festival : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: festival	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for festival
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
festival n a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival" Synonym(s): festival, fete
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festival \Fes"tival\, a. [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See {Festive}.] Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. I cannot woo in festival* terms. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Festi-val \Fes"ti-val\, n. A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious. The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. --Milton. Syn: Feast; banquet; carousal. See {Feast}.