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Meaning of festival | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈfɛstɪvl̩

Definitions

  1. A feast or feast day.
    countable, uncountable
  2. 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
  3. In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
    countable, uncountable
  4. Fried cornbread.
    Caribbean, Jamaica, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans fees
Azərbaycanca bayram
Беларуская свята
Български празник фестивал
বাংলা উৎসব
བོད་སྐད དུས་ཆེན
Català festival
Čeština festival svátek
Cymraeg gŵyl
Dansk festival
Deutsch fest Festival
Ελληνικά φεστιβάλ
Esperanto festivalo
Español festival
Euskara jai
Français Festival fête
Gaeilge fleá
Gàidhlig fèill
Galego festa festival
ગુજરાતી ઓચ્છવ તહેવાર
עברית חג פסטיבל
Հայերեն տոն փառատոն
Bahasa Indonesia festival perayaan pesta
Íslenska hátíð
Italiano festival festivale mostra rassegna sagra
日本語 祝祭 祭り 祭典
Қазақша мейрам мереке
ಕನ್ನಡ ಹಬ್ಬ
한국어 축일 축제
Кыргызча майрам
Lietuvių festivalis
Latviešu svētki
Македонски празник фестивал
Монгол баяр ёслол
Bahasa Melayu festival perayaan
မြန်မာဘာသာ ပွဲ ပွဲတော်
Nederlands feest festival
Português festival festival
සිංහල උත්සවය
Shqip festë
Svenska festival
Kiswahili tamasha
తెలుగు పండుగ
Тоҷикӣ ҷашн
Türkmençe Baýram
ئۇيغۇرچە بايرام
Українська свя́то фестиваль
Oʻzbekcha bayram

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

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