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/fɛs.ti.val/
Translation
festival
Word origin
From Late Latin festivalis ('of a feast'), from festum ('feast, holiday'). The same root gives English feast and festive, and Spanish fiesta.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- festum
- English cognates
- feast, festive
Grammar
Examples
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We are going to the music festival this summer.
Cannes vedettes .
The Cannes festival attracts stars from all over the world.
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There is a film festival in our town every autumn.
Most French nouns ending in -al pluralise as - (journal -> journaux, animal -> animaux), which trips learners into writing festivaux. Festival is one of the exceptions that keeps a plain -s: des festivals.
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