Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. festival(noun)

   a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

2. festival, fete(noun)

   an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)

   "a drama festival"

Wiktionary(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. festival(Noun)

   An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.

2. festival(Noun)

   In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.

3. festival(Adjective)

   Pertaining to a feast or feast-day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)

Origin: From festivalis, from festivus.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Festival(adj)

   pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful

Origin: [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive.]

Freebase(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Festival

   A festival or gala is an event ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival. Among many religions, a feast is a set of celebrations in honour of God or gods. A feast and a festival are historically interchangeable. However, the term "feast" has also entered common secular parlance as a synonym for any large or elaborate meal. When used as in the meaning of a festival, most often refers to a religious festival rather than a film or art festival. In the Philippines and many other former Spanish colonies, the Spanish word fiesta is used to denote a communal religious feast to honor a patron saint. In the Christian liturgical calendar there are two principal feasts, properly known as the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord and the Feast of the Resurrection,. In the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican liturgical calendars there are a great number of lesser feasts throughout the year commemorating saints, sacred events, doctrines, etc.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'festival' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3228

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'festival' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3899

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'festival' in Nouns Frequency: #1227

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of festival in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of festival in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   Life is a festival only to the wise.

2. Colin Hanks:

   We're here to find a distributor. That's what this whole festival is about for us.

3. Samson Li:

   The real challenge is now ... after the Spring Festival, how much the market could dry up.

4. RVM:

   Celebrate Life. To truly live, Celebrate each day of Life. Let each day be a Festival of Joy.-RVM

5. Yaqoob Qambrani:

   This year we are planning to hold the festival, so our young generation comes to know about our traditions.

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