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regale
English
Etymology
From French régaler (“to entertain, feast”), from Old French regale, rigale, from gale (“merriment”), probably of Germanic origin (see Old French galer). Influenced by Old French se rigoler (“amuse oneself, rejoice”), of unknown origin. Compare Middle High German begalen (“to charm; enchant”), English gale (“to sing; charm”). Compare also English gala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????e?l/, /????e?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
Noun
regale (plural regales)
- A feast, meal.
Translations
Verb
regale (third-person singular simple present regales, present participle regaling, simple past and past participle regaled)
- (transitive) To please or entertain (someone). [from 17th c.]
- (transitive) To provide hospitality for (someone); to supply with abundant food and drink. [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete, intransitive) To feast (on, with something). [17th-19th c.]
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, V:
- she hardly lets a Week pass without making the Lady Abbess and her Nuns a Visit, to regale with a Cup of burnt Brandy.
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, V:
- (figuratively, transitive) To entertain with something that delights; to gratify; to refresh.
- to regale the taste, the eye, or the ear
Translations
Anagrams
- Alegre, Eargle, Legare, Reagle, aleger
Italian
Etymology
From Latin r?g?lis, r?g?lem. Doublet of reale.
Adjective
regale (plural regali)
- royal
- regal
Related terms
- re
- regalismo
- regalità
- regalmente
Anagrams
- galere
- gelare
- gelerà
- legare
- relega
Latin
Adjective
r?g?le
- nominative neuter singular of r?g?lis
- accusative neuter singular of r?g?lis
- vocative neuter singular of r?g?lis
References
- regale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Polish
Noun
regale m
- locative singular of rega?
- vocative singular of rega?
Spanish
Verb
regale
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of regalar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of regalar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of regalar.
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festival
English
Etymology
From Old French festival, from Late Latin f?st?v?lis, from Latin f?st?vus (“festive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?st?v?l/
Adjective
festival (comparative more festival, superlative most festival)
- Pertaining to a feast or feast day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
- the temple of the Gods [...] / Whom all the people decke with girlands greene, / And honour in their festiuall resort [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iii:
Noun
festival (plural festivals)
- (biblical) A feast or feast day.
- Deuteronomy 16:16 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
- 16 All your males are to appear three times a year before the Lord your God in the place He chooses: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. No one is to appear before the Lord empty-handed.
- Deuteronomy 16:16 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
- An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.
- In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
- (Caribbean, Jamaican) fried cornbread
Related terms
- festal
- festive
- festivity
- festivities
Translations
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /f?s.ti?val/
- (Central) IPA(key): /f?s.ti?bal/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /fes.ti?val/
Noun
festival m (plural festivals)
- festival
Czech
Etymology
From English festival
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?st?val]
- Hyphenation: fe?s?ti?val
Noun
festival m inan
- festival (an event or community gathering)
Declension
Further reading
- festival in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- festival in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English festival, from Old French festival, from Late Latin f?st?v?lis, from Latin f?st?vus (“festive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?s.ti?v?l/
- Hyphenation: fes?ti?val
Noun
festival n (plural festivals, diminutive festivalletje n)
- A festival (festive event or gathering).
Derived terms
- dorpsfestival
- festivalganger
- festivalisering
- festivalpubliek
- filmfestival
- kunstfestival
- muziekfestival
- songfestival
- theaterfestival
French
Etymology
From English festival, from Old French festival.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?s.ti.val/
Noun
festival m (plural festivals)
- festival
Further reading
- “festival” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English festival.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?s.ti.val/, /fes.ti?val/
Noun
festival m (invariable)
- festival
- worker's festival
Synonyms
- mostra
- rassegna
Related terms
- festivaliere
- festivaliero
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin festivalis, via English festival
Noun
festival m (definite singular festivalen, indefinite plural festivaler, definite plural festivalene)
- a festival
References
- “festival” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin festivalis, via English festival
Noun
festival m (definite singular festivalen, indefinite plural festivalar, definite plural festivalane)
- a festival
References
- “festival” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From French festival, ultimately from Latin f?st?v?lis.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /f??.ti?val/
Noun
festival m (plural festivais)
- festival
Romanian
Etymology
From French festival.
Noun
festival n (plural festivaluri)
- festival
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
festìv?l m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)
- festival
Declension
See also
- praznik
Spanish
Noun
festival m (plural festivales)
- festival
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French festival.
Noun
festival (definite accusative festivali, plural festivaller)
- festival
Synonyms
- ?enlik
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