festeggiare Italian · revision 38987

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=late 13th century, Bonvesin de la Riva|origins=la festum}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /fes.tedˈd͡ʒa.re/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''festeggiare''' (first-person singular present festéggio, first-person singular past historic festeggiài, past participle festeggiàto, auxiliary avére)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old forms include ''festegiare'' and ''festigiare''.^(GDLI)^(TLIO)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|it|festa|-eggiare]], according to DELI, GRADIT and Zingarelli.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)^(Zingarelli 2010) Wiktionary instead takes it from a [[la-vul|*festizō|alt=*festizāre]], from [[la|festum|t=feast, holiday]] with a verb-forming suffix.^(Wiktionary) Tommaseo compared [[fro|festoier]].^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The Latin noun is the noun use of the adjective [[m|la|festus|t=festive]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the Milanese poems of Bonvesin de la Riva, in the late 13th century.^(TLIO) DELI's earliest dates are the early 14th century for “to welcome and honour someone with festivity” (the Italian ''Valerius Maximus'') and before 1342 for “to celebrate a feast” (Domenico Cavalca).^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Old Italian the verb meant to honour with public celebrations, especially a religious feast or a deity, to rejoice in someone's honour, and to amuse oneself.^(TLIO) Cavalca writes of ''festeggiare il giorno del sabato'', keeping the Sabbath.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The old intransitive sense “to amuse oneself, to make merry” is now marked as archaic or literary,^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011) while modern usage celebrates birthdays, anniversaries and victories, or simply “celebrates” without an object.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) In literary prose the sea can ''festeggiare'' with light, that is sparkle.^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Late 13th century – Bonvesin de la Riva uses the verb.^(TLIO)

+ * Early 14th century – The Italian ''Valerius Maximus'' uses it for “to welcome with festivity”.^(DELI 1999)

+ * c. 1336 – Zingarelli's date for the verb.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * Before 1342 – Cavalca uses it for “to celebrate a feast”.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|celebrate]] an event with a party: ''Domani festeggiamo la laurea di mia sorella.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # To welcome someone warmly, to make a fuss of: ''I tifosi hanno festeggiato la squadra all'aeroporto.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # (intransitive) To celebrate, to [[m|en|party]]; to show joy: ''Abbiamo vinto: stasera si festeggia!''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[festeggiamento]]

+ * [[festeggiato]]

+ * [[festeggiatore]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[festa]]

+ * [[festivo]]

+ * [[la|festum]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}