“Festival” is a word that evokes feelings of celebration, joy, and community gatherings across cultures. This term varies across languages, each reflecting unique cultural nuances. Here’s how to say “festival” in 70 different languages, accompanied by the respective country’s flag and name in bold. Whether you are a traveler, a cultural enthusiast, or just curious, this guide can enhance your appreciation of global diversity.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – مهرجان (Muhrajan) | Pronunciation: Muhr-ra-jan
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Փառատոն (P’araton) | Pronunciation: Pah-rah-ton
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Jaialdi | Pronunciation: Ha-ee-ahl-dee
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Фестываль (Festyval’) | Pronunciation: Fes-tee-val’
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – উৎসব (Utsab) | Pronunciation: Oot-sob
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Фестивал (Festival) | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – جشنواره (Jashnvareh) | Pronunciation: Jashn-vah-reh
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Festivaali | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-vaa-lee
- French (🇫🇷) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ფესტივალი (P’est’ivali) | Pronunciation: P’es-ti-va-li
- German (🇩🇪) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Φεστιβάλ (Festivál) | Pronunciation: Fes-tee-val
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – פסטיבל (Festival) | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – त्योहार (Tyohar) | Pronunciation: Tyo-har
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Fesztivál | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Hátíð | Pronunciation: Ha-teeth
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Féile | Pronunciation: Fay-leh
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – フェスティバル (Fesutibaru) | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-ba-ru
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Фестиваль (Festival’) | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val’
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ពិធីបុណ្យ (Pithi Bonn) | Pronunciation: Pee-thee Bon
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 축제 (Chukje) | Pronunciation: Chook-jeh
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Pîroz | Pronunciation: Pee-roz
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Фестиваль (Festival’) | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val’
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ບັນດານອຳນວຍການ (Banda Nam Viyakan) | Pronunciation: Ban-da Nam Vee-yah-kan
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Festivāls | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-vals
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Festivalis | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-va-lis
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Фестивал (Festival) | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 节日 (Jiérì) | Pronunciation: Jyeah-ree
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – सण (San) | Pronunciation: Sahn
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Наадам (Naadam) | Pronunciation: Nah-dam
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – पर्व (Parva) | Pronunciation: Par-va
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – جشن (Jashn) | Pronunciation: Jashn
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – جشن (Jashn) | Pronunciation: Jashn
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Festiwal | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Фестиваль (Festival’) | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val’
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Фестивал (Festival) | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – උත්සවය (Utsavaya) | Pronunciation: Oot-sah-vah-ya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Bandhig | Pronunciation: Ban-dhig
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Tamasha | Pronunciation: Tah-mah-shah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Фестивал (Festival) | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – விழா (Vizha) | Pronunciation: Vee-zha
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పండుగ (Panduga) | Pronunciation: Pan-doo-gah
- Thai (🇹🇭) – เทศกาล (Thetsakan) | Pronunciation: Tay-sah-gahn
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Фестиваль (Festyval’) | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val’
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – تہوار (Tehwar) | Pronunciation: Teh-war
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Festival | Pronunciation: Fes-ti-val
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Lễ hội | Pronunciation: Lay hoy
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Gŵyl | Pronunciation: Gooyl
This linguistic journey through festivals around the world highlights the universal appeal of celebration and togetherness, despite the diversity of expressions.