festivity

festivity

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English festivite, from Middle French festivité, from Latin festīvitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛˈstɪvəti/, /fɛˈstɪvɪti/, (rare) /fɪ-/

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) (tonakatarutʿyun), հանդես (hy) (handes), հանդիսավորություն (hy) (handisavorutʿyun) Azerbaijani: şənlik (az), bayram etmə, təntənə, toy-bayram, qurğu (az) (colloquial) Bengali: শাদিয়ানা (bn) (shadiyana) Bulgarian: празнуване n (praznuvane), честване n (čestvane) Catalan: festivitat (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 節日／节日 (zh), 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, festa (gl) f 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) (cʿncutʿyun) Azerbaijani: şənlik (az), təntənə Catalan: festivitat (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 慶典／庆典 (zh), 庆典 (zh) (qìngdiǎn) Czech: please add this translation if you can Dutch: vreugde (nl) f Finnish: juhlamieli French: réjouissances (fr) f pl 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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Dutch: (please verify) feestelijkheid (nl) f, (please verify) festiviteit (nl) f Romanian: (please verify) festivitate (ro) f