathering) · tg ҷашнвора (event or community gathering) · cs svátek (event or community gathering) · et pidustused (event or community gathering) · fa-ira جَشْن (event or community gathering) · be свя́та (event or community gathering) · cmn 節慶 /节庆 (event or community gathering) · mn баяр ёслол (event or community gathering) · it mostra (event or community gathering) · ug فېستىۋال (event or community gathering) · hi मेला (event or community gathering) · sl praznik (event or community gathering) · kk фестиваль (event or community gathering) · cmn 節 /节 (event or community gathering) · km បុណ្យ (event or community gathering) · tr şenlik (event or community gathering) · ja 祭典 (event or community gathering) · gu ઓચ્છવ (event or community gathering) · da festival (event or community gathering) · id festival (event or community gathering) · eo festivalo (event or community gathering) · tk baýram (event or community gathering) · ky майрам (event or community gathering) · he חַג (event or community gathering) · yi פֿעסטיוואַל (event or community gathering) · af fees (event or community gathering) · la feria (event or community gathering) · fa-ira جَشْنْوارِه (event or community gathering) · pi mahussava (event or community gathering) · fi juhlat (event or community gathering) · gv ard-laa (event or community gathering) · si සැණකෙලිය (event or community gathering) · ro festival (event or community gathering) · lo ງານ (event or community gathering) · tg фестивал (event or community gathering) · sl festival (event or community gathering) · hi उत्सव (event or community gathering) · ml മേള (event or community gathering) · lo ງັນ (event or community gathering) · it festivale (event or community gathering) · id pesta (event or community gathering) · sa उत्सव (event or community gathering) · yua chaʼan (event or community gathering) · sah бырааһынньык (event or community gathering) · sh фестѝва̄л (event or community gathering) · ug بايرام (event or community gathering) · fi festivaali (event or community gathering) · de Festival (event or community gathering) · hy փառատոն (event or community gathering) · gl festival (event or community gathering) · hi ईद (event or community gathering) · es festival (event or community gathering) · pl festiwal (event or community gathering) · cy gŵyl (event or community gathering) · gd fèis (event or community gathering) · it rassegna (event or community gathering) · lv svētki (event or community gathering) · tg ҷашн (event or community gathering) · vi đại hội liên hoan (event or community gathering) · ur تِہْوار (event or community gathering) · bg пра́зник (event or community gathering) · sq festival (event or community gathering) · bg фестива́л (event or community gathering) · vi lễ hội (event or community gathering) · pt festival (event or community gathering) · ja 祭り (event or community gathering) · ms perayaan (event or community gathering) · ps عيد (event or community gathering) · sh пра̑знӣк (event or community gathering)