Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfɛstəvəl/
festival
- Pertaining to a feast or feast-day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
- the temple of the Gods [...] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
festival
- An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.
- In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
- (Caribbean, uncountable) fried cornbread
- French: festival, fête
- German: Festival, Fest
- Italian: festival, mostra, rassegna
- Portuguese: festival
- Russian: фестива́ль
- Spanish: festival
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