Festival

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfÉ›stÉ™vÉ™l/

Origin

From Old French festival, from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus ("festive").

Full definition of festival

Adjective

1. 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 ....

Noun

1. An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.
2. In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.

Related terms

• festive
• festivities