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 Definitions of festive  [ˈfɛs tɪv]  

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

1. (adj.) festive
pertaining to or suitable for a feast or festival.

2.  festive
joyous; merry:
a festive mood.

Etymology:  (1645–55; < L fēstīvus merry =fēst(us) festal +-īvus -ive)

Definition of 'festive' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) gay, festal, festive, merry
offering fun and gaiety
"a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening"


Definition of 'festive' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) festive
involving celebration and fun
a festive occasion; The mood was festive.


Definition of 'festive' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) festive
pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay; mirthful; sportive


Translation of 'festive' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: happy and (as if) celebrating
a festive atmosphere.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: feestelike Arabic flag Arabic: إحْتِفالي، بَهيج Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: празничен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: festivo Czech flag Czech: veselý, slavnostní German flag German: festlich
Danish flag Danish: festlig; munter Greek flag Greek: γιορταστικός Spanish flag Spanish: festivo
Estonian flag Estonian: pidulik Farsi flag Farsi: شاد Finnish flag Finnish: juhlava
French flag French: de fête Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲגִיגִי Hindi flag Hindi: उत्सव संबंधी, परसत्र
Croatian flag Croatian: svečan, veseo Hungarian flag Hungarian: ünnepi(es) Indonesian flag Indonesian: sukaria
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hátíðlegur Italian flag Italian: festoso Japanese flag Japanese: お祭り気分の
Korean flag Korean: 축제의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šventiškas Latvian flag Latvian: svētku-
Malay flag Malay: suka ria Dutch flag Dutch: feestelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: fest-, festlig, feststemt
Polish flag Polish: świąteczny Persian flag Persian: شاد Pashto flag Pashto: دخوشحالۍ، دجشن
Portuguese flag Portuguese: festivo Romanian flag Romanian: festiv Russian flag Russian: праздничный
Slovak flag Slovak: slávnostný Slovenian flag Slovenian: prazničen Serbian flag Serbian: slavljenički
Swedish flag Swedish: festlig Thai flag Thai: ที่รื่นเริง Turkish flag Turkish: şen, neşeli
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 歡慶的,喜慶的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: святковий Urdu flag Urdu: تہوار سے متعلق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc hoặc thích hợp với Chinese flag Chinese: 欢庆的,喜庆的

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