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Meaning of "festive" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FESTIVE

From Latin festīvus joyful, from festus of a feast.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FESTIVE

festive  [ˈfɛstɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FESTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Festive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FESTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

festive

Party

A party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, recreation or as part of a festival. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing or other forms of entertainment. Some parties are held in honor of a specific person, day, or event, such as a birthday party, a Super Bowl party, or a St. Patrick’s Day party. Parties of this kind are often called "celebrations". A party is not necessarily a private occasion. Public parties are sometimes held in restaurants, pubs, beer gardens, nightclubs or bars, and people attending such parties may be charged an admission fee by the host.

Definition of festive in the English dictionary

The definition of festive in the dictionary is appropriate to or characteristic of a holiday, etc; merry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FESTIVE


adjustive
əˈdʒʌstɪv
aerodigestive
ˌɛərəʊdɪˈdʒɛstɪv
arrestive
əˈrestɪv
assistive
əˈsɪstɪv
autosuggestive
ˌɔːtəʊsəˈdʒɛstɪv
combustive
kəmˈbʌstɪv
congestive
kənˈdʒɛstɪv
contrastive
kənˈtrɑːstɪv
costive
ˈkɒstɪv
decongestive
ˌdɪkənˈdʒɛstɪv
digestive
dɪˈdʒɛstɪv
egestive
ɪˈdʒɛstɪv
exhaustive
ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv
indigestive
ˌɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪv
ingestive
ɪnˈdʒɛstɪv
intempestive
ˌɪntɛmˈpɛstɪv
resistive
rɪˈzɪstɪv
restive
ˈrɛstɪv
suggestive
səˈdʒɛstɪv
tempestive
tɛmˈpɛstɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FESTIVE

fester
festilogy
festina lente
festinate
festinately
festination
festival
Festival Hall
Festival of Lanterns
festivalgoer
festive season
festively
festiveness
festivities
festivity
festivous
festoon
festoon blind
festoonery
festschrift

WORDS THAT END LIKE FESTIVE

active
alternative
automotive
competitive
contragestive
cooperative
creative
effective
executive
in the negative
interactive
locorestive
maladjustive
native
negative
persistive
perspective
positive
relative
stive

Synonyms and antonyms of festive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FESTIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «festive» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of festive

Translation of «festive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FESTIVE

Find out the translation of festive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of festive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «festive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

喜庆的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

festivo
570 millions of speakers

English

festive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उत्सव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

احتفالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

праздничный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

festivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উল্লসিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de fête
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perayaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

festlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

お祝いの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

축제의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perayaan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lễ hội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பண்டிகை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उत्सवाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

festival
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di festa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świąteczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

святковий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

festiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εορταστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

feestelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fest
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

festlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of festive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FESTIVE»

The term «festive» is very widely used and occupies the 14.664 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FESTIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «festive» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «festive» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about festive

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9 QUOTES WITH «FESTIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word festive.
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Roseanne Barr
Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?
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Bobby Flay
I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual.
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Jose Garces
Well, you know, for me, I think Spanish food is festive.
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Johann Georg Hamann
What good to me is the festive garment of freedom when I am in a slave's smock at home?
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F. Sionil Jose
November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and the festive glow which precedes Christmas has began to brighten the landscape.
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Gustav Krupp
Our thoughts fly therefore by themselves in this festive hour of our plant community, to the man whom we thank for the ressurection of our Nation: Adolf Hitler, the patron of German labour and German art.
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Sofia Milos
I'm very much into the Gypsy Kings. It's rumba and very festive, very passionate music, rhythmic guitar, passionate singing about love from happy people.
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Hilary Rhoda
I always look forward to the holidays because I love dressing up in festive, shimmery evening dresses.
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Lara Stone
It's quite nice to have a bit more color on the lips during wintertime. And it's festive, isn't it?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FESTIVE»

