Meanings
plural festivities
- countableuncountableoften pluralizedA festival or similar celebration.
[…] cosmeticky women whose tight jeans and stiletto heels suggest a kind of festivity but whose faces seem stunned […]
1982, Inside Sports, volume 4, page 862 more examples
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 871The real reason for these subdued responses was the fact that the audience knew it would be a fight to the finish; they were saving their screams for the posedown festivities to come.
1988, Steve Holman, “Christian Conquers Columbus”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 28-34 - countableuncountableAn experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment”
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinfestīvitas
- Middle Frenchfestivité
- Middle Englishfestivite
- Englishfestivity
Inherited from Middle English festivite, from Middle French festivité, from Latin festīvitas, equivalent to festive + -ity.
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Latin
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Bengali শাদিয়ানা
- শাদিয়ানা (śadiẏana)festival
Bulgarian празнуване, честване
- празнуване (praznuvane)festival
- честване (čestvane)festival
Catalan festivitat, festivitat
- festivitatfestival
- festivitatexperience or expression
Chinese Mandarin 節日 /节日, 喜慶日 /喜庆日
- 節日 /节日 (jiērì)festival
- 喜慶日 /喜庆日 (xǐqìngrì)festival
- 慶典 /庆典 (qìngdiǎn)experience or expression
Dutch festiviteit, vreugde
- festiviteitfestival
- vreugdeexperience or expression
Finnish juhlallisuudet, juhlat
- juhlallisuudetfestival
- juhlatfestival
- festivaalifestival
- juhlamieliexperience or expression
French festivité, réjouissances
- festivitéfestival
- réjouissancesfestival
- réjouissancesexperience or expression
German Fest, Festlichkeit
- Festfestival
- Festlichkeitfestival
- Festlichkeitexperience or expression
Italian festività
- festivitàfestival
Portuguese festividade, festividade
- festividadefestival
- festividadeexperience or expression
Russian пра́зднование, пра́зднества
- пра́зднование (prázdnovanije)festival
- пра́зднества (prázdnestva)festival
- торжество́ (toržestvó)festival
- весе́лье (vesélʹje)experience or expression
Spanish festividad, festividad
- festividadfestival
- festividadexperience or expression
Cite this entry
festivity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festivity
“festivity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festivity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “festivity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festivity.
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