festan.

Brit.

/ˈfɛstə/, U.S.

/ˈfɛstə/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Partly a borrowing from Catalan. Partly a borrowing from Maltese. Etymons: Italian festa; Portuguese festa; Catalan festa; Maltese festa.

Etymology: Originally < Italian festa religious feast day (late 12th cent.), secular festival (mid 13th cent.) < classical Latin fēsta (see feast n.). In later use also < other Romance (or Romance-influenced) languages, as Portuguese festa (1154), Catalan festa (14th cent.), and Maltese festa (itself < Italian), all in the sense ‘religious feast day, festival’, all < classical Latin fēsta (see feast n.).

Esp. in Italy and other predominantly Roman Catholic countries: a religious or other festival; esp. a feast day.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun]

tidea900

holidayc950

massOE

holy-daya1000

mass-dayOE

high tideOE

holy-tidea1035

good tideOE

high dayOE

feastc1200

feast dayc1300

ferie1377

festival day1389

solemnity1390

solennityc1400

feastful day1440

festiala1450

festivala1500

sacre1542

panegyry1641

Magdalene-tide1649

church festival1661

surplice day1663

festa1800

festa day1835

fiesta1844

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > day or season of

high tideOE

high dayOE

feast dayc1300

ferie1377

festival day1389

feastful day1440

festivala1500

gaudy-day1567

carnival1598

utas1600

saturnal1605

Saturnalia1639

terminals1656

days of gala1716

fête dayc1759

mirth-day1778

season1791

festa1800

jour de fête1806

fiesta1844

fest1846

Winterval1982

1800 M. Starke Lett. from Italy I. xiii. 267 The Museum is open to public inspection every day, festas excepted.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 391 The day it came home was a festa.

1920 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 24 Apr. (1977) 172 We shall have a Shakespeare festival one year at Broomies—get actors there to study their parts—act out of doors—a small festa—a real one.

1961 Malta Year Bk. 260 A curious example of the mixture of religious ceremony and rustic revels, the festa plays a very important part in their social and economic life.

2017 DK Eyewitness Trav. Guide Lisbon 28/1 This lively festa in Seixal..includes rock and folk music, exhibitions and cultural events and an array of delicious food.

Compounds

festa day n. (in Italy and other predominantly Roman Catholic countries) a feast day, a religious holiday.

ΚΠ

1835 H. T. Tuckerman Ital. Sketch Bk. 207 Sit, on a festa day, beneath the spreading chestnuts of the public gardens, surrounded by fair forms and gay costumes.

1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. vii. 47 Sure that to-morrow would be festa-day.

2000 N. Wilson Malta (Lonely Planet) 50 The wooden statue of St Paul was carved by Melchiorre Gafa in 1657, and is paraded through the streets on the festa day (10 February).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	festa
释义	festan. Brit. /ˈfɛstə/, U.S. /ˈfɛstə/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Italian. Partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Partly a borrowing from Catalan. Partly a borrowing from Maltese. Etymons: Italian festa; Portuguese festa; Catalan festa; Maltese festa. Etymology: Originally < Italian festa religious feast day (late 12th cent.), secular festival (mid 13th cent.) < classical Latin fēsta (see feast n.). In later use also < other Romance (or Romance-influenced) languages, as Portuguese festa (1154), Catalan festa (14th cent.), and Maltese festa (itself < Italian), all in the sense ‘religious feast day, festival’, all < classical Latin fēsta (see feast n.). Esp. in Italy and other predominantly Roman Catholic countries: a religious or other festival; esp. a feast day. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] tidea900 holidayc950 massOE holy-daya1000 mass-dayOE high tideOE holy-tidea1035 good tideOE high dayOE feastc1200 feast dayc1300 ferie1377 festival day1389 solemnity1390 solennityc1400 feastful day1440 festiala1450 festivala1500 sacre1542 panegyry1641 Magdalene-tide1649 church festival1661 surplice day1663 festa1800 festa day1835 fiesta1844 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > day or season of high tideOE high dayOE feast dayc1300 ferie1377 festival day1389 feastful day1440 festivala1500 gaudy-day1567 carnival1598 utas1600 saturnal1605 Saturnalia1639 terminals1656 days of gala1716 fête dayc1759 mirth-day1778 season1791 festa1800 jour de fête1806 fiesta1844 fest1846 Winterval1982 1800 M. Starke Lett. from Italy I. xiii. 267 The Museum is open to public inspection every day, festas excepted. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 391 The day it came home was a festa. 1920 ‘K. Mansfield’ Let. 24 Apr. (1977) 172 We shall have a Shakespeare festival one year at Broomies—get actors there to study their parts—act out of doors—a small festa—a real one. 1961 Malta Year Bk. 260 A curious example of the mixture of religious ceremony and rustic revels, the festa plays a very important part in their social and economic life. 2017 DK Eyewitness Trav. Guide Lisbon 28/1 This lively festa in Seixal..includes rock and folk music, exhibitions and cultural events and an array of delicious food. Compounds festa day n. (in Italy and other predominantly Roman Catholic countries) a feast day, a religious holiday. ΚΠ 1835 H. T. Tuckerman Ital. Sketch Bk. 207 Sit, on a festa day, beneath the spreading chestnuts of the public gardens, surrounded by fair forms and gay costumes. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. vii. 47 Sure that to-morrow would be festa-day. 2000 N. Wilson Malta (Lonely Planet) 50 The wooden statue of St Paul was carved by Melchiorre Gafa in 1657, and is paraded through the streets on the festa day (10 February). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1800
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