How to pronounce festival

Say it like this: /ˈfɛstəvəl/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/ˈfɛstəvəl/

What does festival mean?

adjPertaining to a feast or feast day; festive. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)

nounA feast or feast day.

An event or series of special events centred on the celebration or promotion of some theme or aspect of the community, often held at regular intervals.

“A Welsh eisteddfod is a literary festival.”

In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.

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