festivity
/fɛˈstɪvəti/
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festivity noun: a festival or similar celebration.
Noun
festivity (countable and uncountable, plural festivities)
- A festival or similar celebration.
- Other parts of the ceremony have their unpleasantnesses; for there is great difficulty in admittings and omittings of guests to the festivities.1811, The Literary Panorama, and National Register, volume 9, page 871
- […] cosmeticky women whose tight jeans and stiletto heels suggest a kind of festivity but whose faces seem stunned […]1982, Inside Sports, volume 4, page 86
- An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
festivity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
festivity in Hindi
- festivity, merrymaking, celebration
- धमाल dhamāl
- festivity, good fortune
- अभ्युदय abhyuday
- festivity, joy, pleasure, diversion
- कौतुक kautuk
festivity in Tamil
- களியாட்டம், கொண்டாட்டம், விழா
festivity in Urdu
- festivity, jamboree
- ضیافت ziyāfat
festivity in Bengali
- festival
- শাদিয়ানা śadiẏana
More languagesFewer languages
- festivity in Telugu
- ఉత్సవము utsavamu
- festivity in Malayalam
- ഉല്ലാസം, അടിയന്തിരം, ഉത്സവം, പ്രമോദം
- festivity in Punjabi
- ਜਸ਼ਨ jaśan, ਮੇਲਾ melā
Examples of festivity in a sentence
- The fireworks which opened the festivities excited anyone present.
- Four days of festivities to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee are scheduled for June.
- While the final festivities were bittersweet, David and Lisa insisted on a party rather than a funeral.
Antonyms of festivity
Forms of festivity
| plural | festivities |
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Origin of festivity
Inherited from Middle English festivite, from Middle French festivité, from Latin festīvitas, equivalent to festive + -ity.
Words formed from festivity
Questions about festivity
- What does festivity mean?
- Festivity means a festival or similar celebration.
- What is festivity in Hindi?
- Festivity in Hindi is धमाल (dhamāl), अभ्युदय (abhyuday), कौतुक (kautuk). See Festivity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is festivity?
- Festivity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce festivity?
- Festivity is pronounced /fɛˈstɪvəti/.
- What is the plural of festivity?
- The plural of festivity is festivities.
Words near festivity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: festivity (page history and authors); अभ्युदय (Hindi) (page history and authors); festivity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ضیافت (Urdu) (page history and authors); festivity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਸ਼ਨ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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