Meaning

1 senses

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

Examples

318 sentences

  1. There were many people at the festival.

    На фестивалі було багато людей. — deniko

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  2. Tom and Mary went to a music festival.

    Том із Мері поїхали на музичний фестиваль. — deniko

    deTom und Maria gingen auf einen Musikfesttag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. I'm going to the festival.

    Я їду на фестиваль. — deniko

    ruЯ еду на фестиваль. — marafon

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  4. The festival came to an end.

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  5. He organized a summer rock festival.

    ruОн организовал летний рок-фестиваль. — Lenin_1917

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Origin

From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late

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

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Forms

more festival, most festival
Comparativemore festival Lesson
Superlativemost festival Lesson

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Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fessfestfesterfestiveB1festivityfestoon
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