English

Adjective

festive ‎(comparative more festive, superlative most festive)

1. Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.

   The room was decked out in festive streamers, with flowers everywhere.

2. In the mood to celebrate.

   Please put the Christmas decorations away, I'm really not in a festive mood.

Synonyms

• feastful
• feastly

Translations

French

Adjective

festive

1. feminine of festif

Italian

Adjective

festive f pl

1. feminine plural of festivo

Latin

Etymology

From fēstīvus ‎(“joyous, festive; pleasing”), from fēstus ‎(“feast-like; festive”).

Adverb

fēstīvē ‎(not comparable)

1. agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully
2. humorously, facetiously, wittily

Related terms

References

• festive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• festive in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “festive”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.