festivity

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English festivite, from Middle French festivité, from Latin festīvitas, equivalent to festive +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

festivity (countable and uncountable, plural festivities)

1. (often pluralized) A festival or similar celebration.
   • 1811, The Literary Panorama, and National Register, volume 9, page 871:

     Other parts of the ceremony have their unpleasantnesses; for there is great difficulty in admittings and omittings of guests to the festivities.

   • 1982, Inside Sports, volume 4, page 86:

     […] cosmeticky women whose tight jeans and stiletto heels suggest a kind of festivity but whose faces seem stunned […]

   • 1988, Steve Holman, “Christian Conquers Columbus”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 28-34:

     The real reason for these subdued responses was the fact that the audience knew it would be a fight to the finish; they were saving their screams for the posedown festivities to come.

2. An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.

Antonyms

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

Derived terms

• unfestivity

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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