1. Festivité.
2. Réjouissances.
3. (Familier) Noce.
ETYM Latin celebratio.
1. An occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event.
2. Any festival or other celebration; SYN. festivity.
3. The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; SYN. solemnization.
ETYM Old Eng. feste festival, holiday, feast, Old Fren. feste festival, French fęte, from Latin festum, pl. festa, from festus joyful, festal; of uncertain origin. Related to Fair, Festal, Fęte.
Something experienced with great delight.
ETYM Latin festivitas: cf. French festivité.
1. The condition of being festive; social joy or exhilaration of spirits at an entertaintment; joyfulness; gayety.
2. A festival; a festive celebration.
Festival.
(Spanish) festival; specifically; a saint's day celebrated in Spain and Latin America with processions and dances
ETYM French gala show, pomp, from Italian gala finery, gala; of German origin. Related to Gallant.
A gay festivity; SYN. gala affair, jamboree, blowout.
ETYM French parti and partie, from French partir to part, divide, Latin partire, partiri. Related to Part.
1. A band of people associated temporarily in some activity; SYN. company.
2. A group of people gathered together for pleasure.
3. A person involved in legal proceedings.
4. An occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment.
5. An organization to gain political power; SYN. political party.