festivity

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English festivite, from Middle French festivité, from Latin festīvitas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛˈstɪvəti/, /fɛˈstɪvɪti/, (rare) /fɪ-/
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Noun

festivity (countable and uncountable, plural festivities)

(often pluralized) A festival or similar celebration.
An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment”): infestivity

Translations

festival

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: տոնակատարություն (hy) (tonakatarutʻyun), հանդես (hy) (handes), հանդիսավորություն (hy) (handisavorutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: şənlik (az), bayram etmə, təntənə, toy-bayram, qurğu (az) (colloquial)
Bengali: শাদিয়ানা (bn) (śadiẏana)
Bulgarian: празнуване n (praznuvane), честване n (čestvane)
Catalan: festivitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 節日／节日 (zh) (jiērì), 喜慶日／喜庆日 (xǐqìngrì)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: festiviteit (nl) f
Finnish: juhlallisuudet pl, juhlat (fi) pl, festivaali (fi)
French: festivité (fr) f, réjouissances (fr) f pl
Galician: festividade (gl) f, festa (gl) f
German: Fest (de) n, Festlichkeit (de) f
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: festividade (pt) f
Russian: пра́зднование (ru) n (prázdnovanije), пра́зднества (ru) n pl (prázdnestva), торжество́ (ru) n (toržestvó)
Spanish: festividad (es) f
Telugu: ఉత్సవము (te) (utsavamu)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

experience or expression

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: ցնծություն (hy) (cʻncutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: şənlik (az), təntənə
Catalan: festivitat (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 慶典／庆典 (zh) (qìngdiǎn)
Czech: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: vreugde (nl) f
Finnish: juhlamieli
French: réjouissances (fr) f pl
German: Festlichkeit (de) f
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: festividade (pt) f
Russian: весе́лье (ru) n (vesélʹje)
Spanish: festividad (es) f
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} feestelijkheid (nl) f, ^{(please verify)} festiviteit (nl) f
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} festivitate (ro) f

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