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1 festivity
A n ¢ ( merriment) réjouissance f ; the wedding was an occasion of great festivity le mariage donna lieu à toutes sortes de réjouissances. -
2 festivity
festivity [fes'tɪvətɪ]1 noun(merriness) fête f;∎ an air/atmosphere of festivity un air/une atmosphère de fête(celebrations) festivités fpl;∎ the Christmas festivities les fêtes fpl de Noël;∎ come and join the festivities viens te joindre à la fête, viens faire la fête avec nous -
3 festivity
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4 festivity
[-'sti-]- plural festivities - noun (a celebration: Come and join in the festivities.) festivité -
5 CUIHCUICALIZTLI
cuihcuîcaliztli:Fête au cours de laquelle on chante, banquet.Angl., the festivity. Sah4,121.a banquet. Sah9,33." in quênin yehhuântin pôchtêcah: in ihcuâc quichîhuayah cuihcuîcaliztli ", comment ces marchands, à cette époque, organisaient un banquet - how these merchants at that time held a banquet. Sah9,33.Form: nom d'action sur cuihcuîca.Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique > CUIHCUICALIZTLI
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6 TECOHUANOTZALIZTICA
têcôhuanôtzaliztica:Avec un banquet.Angl., with festivity. Sah4,91.Form: sur têcôhuanôzaliztli.Dictionnaire de la langue nahuatl classique > TECOHUANOTZALIZTICA
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7 do
[du:] 1. 3rd person singular present tense - does; verb1) (used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements: Do you smoke?)2) (used with a more important verb for emphasis; ; [ðo sit down])3) (used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before: I thought she wouldn't come, but she did.)4) (used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little: Little did he know what was in store for him.)5) (to carry out or perform: What shall I do?; That was a terrible thing to do.) faire6) (to manage to finish or complete: When you've done that, you can start on this; We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.) faire, finir7) (to perform an activity concerning something: to do the washing; to do the garden / the windows.) faire8) (to be enough or suitable for a purpose: Will this piece of fish do two of us?; That'll do nicely; Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?; Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?) aller9) (to work at or study: She's doing sums; He's at university doing science.) faire, étudier10) (to manage or prosper: How's your wife doing?; My son is doing well at school.) aller11) (to put in order or arrange: She's doing her hair.) arranger12) (to act or behave: Why don't you do as we do?) faire, agir13) (to give or show: The whole town gathered to do him honour.) faire14) (to cause: What damage did the storm do?; It won't do him any harm.) faire15) (to see everything and visit everything in: They tried to do London in four days.) visiter, faire2. noun(an affair or a festivity, especially a party: The school is having a do for Christmas.) réception, fête- doer- doings - done - do-it-yourself - to-do - I - he could be doing with / could do with - do away with - do for - done for - done in - do out - do out of - do's and don'ts - do without - to do with - what are you doing with -
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9 jubilee
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10 gala
gala ['gɑ:lə]1 noun(a) (festivity) gala m∎ swimming gala grand concours m de natation(day, evening) de gala►► gala dress habit m de gala;∎ in gala dress en habit de gala;a gala occasion une grande occasion -
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1 noun(b) (festivity) beuverie fchanter (des chants de Noël);∎ to go wassailing aller chanter des noëls de maison en maison
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