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Meaning of "festschrift" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FESTSCHRIFT

German, from Fest celebration, feast + Schrift writing.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FESTSCHRIFT

festschrift  [ˈfɛstˌʃrɪft] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FESTSCHRIFT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Festschrift is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FESTSCHRIFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Festschrift

In academia, a Festschrift is a book honoring a respected person, especially an academic, and presented during his or her lifetime. The term, borrowed from German, could be translated as celebration publication or celebratory writing. A comparable book presented posthumously is called a Gedenkschrift. Sometimes, the Latin term “liber amicorum” is used for a Festschrift. The German word Festschrift has been incorporated into the English language.

Definition of festschrift in the English dictionary

The definition of festschrift in the dictionary is a collection of essays or learned papers contributed by a number of people to honour an eminent scholar, esp a colleague.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FESTSCHRIFT


adrift
əˈdrɪft
drift
drɪft
grift
ɡrɪft
rift
rɪft
serifed
ˈsɛrɪft
seriffed
ˈsɛrɪft
shrift
ʃrɪft
snowdrift
ˈsnəʊˌdrɪft
spendthrift
ˈspɛndˌθrɪft
spindrift
ˈspɪnˌdrɪft
spoondrift
ˈspuːnˌdrɪft
stardrift
ˈstɑːˌdrɪft
strift
strɪft
thrift
θrɪft
unthrift
ʌnˈθrɪft

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FESTSCHRIFT

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE FESTSCHRIFT

airlift
continental drift
day shift
deadlift
face-lift
forklift
free gift
lift
longshore drift
makeshift
night shift
North Atlantic Drift
paradigm shift
shift
short shrift
sift
swift
swing shift
uplift
wage drift

Synonyms and antonyms of festschrift in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «festschrift» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FESTSCHRIFT

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

Translator English - Chinese

纪念文集
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

festschrift
570 millions of speakers

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festschrift
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Festschrift
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كتاب تذكاري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Festschrift
278 millions of speakers

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festschrift
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

festschrift
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

festschrift
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Festschrift
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Festschrift
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

festschrift
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

festschrift
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Festschrift
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

festschrift
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

festschrift
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Festschrift
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Festschrift
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Festschrift
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Festschrift
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Festschrift
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Festschrift
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αφιέρωμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Huldigingsbundel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

festschrift
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Festskrift
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of festschrift

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FESTSCHRIFT»

The term «festschrift» is quite widely used and occupies the 54.701 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FESTSCHRIFT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «festschrift» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «festschrift» 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 festschrift

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FESTSCHRIFT»

Discover the use of festschrift in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to festschrift and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Structure and Meaning in Tonal Music: Festschrift in Honor ...
His influence, both as a teacher and through his writings, is incalculable. Yet as known to his colleagues, students, and friends, Carl Schachter the man is equally remarkable. The essays in this book reflect both aspects of his influence.
L. Poundie Burstein, David Gagné, 2006
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The Web of Knowledge: A Festschrift in Honor of Eugene Garfield
This is the first monograph to comprehensively address the history, theory, and practical applications of the Science Citation Index and to examine its impact on scholarly and scientific research 40 years after its inception.
Eugene Garfield, Blaise Cronin, Helen Barsky Atkins, 2000
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Beliefs and Mathematics: Festschrift in Honor of Guenter ...
The articles in this book are written by many prominent researchers in the area of mathematics education, several of whom are editors of leading journals in the field and have been at the helm of cutting edge advances in research and ...
Bharath Sriraman, 2008
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The Grothendieck Festschrift, Volume I: A Collection of ...
In 1958, he outlined [32], with incredible prescience, a large part of the work that was to occupy him over the next decade.
Pierre Cartier, Luc Illusie, Nicholas M. Katz, 2006
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International Law Between Universalism and Fragmentation: ...
This "Festschrift" is published on the occasion of Gerhard Hafnera (TM)s 65th birthday and his retirement as a professor at the University of Vienna.
Isabelle Buffard, Gerhard Hafner, 2008
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Festschrift for Lucien Le Cam: Research Papers in ...
This collection of original papers in honor of his 70th paper discuss and develop many of his ideas, and the contributors are among the best reserachers in these areas.
Lucien Marie Le Cam, David Pollard, Erik Torgersen, 1997
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Back to the Future of Irish Studies: Festschrift for Tadhg Foley
This collection is a rare and distinctive gathering of true and resonant voices, offering a unique portrait of late twentieth-century Irish literary and academic culture and its interplay with the United States.
Maureen O'Connor, 2010
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Compact Heat Exchangers: A Festschrift for A.L. London
These essays cover such topics as complicated flow arrangements, complex extended surfaces, two-phase flow and irreversibility in heat exchangers, and single-phase heat transfer.
Allan D. Kraus, R. K. Shah, Darryl E. Metzger, 1990
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Religion im kulturellen Diskurs: Festschrift für Hans G. ...
Colleagues and friends have compiled this volume to honor Hans G. Kippenberg and engage in a critical and creative dialogue with his ideas.
Brigitte Luchesi, Kocku von Stuckrad, 2004
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Immigration and Emigration Within the Ancient Near East: ...
(Peeters 1995)
Karel van Lerberghe, Antoon Schoors, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FESTSCHRIFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term festschrift is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bristol University | News | July: Bill Howarth - University of Bristol
In similar vein, Ted Freeman's Preface to the Festschrift presented to Bill on his retirement (Myth and its Making in the French Theatre, CUP, ... «University of Bristol, Jul 15»
2
Optic Cleansing
A few years ago, I was asked to submit a “Christ and Culture” essay to a Festschrift for a wonderful professor taken from us untimely by cancer. «American Spectator, Jun 15»
3
O'Sullivan's vision, versatility illuminated
Her answer to the range of genres was to include four chapters by other critics (three of them from the 2007 festschrift for O'Sullivan, Still shines ... «Otago Daily Times, Jun 15»
4
Sir David Greenaway honoured with Festscrift
The Vice Chancellor at the University of Nottingham is to be awarded a Festschrift to celebrate his work in the field of economics. The Festschrift ... «Impact Magazine, Jun 15»
5
R Geraint Gruffydd: Scholar of the Reformation in Wales who …
He also edited a Festschrift for JE Caerwyn Williams, his predecessor at the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, and was for many ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
6
5 things John Carroll taught me about great investigative projects
In academia, there's a practice of colleagues' putting together essays in honor of a retiring or late professor called a Festschrift. Recognizing ... «Poynter.org, Jun 15»
7
Welcome to the era of the Chief Stretch Officer
A copy of the Festschrift book was handed to Randers at a conference on Green Economics and Science-based Activism held at BI, the ... «GreenBiz, Jun 15»
8
The mathematician and the mystic
Einstein was addressing Rabindranath Tagore, poet, philosopher and fellow Nobel laureate, in a contribution to a Festschrift for Tagore's 70th ... «Times Higher Education, May 15»
9
Happy 80th birthday, Eddie Linden, poet, pacifist and Catholic atheist
... revising and updating Barker's book and using material from Eddie's Own Aquarius, a Festschrift edited by Constance Short and Tony Carroll ... «Irish Times, May 15»
10
Dame Gillian Whitehead is one of the editors of Jack!, a book about …
... were aware of Jack's illness, and, with Scilla Askew and John Psathas making up an editorial team of four, we settled on a Festschrift format, ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Festschrift [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/festschrift>. Apr 2024 ».
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