different between treat vs festival

English

Etymology

From Middle English treten, from Anglo-Norman treter, Old French tretier, traiter, from Latin tr?ctare (“to pull", "to manage”), from the past participle stem of trahere (“to draw", "to pull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Verb

treat (third-person singular simple present treats, present participle treating, simple past and past participle treated)

1. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with). [from 13th c.]
   • 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, George Allen & Unwin:

     Now halting a few paces before the Captains of the West he looked them up and down and laughed. 'Is there any in this rout with authority to treat with me?' he asked.

   • 1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1365:

     After all, in this hideous war we have just passed through never forget that Halifax would have treated with Hitler: it took Churchill to refuse.

   • 2010, David Mitchell, The Observer, 6 Jun 2010:

     I wouldn't promote businesses I considered immoral – ambulance-chasing lawyers or online roulette for example – but I've got nothing against computer or software manufacture: they're important and any reputable company in that industry is welcome to treat for my services.

2. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion. [from 14th c.]
3. (transitive) To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking. [from 14th c.]

4. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone). [14th-17th c.]

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Lord Berners to this entry?)

5. (transitive) To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way. [from 14th c.]

6. (transitive) To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward. [from 16th c.]

7. (Britain, politics) To commit the offence of providing food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence a voter.
8. (transitive) To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to. [from 18th c.]
9. (transitive) To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind. [from 19th c.]

10. To provide something special and pleasant.
    • 2012, Chelsea 6-0 Wolves [1]

      The Chelsea captain was a virtual spectator as he was treated to his side's biggest win for almost two years as Stamford Bridge serenaded him with chants of "there's only one England captain," some 48 hours after he announced his retirement from international football.

Usage notes

In the dialects found in Northern England, the past tense and past participle form tret (/t??t/) is sometimes encountered.

Synonyms

• (to deal with in a very specific way): behandle
• (give medical care or attention to): leech, make better

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

treat (plural treats)

1. An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.

   I took the kids to the zoo for a treat.

   Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.

2. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.

   It was such a treat to see her back in action on the London stage.

3. A snack food item designed to be given to pets.

   I lured the cat into her carrier by throwing a couple of treats in there.

4. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
5. (obsolete) An entreaty.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Ratte, atter, ratte, tater, teart, tetra, tetra-

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)

1. 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 [...].

Noun

festival (plural festivals)

1. (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.

2. An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.
3. In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
4. (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)

1. festival

Czech

Etymology

From English festival

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?st?val]
• Hyphenation: fe?s?ti?val

Noun

festival m inan

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. festival
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. festival

Romanian

Etymology

From French festival.

Noun

festival n (plural festivaluri)

1. festival

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

festìv?l m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. festival

Declension

See also

• praznik

Spanish

Noun

festival m (plural festivales)

1. festival

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French festival.

Noun

festival (definite accusative festivali, plural festivaller)

1. festival

Synonyms

• ?enlik