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 Definitions of Festival  [ˈfɛs tə vəl]  

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Definition of 'Festival' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) festival
a day or time of religious or other celebration, marked by feasting, ceremonies, or other observances.

2.  festival
a periodic commemoration, anniversary, or celebration:
an annual strawberry festival.

3.  festival
a period or program of festive activities, cultural events, or entertainment:
a music festival; a film festival.

4.  festival
gaiety; revelry; merrymaking.

5. (adj.) festival
of, for, or marked by celebration; festal.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME < ML fēstivālis (diēs) holy (day). See festive , -al1)

Definition of 'Festival' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) festival
a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

2. (noun) festival, fete
an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
"a drama festival"


Definition of 'Festival' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) festival
a group of related special public events, usually yearly
a film/dance/arts festival

2.  festival
a celebration of a special religious or cultural event
the festival of Diwali


Definition of 'Festival' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Festival
pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful


Translation of 'Festival' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an occasion of public celebration
In Italy, each village holds a festival once a year.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: fees Arabic flag Arabic: إحْتِفال عُمومي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: празник
Brazilian flag Brazilian: festival Czech flag Czech: slavnost German flag German: das Fest
Danish flag Danish: højtid; helligdag; fest Greek flag Greek: γιορτή, πανηγύρι Spanish flag Spanish: fiesta
Estonian flag Estonian: pidustused Farsi flag Farsi: جشن Finnish flag Finnish: juhlat
French flag French: fête Hebrew flag Hebrew: פֶסטִיבָל Hindi flag Hindi: त्यौहार, उत्सव
Croatian flag Croatian: svecanost, svecana prosla Hungarian flag Hungarian: ünnep(ség) Indonesian flag Indonesian: perayaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skemmtun, hátíð Italian flag Italian: festa Japanese flag Japanese: 祭り
Korean flag Korean: 축제 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šventė Latvian flag Latvian: svētki; svinības
Malay flag Malay: perayaan Dutch flag Dutch: feest Norwegian flag Norwegian: fest, høytid, stevne
Polish flag Polish: święto Persian flag Persian: جشن Pashto flag Pashto: فستيوال، جشن،ميله، موسمى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: festival Romanian flag Romanian: sărbătoare Russian flag Russian: празднество
Slovak flag Slovak: sviatok Slovenian flag Slovenian: praznik Serbian flag Serbian: festival
Swedish flag Swedish: festival Thai flag Thai: เทศกาล Turkish flag Turkish: bayram, yortu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 節日 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: свято, фестиваль Urdu flag Urdu: عام تہوار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngày hội; đại hội liên ho Chinese flag Chinese: 节日

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