festivo
Italian
Etymology
From Latin fēstīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feˈsti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: fe‧stì‧vo
Adjective
festivo (feminine festiva, masculine plural festivi, feminine plural festive)
- (relational) holiday
- (relational) Sunday, of Sunday
- festive
Noun
festivo m (plural festivi)
- (official) holiday; Sunday
- Synonym: giorno festivo
Usage notes
- Used especially on timetables.
Further reading
- festivo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Adjective
fēstīvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of fēstīvus
References
- “festivo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- festivo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fēstīvus.
Adjective
festivo (feminine festiva, masculine plural festivos, feminine plural festivas)
- festive (having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival or party)
Derived terms
- festivamente
Related terms
- festa
- festividade
Further reading
- “festivo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin fēstīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fesˈtibo/ [fesˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: fes‧ti‧vo
Adjective
festivo (feminine festiva, masculine plural festivos, feminine plural festivas)
- festive
Derived terms
- día festivo
Noun
festivo m (plural festivos)
- holiday (day on which a festival, etc, is traditionally observed)
- Synonyms: día festivo, feriado
Further reading
- “festivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014