different between friendly vs festive

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??ndli/, /?f??nli/

Etymology 1

From Middle English frendly, freendly, frendely, frendlich, from Old English fr?ondl??, from Proto-Germanic *frij?ndl?kaz, equivalent to friend +? -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian früntelk, fjuntelk (“friendly”), West Frisian freonlik (“friendly”), Dutch vriendelijk (“friendly”), German Low German fründelk, frünnelk (“friendly”), German freundlich (“friendly”).

Adjective

friendly (comparative friendlier or more friendly, superlative friendliest or most friendly)

1. Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.
2. Inviting, characteristic of friendliness.

3. Having an easy or accepting relationship with something.

4. Without any hostility.
5. Promoting the good of any person; favourable; propitious.

   • On the first friendly bank he throws him down.

6. (military) Of or pertaining to friendlies (friendly noun sense 2, below). Also applied to other bipolar confrontations, such as team sports
7. (number theory) Being or relating to two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy.

8. (in compounds) Compatible with, or not damaging to (the compounded noun).

Antonyms

• hostile
• unfriendly

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

friendly (plural friendlies)

1. (sports) A game which is of no consequence in terms of ranking, betting etc.

   This match is merely a friendly, so don't worry too much about it.
2. A person or entity on the same side in a conflict.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English frendly, frendliche, from Old English fr?ondl??e (“in a friendly manner”), equivalent to friend +? -ly.

Adverb

friendly (comparative more friendly, superlative most friendly)

1. (archaic) In a friendly manner, like a friend.

Synonyms

• amicably, friendlily

Translations

English

Etymology

From French festif, from Latin festivus (“pertaining to a feast, gay, lively, joyous”). Equivalent to feast +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?st?v/
• Hyphenation: fes?tive

Adjective

festive (comparative more festive, superlative most festive)

1. Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.

2. In the mood to celebrate.

Synonyms

• feastful
• feastly

Translations

French

Adjective

festive

1. feminine singular of festif

Italian

Adjective

festive

1. feminine plural of festivo

Latin

Etymology

From f?st?vus (“joyous, festive; pleasing”), from f?stus (“feast-like; festive”).

Adverb

f?st?v? (not comparable)

1. agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully
2. humorously, facetiously, wittily

Related terms

References

• festive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• festive in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• festive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette