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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Festive \Fes"tive\, a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast.
     See feast, and cf. Festivous.]
     Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay;
     mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The glad circle round them yield their souls
           To festive mirth and wit that knows no gall. --Thomson.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Festive \Fes"tive\, a. [L. festivus, fr. festum holiday, feast.
     See feast, and cf. Festivous.]
     Pertaining to, or becoming, a feast; festal; joyous; gay;
     mirthful; sportive. -- Fes"tive*ly, adv.
  
           The glad circle round them yield their souls To festive
           mirth and wit that knows no gall.        --Thomson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  festive
       adj : offering fun and gaiety; "a gala ball after the
             inauguration"; "a festive (or festal) occasion"; "gay
             and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gala(a),
              gay, festal, merry]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  festive
     French a.
     (inflection of fr festif  f s)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it festivo  f p)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  festive
     a.
     1 Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival,
  holiday, or celebration.
     2 In the mood to celebrate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  festive
     French a.
     (inflection of fr festif  f s)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it festivo  f p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  festive
     French a.
     (inflection of fr festif  f s)
     Italian a.
     (adj form of it festivo  f p)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  festive
     Englanti a.
     juhlallinen, juhla-

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  festive
     Engelska a.
     festlig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Festive /fˈɛstɪv/
  بهيج

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  festive //ˈfɛstɪv// 
  празничен, тържествен
  having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  festive /fˈɛstɪv/ 
  slavnostní

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  festive /fˈɛstɪv/
  festlich, fröhlich, gehoben , Fest…
        "be in a festive mood"  - in gehobener Stimmung sein
   see: more festive, most festive, festive occasion

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  festive //ˈfɛstɪv// 
  juhlava
  having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  festive /fˈɛstɪv/ 
  1. उत्सव~संबंधी, परसत्र
        "He was in a festive mood in view of the forthcoming holidays."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  festive /fˈɛstɪv/
  veselih

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  festive /fˈɛstɪv/
  1. ünnepélyes
  2. ünnepi
  3. pityókás
  4. ünnepi hangulatú
  5. vidám
  6. spicces
  7. ünnepies

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  festive /ˈfestɪv/ 
    świąteczny

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  festive /fˈɛstɪv/ 
  festivo

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  festive /fˈɛstɪv/
  1. bayrama ait, festivalle ilgili
  2. şen, neşeli.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈfɛstɪv/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "festive":
     blithe, blithesome, boon, convivial, festal, free and easy, gala,
     gay, gladsome, gleeful, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, hilarious,
     jocund, jolly, jovial, joyful, joyous, lighthearted, merry,
     merrymaking, mirthful, on the loose

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 庆祝的,喜庆的,欢乐的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 庆祝的,喜庆的,欢乐的

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