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Meaning of festival | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent

ˈfɛstɪvl̩

Definitions

A feast or feast day.
countable, uncountable
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.
countable, uncountable
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
countable, uncountable
Fried cornbread.
Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans fees

العربية المهرجان حفل حفلة عيد مهرجان موسم

Azərbaycan dili bayram

Беларуская свята

Български празник фестивал

বাংলা উৎসব

བོད་སྐད། དུས་ཆེན

Bosanski fest fešta festival Mostra praznik smotra празник смотра фестивал

Català festival

Čeština festival slavnost svátek

Cymraeg gŵyl

Dansk festival

Deutsch fest Festival Festspiele Volksfest

Ελληνικά φεστιβάλ

Esperanto festivalo

Español festival

Euskara jai

Suomi festari festivaali juhla juhlat rieha

Français Festival fête

Gaeilge fleá

Gàidhlig fèill

Galego festa festival

ગુજરાતી ઓચ્છવ તહેવાર

עברית חג מועד פסטיבל רגל

हिन्दी ईद उत्सव उद्धव जश्न त्योहार त्यौहार पर्व मेला

Hrvatski fest fešta festival Mostra praznik smotra празник смотра фестивал

Magyar fesztivál ünnepség

Հայերեն տոն փառատոն

Bahasa Indonesia festival hari raya perayaan pesta

Íslenska hátíð

Italiano festival festivale mostra rassegna sagra

日本語お祭りフェスティバル祝祭祭祭り祭典

ქართული დღესასწაული ფესტივალი

Қазақ тілі мейрам мереке

ភាសាខ្មែរ បុណ្យ ពិធីបុណ្យ មហោស្រព

ಕನ್ನಡ ಹಬ್ಬ

한국어 제 축일 축제

Kurdî fêst festîval festîwal

Кыргызча майрам

Latina feria festīvitās festum

ລາວ ງານ ມື້ພັກ

Lietuvių festivalis

Latviešu svētki

Македонски празник фестивал

മലയാളം ഉത്സവം പെരുന്നാൾ മേളം

Монгол баяр ёслол

Bahasa Melayu festival perayaan

မြန်မာ ပွဲ ပွဲတော်

Nederlands feest festival

Polski festiwal festyn igrzyska święto

Português festival festival

Русский празднество праздник фестиваль

සිංහල උත්සවය

Shqip festë

Српски fest fešta festival Mostra praznik smotra празник смотра фестивал

Svenska festival

Kiswahili tamasha

తెలుగు పండుగ

Тоҷикӣ ҷашн

ไทย งานฉลอง งานรื่นเริง ปอย มหกรรม เทศกาล

Türkmençe Baýram

Türkçe bayram festival şenlik yortu

ئۇيغۇرچە بايرام

Українська празник свя́то торжество фестиваль

اردو تہوار جشن عید

O'zbekcha bayram

Tiếng Việt hội diễn lễ hội lễ tết liên hoan

Examples

“All your males are to appear ⟳ three times a year before the Lord your God in the place ⟳ He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear ⟳ before the Lord empty-handed.”

“The Reading and Leeds festivals take ⟳ place ⟳ on the August bank holiday.”

“A Welsh eisteddfod is a literary festival.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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