how to pronounce festivity

/fɛsˈtɪvətiː/

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festivity is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of festivity in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… of festivity and pleasure that we all …”

meanings of festivity

noun:

An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.
A festival or similar celebration.

festivity frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word festivity occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.