festive

festive

English

Etymology

From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

festive (comparative more festive, superlative most festive)

1. Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.

   The room was decked out in festive streamers, with flowers everywhere.

2. In the mood to celebrate.

   Please put the Christmas decorations away, I'm really not in a festive mood.

Synonyms

• feastful
• feastly

Translations

having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration

Czech: slavnostní (cs) Danish: festlig Dutch: feestelijk (nl), feestelijke (nl) Georgian: მხიარული (mxiaruli) German: festlich (de)

Hungarian: ünnepi (hu) Latin: festus, festivus Romanian: festiv (ro) Russian: пра́здничный (ru) (prázdničnyj) Yiddish: יום־טובֿדיק‎ (yontefdik)

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French

Adjective

festive

1. feminine singular of festif

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Italian

Adjective

festive

1. Feminine plural of adjective festivo.

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Latin

Etymology

From fēstīvus (“joyous, festive; pleasing”), from fēstus (“feast-like; festive”).

Adverb

fēstīvē (not comparable)

1. agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully
2. humorously, facetiously, wittily

Related terms

• fēstīvālis
• fēstīvitās
• fēstīviter
• fēstīvum
• fēstīvus
• fēstum
• fēstus

 

References

• festive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• festive in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• festive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette