festival
Plural: festivals
Noun
- A day or period of celebration, often cultural or religious.
- a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
- an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
- "a drama festival"
- A feast or feast day.
- An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.
- In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
- Fried cornbread.
Adj
- Pertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
Examples
- A Welsh eisteddfod is a literary festival.
- Every triple-word-score opportunity felt like a miniature FESTIVAL during the game.
- The Reading and Leeds festivals take place on the August bank holiday.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English festival (adjective), from Old French festival (“festive”), from Late Latin fēstīvālis, from Latin fēstīvus (“festive”). Displaced native Old English frēols. The noun is shortened from festival day, from Middle English festival dai, festiuall day (“feast day, festival”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
festival: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfestival: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
festival: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
festival: valid Words With Friends Word