festival

Senso (English)

Adj

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

Noun

1. A feast or feast day.
2. An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
3. In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
4. Fried cornbread.

Synonyms

celebration

feast

holiday

party

🥳

carnival

festivity

fete

fiesta

festivities

fair

gala

jubilee

ceremony

festive occasion

ritual

season

carney

carnie

festive day

congratulation

market

banquet

function

bazaar

anniversary

red-letter day

rites

show

social gathering

song

🎶

spree

trade fair

feast day

religious service

seasonal festival

religious ceremony

a festivity

an annual holiday

festival season

memorialisation

memorialization

joyous occasion

jubilee pattern

affair

traditional feast

annual fair

ball

binge

celebratory

Christmas

convivial

dance

💃

date

📅

entertainment

fast

festiveness

fête

gauds

gaudy

harvest

jollification

jollity

joyous

merry

merrymaking

pageant

pattern

period

public holiday

Con il trattino come

fes‧tiv‧al

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈfɛstɪvl̩/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from inglese medio: festival

In summary

From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). Displaced native Old English frēols. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English festival dai, festiuall day (“feast day, festival”).

Frasi

The city celebrates Zearing Days Celebration festival during the last weekend in July .

La città celebra Zearing Days Celebration Festival durante l'ultimo fine settimana di luglio.