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fes·ti·val (f

-v

1. An occasion for feasting or celebration, especially a day or time of religious significance that recurs at regular intervals.

2. An often regularly recurring program of cultural performances, exhibitions, or competitions: a film festival.

3. Revelry; conviviality.

adj.

Of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival; festive.

[From Middle English, festive, from Old French, from Medieval Latin fstivlis, from Latin fstvus, from fstus; see dhs- in Indo-European roots.]

festival [ˈfɛstɪv^əl]

1. a day or period set aside for celebration or feasting, esp one of religious significance

2. any occasion for celebration, esp one which commemorates an anniversary or other significant event

3. an organized series of special events and performances, usually in one place a festival of drama

4. Archaic a time of revelry; merrymaking

5. (modifier) relating to or characteristic of a festival

[from Church Latin fēstivālis of a feast, from Latin festīvus festive]

Festival a series of performances of music, plays, and dances—Wilkes.

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Noun	1.	festival - a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" church festival, religious festival - a festival having religious significance
	2.	festival - an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" fete festivity, celebration - any joyous diversion carnival - a festival marked by merrymaking and processions Bacchanalia, Dionysia - an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of Dionysus (= Bacchus) eisteddfod - any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing) film festival - a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) jazz festival - a festival that features performances by jazz artists Kwanzaa, Kwanza - a festival featuring African-American culture; celebrated between Christmas and New Year Oktoberfest - an autumn festival that involves merrymaking and drinking beer Saturnalia - an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn sheepshearing - a festival held at the time sheep are normally sheared

festival

noun

1. celebration, fair, carnival, gala, treat, fête, entertainment, jubilee, fiesta, festivities, jamboree, mela, -fest, field day The Festival will provide spectacles like river pageants.

2. holy day, holiday, feast, commemoration, feast day, red-letter day, saint's day, fiesta, fête, anniversary the Jewish festival of the Passover

Translations

festival [ˈfestɪvəl] N (Rel etc) → fiesta f (Mus etc) → festival m

festival [ˈfɛstɪv^əl] n

[art, music] → festival m
a jazz festival → un festival de jazz

(religious) → fête f

festival

(Eccl etc) → Fest nt; Church festivals → kirchliche Feste pl, → kirchliche Feiertage pl; Festival of Lights → Lichterfest nt

(cultural) → Festspiele pl, → Festival nt; the Edinburgh Festival → das Edinburgher Festival; the Salzburg Festival → die Salzburger Festspiele pl

festival [ˈfɛstɪval] n (Rel) → festa (Art, Mus) → festival m inv

festival

n festival [ˈfestəvəl]

1 an occasion of public celebration In Italy, each village holds a festival once a year. fees إحْتِفال عُمومي празник slavnost højtid; helligdag; fest das Fest γιορτή, πανηγύρι fiesta pidustused جشن juhlat fête פֶסטִיבָל त्यौहार, उत्सव svecanost, svecana proslava ünnep(ség) perayaan skemmtun, hátíð festa 祭り 축제 šventė svētki; svinības perayaan feest fest, høytid, stevne święto festival sărbătoare празднество sviatok praznik festival festival เทศกาล bayram, yortu 節日 свято, фестиваль عام تہوار ngày hội; đại hội liên hoan 节日

2 a season of musical, theatrical etc performances Every three years the city holds a drama festival; (also adjective ) a festival programme. fees مَهْرَجان фестивал festival; festivalový festival; festival-; festspil Festspiele (pl.), Fest... φεστιβάλ festival festival جشنواره juhlapäivät (de) festival חֲגִיגִי समारोह का मौसम festival fesztivál festival hátíð festival; del festival フェスティバル 축제의 계절 festivalis festivāls; festivāla- pesta festival festspill, –festival festiwal festival festival; de festival фестиваль festival; festivalový festival festivalski festival เทศกาล festival, şenlik 音樂/戲劇節 фестиваль; фестивальний موسیقی ، ناٹک وغیرہ کا سلسلہ liên hoan 音乐（戏剧）节

festival → مهرجان festival festival Festspiele φεστιβάλ festival festivaali festival festival festival フェスティバル 축제 festival festival festiwal festival празднество festival เทศกาล festival lễ hội 节日

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