festivity

n., pl., -ties.

1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival.
2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration.
3. festivities The proceedings or events of a festival.

noun

1. The act of showing joyful satisfaction in an event: celebration, merrymaking, rejoicing, revel (often used in plural), revelry. See laughter.
2. A large or important social gathering: affair, celebration, fete, function, gala, occasion, party, soiree. Informal do. Slang bash. See group, work/play.
3. Joyful, exuberant activity: conviviality, festival, festiveness, fun, gaiety, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, revel (often used in plural), revelry. See laughter.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any joyous diversion
  Synonym: celebration

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - festivitas, festlighed, munterhed, festlig sammenkomst

Nederlands (Dutch)
festiviteit, feestelijkheid, feeststemming

Français (French)
n. - réjouissance, fête, festivités

Deutsch (German)
n. - Fest, Feststimmung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εορταστική εκδήλωση, πανηγυρισμός, εορτασμός

Italiano (Italian)
festeggiamenti, festività, festosità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - festividade (f)

Русский (Russian)
веселье, торжество

Español (Spanish)
n. - fiesta, festividad, regocijo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - feststämning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
欢宴, 欢庆

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 歡宴, 歡慶

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 축제, 유쾌함

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 祭礼, 陽気

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عيد , مهرجان ابتهاج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חגיגה, שמחה‬

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