festival

See also: Festival

English

Alternative forms

feastiuall (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstɪvl̩/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstəv(ə)l/
Audio (GA) (file)
Hyphenation: fes‧tiv‧al

Adjective

festival (comparative more festival, superlative most festival)

Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
  the temple of the Gods […] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort […]

Noun

festival (countable and uncountable, plural festivals)

(biblical) A feast or feast day.
- 2009, “Deuteronomy 16:16”, in Holman Christian Standard Bible:
  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.
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.
The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.
A Welsh eisteddfod is a literary festival.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
(Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable) Fried cornbread.

Derived terms

festivalgoer
festival seating
harvest festival
Kaul festival
Lantern Festival
rocket festival
snow festival
winter festival

Related terms

festal
festive
festivity
festivities

Translations

event or community gathering

Afrikaans: fees (af)
Albanian: festival (sq) m, festë (sq) f
Arabic: عِيد‎ (ar) m (ʿīd)
Armenian: տոն (hy) (ton), փառատոն (hy) (pʿaṙaton)
Azerbaijani: festival (az), bayram (az)
Bashkir: байрам (bayram)
Basque: jai
Belarusian: фестыва́ль m (fjestyválʹ), свя́та n (svjáta)
Bengali: উৎসব (bn) (utsôbô)
Bulgarian: пра́зненство (bg) n (práznenstvo), фестива́л (bg) m (festivál), пра́зник (bg) m (práznik)
Burmese: ပွဲတော် (my) (pwai:tau), ပွဲ (my) (pwai:)
Chamicuro: meesa
Chinese:
Mandarin: 節慶／节庆 (zh) (jiéqìng), 節日／节日 (zh) (jiérì), 節／节 (zh) (jié), 會演／会演 (zh) (huìyǎn), 匯演／汇演 (zh) (huìyǎn)
Czech: festival (cs), svátek (cs) m
Danish: festival c
Dutch: festival (nl) n, feest (nl) n
Egyptian:

