festus

Meaning

Of or pertaining to holidays; festive, festal, joyful, merry.

Concepts

festive

festal

party

🥳

convivial

holiday

do

anacreontic

Synonyms

festivus

hilaris

sollemnis

Translations

festlich

festaiolo

fiesta

🥳

festivo

soirée

🌆

Party

🥳

festivo

Fest-

de fête

Feier-

έυθυμος

festif

chômé

du festin

γιορταστικός

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈfeːs.tʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fēstos, from earlier *θēstos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁s-tos, from *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity; sacred place”). See also fānum and fēriae.