Discover the use of festive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to festive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shakespeare's Festive Comedy: A Study of Dramatic Form and ...
In this classic work, acclaimed Shakespeare critic C. L. Barber argues that Elizabethan seasonal festivals such as May Day and Twelfth Night are the key to understanding Shakespeare's comedies.
Cesar Lombardi Barber, 2011
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Shakespeare's Festive Tragedy: The Ritual Foundations of Genre
1. Festive. Tragedy. How to Prevent the Fiend and to Kill Vermin “Festive tragedy” is not anoxymoron. The conjunction of “festive” and “tragedy” as parameters for a discussion of genre expresses complexity rather than contradiction. Apart from ...
Naomi Conn Liebler, 2002
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Festive Drama: Papers from the Sixth Triennial Colloquium of ...
In this volume the author considers the internal literary evidence of the play texts, the surviving notated music in the plays, the documentary evidence of their production and the cultural context in which the plays were performed: this ...
Société internationale pour l'étude du théâtre médiéval. Colloque, Meg Twycross, 1996
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The Festive State: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism as ...
Festive behavior, long seen by anthropologists and folklorists as the "uniform expression of a collective consciousness, is contentious and often subversive," and "The Festive State" is an eye-opening guide to its workings.
David M. Guss, 2000
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Shakespeare's Festive World: Elizabethan Seasonal ...
Offering an exciting new perspective on Shakespeare's relationship to popular culture, this work reconstructs the principal events, customs and games of the Elizabethan festive tradition and reconsiders Shakespeare's techniques in this ...
Frangois Laroque, 1993
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Holiday Entertaining Essentials: Festive Cocktails: ...
Looking for something new to serve up during the holidays? Look no further! Holiday Entertaining Essentials: Festive Cocktails is a delicious selection of tasty drinks that’ll make your celebrations even merrier.
Editors of Adams Media, 2011
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7 Festive Trumpet Solos
This text is the first in a two book series. the follow up is called Trumpet Praise! All selections in this book and in the companion book, Trumpet Praise! may be heard in the companion free audio download.
William Bay, 2012
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The Grand Festive Picnic: A Kid's Love Life Book
Join the celebration of friendship with Lulu the Lioness & Pinky Lucy Goosey in The Grand Festive Picnic.
Natalie May Bolger, 2011
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Festive Meals in Ancient Israel: Deuteronomy's Identity ...
Its eclectic, interdisciplinary approach includes discussion of the archaeology of meals in the ancient Levant and recent anthropological findings on meals in order to emphasize the centrality of meals for identity formation as well as for ...
Peter Altmann, 2011
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Christmas Sweets: 65 Festive Recipes - Table Decorations - ...
Lush full-color photographs complement a festive collection of special holiday sweets and treats--for gifts, crafts, decorations, and entertaining--including Chocolate Fudge, Almond-Butter Toffee, Pecan Lace Cookies, Apricot-Pistachio Bars, ...
Georgeanne Brennan, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FESTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term festive is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bastille Day NOLA puts festive New Orleans spin on the 2015 …
New Orleans gives Francophiles many opportunities to celebrate Bastille Day 2015, getting a jump on the French national holiday with a ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
2
Bahubali: festive atmosphere prevails at theatres - The Hindu
A festive atmosphere prevailed at the theatres where the actor Prabhas-starrer Bahubali was released on Friday amid the cinema buffs making ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
3
AROUND TOWN: Festive night with family, friends - News - Scituate …
Every third of July, my family and I head to Peggotty Beach for what has become one of our favorite nights in Scituate. The beach is always ... «Wicked Local Scituate, Jul 15»
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Asda is fired up for festive war - Yorkshire Evening Post
Asda has already thrown down festive gauntlet. ... stop shop for customers in what is tipped to be the fiercest ever festive supermarket battle. «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jul 15»
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THE FOURTH: Perkins gives a festive musical salute to region …
THE FOURTH: Perkins gives a festive musical salute to region during Hettinger's celebrations; Bowman hosts fireworks display. July 10, 2015 ... «The Bowman Extra, Jul 15»
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Festive atmosphere launches H&M store at Peachtree Mall in …
The wait for those Columbus-area shoppers craving an up-close H&M experience is over. The popular Swedish clothing retailer, which is in ... «Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Jul 15»
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Asda to go to war to attract festive shoppers - Yorkshire Post
​Asda ​said it will take the discounters head on over the festive period. “We've got the best range assortment and the best value proposition,” ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
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Festive food for thought
With the festive season upon us, we must keep in mind that if we do not waste food, no one will go hungry. CHETAN Bhagat is a famous Indian ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
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Renault Kwid Spied Testing Ahead of Festive Season Launch …
The car, which was caught on camera numerous times, has returned in a fresh spy shot ahead of its festive season launch in India. Snapped by ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 15»
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Lights, lanterns, action! Festive plans unveiled for Newcastle and the …
ORGANISERS of popular Christmas festivities have revealed their programmes for this year – including fairs and markets, festive lights and a ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»

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