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Esperanto: festivalo
Estonian: pidustused pl, festival (et)
Faroese: hátíð f
Finnish: juhlat (fi) pl, festivaali (fi)
French: festival (fr) m, fête (fr) f
Galician: festival m, festa (gl) f
Georgian: ფესტივალი (pesṭivali), ფესტი (pesṭi), დღესასწაული (dɣesasc̣auli)
German: Festival (de) n, Fest (de) n
Alemannic German: Fäscht n
Greek: φεστιβάλ (el) (festivál)
Ancient: πανήγυρις f (panḗguris)
Gujarati: ઓચ્છવ (gu) m (occhav), મહોચ્છવ m (mahocchav)
Hebrew: פֶסטִיבָל‎ (he) m (festivál), חַג‎ (he) m (khag)
Hindi: त्योहार (hi) m (tyohār), उत्सव (hi) m (utsav), पर्व (hi) m (parv)
Hungarian: fesztivál (hu), ünnepség (hu)
Icelandic: hátíð (is) f
Ido: festivalo (io)
Indonesian: festival (id), pesta (id), perayaan (id)
Irish: fleá f
Italian: festival (it), mostra (it), rassegna (it), sagra (it) f
Japanese: 祭り (ja) (まつり, matsuri), 祭典 (ja) (さいてん, saiten), 祝祭 (ja) (しゅくさい, shukusai)
Jingpho: poi
Kannada: ಹಬ್ಬ (kn) (habba)
Kazakh: мейрам (meiram), мереке (kk) (mereke), фестиваль (festival)
Khmer: បុណ្យ (km) (bon), មហោស្រព (km) (mĕəʼhaosrɑp), ពិធីបុណ្យ (pithii bon)
Korean: 축제(祝祭) (ko) (chukje), 축일(祝日) (ko) (chugil)
Kyrgyz: майрам (ky) (mayram), фестиваль (ky) (festivalʹ)
Lao: ງັນ (ngan), ງານ (ngān), ມະຫະກຳ (ma ha kam), ງານບຸນ (ngān bun), ກອງບຸນ (kǭng bun), ມື້ພັກ (lo) (mư̄ phak)
Latin: feria f, festum n, festivitas f
Latvian: festivāls m, svētki m pl
Lithuanian: festivalis m, šventė (lt) f
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: фестива́л m (festivál), празник m (praznik)
Malay: perayaan (ms), festival (ms)
Malayalam: ഉത്സവം (ml) (utsavaṃ), മേള (ml) (mēḷa), പെരുന്നാൾ (ml) (perunnāḷ)
Manx: ard-laa m
Maori: taiopenga, hui taurima
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: баяр ёслол (bajar joslol)
Mòcheno: fest n
Nepali: पर्व (parva), चाड (ne) (cāḍ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: festival m
Nynorsk: festival m
Old English: frēols m
Pali: mahussava
Pashto: عيد‎ (ps) m (id), جشن‎ (ps) m (ǰašᶕn), فستيوال‎ m (festiwãl)
Persian: جشنواره‎ (fa) (jašnvâre), فستیوال‎ (fa) (festivâl), عید‎ (fa) ('eyd), جشن‎ (fa) (jašn)
Polish: festiwal (pl) m, święto (pl) n
Portuguese: festival (pt) m
Quechua: raymi (qu)
Romanian: festival (ro) n
Russian: фестива́ль (ru) m (festiválʹ), пра́здник (ru) m (prázdnik), пра́зднество (ru) n (prázdnestvo)
Sanskrit: उत्सव (sa) m (utsava), महोत्सव (sa) m (mahotsava)
Scottish Gaelic: féill f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: фестѝва̄л m, пра̑знӣк m
Roman: festìvāl (sh) m, prȃznīk (sh) m
Shan: ပွႆး (shn) (páui)
Sholaga: ಹಬ್ಬ
Sinhalese: උත්සවය (si) (utsawaya), සැණකෙලිය (si) (sæṇakeliya)
Slovak: festival (sk) m, sviatok m
Slovene: festival (sl) m, praznik (sl) m
Spanish: festival (es) m
Swahili: tamasha (sw)
Swedish: festival (sv) c
Tajik: ид (tg) (id), фестивал (festival), ҷашн (tg) (jašn)
Tatar: бәйрәм (tt) (bäyräm)
Telugu: పండుగ (te) (paṇḍuga)
Thai: งานฉลอง (ngaan-chà-lɔ̌ɔng), มหกรรม (th) (má-hà-gam)
Tibetan: དུས་ཆེན (dus chen)
Turkish: festival (tr), şenlik (tr), bayram (tr)
Turkmen: festiwal, baýram (tk)
Ukrainian: фестива́ль m (festyválʹ), свя́то n (svjáto)
Urdu: تہوار‎ m (tyohār)
Uyghur: بايرام‎ (bayram), فېستىۋال‎ (fëstiwal)
Uzbek: festival (uz), bayram (uz)
Vietnamese: ngày hội, đại hội liên hoan, hội diễn (vi), lễ hội (vi)
Welsh: gŵyl (cy) m or f
White Hmong: rooj noj mov
Yiddish: יאָמטעוו‎ (yomtev), פֿעסטיוואַל‎ m (festival)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Catalan

Etymology

From Old French festival, from Latin fēstīvālis.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /fəs.tiˈval/

(Central) IPA^(key): /fəs.tiˈbal/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /fes.tiˈval/

Noun

festival m (plural festivals)

festival

Derived terms

festival de cinema (“film festival”)

Related terms

festa

Czech

Etymology

From English festival.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfɛstɪval]
Hyphenation: fe‧s‧ti‧val

Noun

festival m inan

festival (an event or community gathering)

Declension

Declension of festival

	singular	plural
nominative	festival	festivaly
genitive	festivalu	festivalů
dative	festivalu	festivalům
accusative	festival	festivaly
vocative	festivale	festivaly
locative	festivalu	festivalech
instrumental	festivalem	festivaly

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English festival, from Old French festival, from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛs.tiˌvɑl/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: fes‧ti‧val

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

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfestivɑl/, [ˈfestʲivɑl]

Noun

festival (genitive festivali, partitive festivali)

festival

Declension

Inflection of festival (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	festival	festivalid
accusative	festivali	festivalid
genitive	festivali	festivalide
partitive	festivali	festivale festivalisid
illative	festivali festivalisse	festivalidesse festivalesse
inessive	festivalis	festivalides festivales
elative	festivalist	festivalidest festivalest
allative	festivalile	festivalidele festivalele
adessive	festivalil	festivalidel festivalel
ablative	festivalilt	festivalidelt festivalelt
translative	festivaliks	festivalideks festivaleks
terminative	festivalini	festivalideni
essive	festivalina	festivalidena
abessive	festivalita	festivalideta
comitative	festivaliga	festivalidega

