festivitas
Latin
Etymology
From fēstīvus (“joyous, festive; pleasing”) + -tās, from fēstus (“feast-like; festive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [feːsˈtiː.wɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fesˈt̪iː.vi.t̪as]
Noun
fēstīvitās f (genitive fēstīvitātis); third declension
- festivity, merriment, joy, mirth
- kind demeanour, kindness
- festival
- feast
- (of speech) humour, pleasantry, jocoseness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fēstīvitās | fēstīvitātēs |
| genitive | fēstīvitātis | fēstīvitātum |
| dative | fēstīvitātī | fēstīvitātibus |
| accusative | fēstīvitātem | fēstīvitātēs |
| ablative | fēstīvitāte | fēstīvitātibus |
| vocative | fēstīvitās | fēstīvitātēs |
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
- Catalan: festivitat
- English: festivity
- French: festivité
- Italian: festività
- Portuguese: festividade
- Romanian: festivitate
- Sicilian: fistività, fistivitati
- Spanish: festividad
References
- “festivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “festivitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "festivitas", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin festivitas.
Noun
festivitas m (definite singular festivitasen)
References
- “festivitas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin festivitas.
Noun
festivitas m (definite singular festivitasen)
References
- “festivitas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.