Derived terms

filmifestival

French

Etymology

From English festival, from Old French festival.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛs.ti.val/
Audio (file)
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

festival m (plural festivals)

festival

Descendants

→ Turkish: festival

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English festival.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.sti.val/, (traditional) /fe.stiˈval/[1]
Rhymes: -ɛstival, (traditional) -al
Hyphenation: fè‧sti‧val, (traditional) fe‧sti‧vàl

Noun

festival m (invariable)

festival
worker's festival

Synonyms

mostra
rassegna

Related terms

festivaliere
festivaliero

References

festival in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fes.t͡ʃiˈvaw/ [fes.t͡ʃiˈvaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /feʃ.t͡ʃiˈvaw/ [feʃ.t͡ʃiˈvaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨʃ.tiˈval/ [fɨʃ.tiˈvaɫ]

Noun

festival m (plural festivais)

festival

Romanian

Etymology

From French festival.

Noun

festival n (plural festivaluri)

festival

Declension

Declension of festival

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) festival	festivalul	(niște) festivaluri	festivalurile
genitive/dative	(unui) festival	festivalului	(unor) festivaluri	festivalurilor
vocative	festivalule		festivalurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

festìvāl m (Cyrillic spelling фестѝва̄л)

festival

Declension

Declension of festival

	singular	plural
nominative	festìvāl	festivali
genitive	festivála	festivala
dative	festivalu	festivalima
accusative	festival	festivale
vocative	festivale	festivali
locative	festivalu	festivalima
instrumental	festivalom	festivalima

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfestival]

Noun

festival m (genitive singular festivalu, nominative plural festivaly, genitive plural festivalov, declension pattern of dub)

festival

Declension

Declension of festival

	singular	plural
nominative	festival	festivaly
genitive	festivalu	festivalov
dative	festivalu	festivalom
accusative	festival	festivaly
locative	festivale	festivaloch
instrumental	festivalom	festivalmi

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /festiˈbal/ [fes.t̪iˈβ̞al]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: fes‧ti‧val

Noun

festival m (plural festivales)

festival

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French festival.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /festiˈvɑl/
Hyphenation: fes‧ti‧val

Noun

festival (definite accusative festivali, plural festivaller)

festival
Synonym: şenlik

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

festival

Definite accusative

festivali

Singular

Plural

Nominative

festival

festivaller

Definite accusative

festivali

festivalleri

Dative

festivale

festivallere

Locative

festivalde

festivallerde

Ablative

festivalden

festivallerden

Genitive

festivalin

festivallerin

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	festivalim	festivallerim
2nd singular	festivalin	festivallerin
3rd singular	festivali	festivalleri
1st plural	festivalimiz	festivallerimiz
2nd plural	festivaliniz	festivalleriniz
3rd plural	festivalleri	festivalleri
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	festivalimi	festivallerimi
2nd singular	festivalini	festivallerini
3rd singular	festivalini	festivallerini
1st plural	festivalimizi	festivallerimizi
2nd plural	festivalinizi	festivallerinizi
3rd plural	festivallerini	festivallerini
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	festivalime	festivallerime
2nd singular	festivaline	festivallerine
3rd singular	festivaline	festivallerine
1st plural	festivalimize	festivallerimize
2nd plural	festivalinize	festivallerinize
3rd plural	festivallerine	festivallerine
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	festivalimde	festivallerimde
2nd singular	festivalinde	festivallerinde
3rd singular	festivalinde	festivallerinde
1st plural	festivalimizde	festivallerimizde
2nd plural	festivalinizde	festivallerinizde
3rd plural	festivallerinde	festivallerinde
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	festivalimden	festivallerimden
2nd singular	festivalinden	festivallerinden
3rd singular	festivalinden	festivallerinden
1st plural	festivalimizden	festivallerimizden
2nd plural	festivalinizden	festivallerinizden
3rd plural	festivallerinden	festivallerinden
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	festivalimin	festivallerimin
2nd singular	festivalinin	festivallerinin
3rd singular	festivalinin	festivallerinin
1st plural	festivalimizin	festivallerimizin
2nd plural	festivalinizin	festivallerinizin
3rd plural	festivallerinin	festivallerinin

festival

English

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Catalan

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Noun

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Czech

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Noun

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Dutch

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Noun

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Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

Declension

Derived terms

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French

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Noun

Descendants

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

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Noun

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References

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

References

Portuguese

Etymology

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Noun

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

Declension

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Slovak

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Noun

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Further reading

Spanish

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Further reading

Turkish

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