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festschrift

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɛstˌʃɹɪft/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈfɛstˌʃɹɪft/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A collection of articles, essays, etc., published together as a memorial or tribute to an academic or some other respected person (often on their birthday).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: liber amicorum

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of festschrift.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: memorial, commemoration, remembrance

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Festschrift, from Fest (“celebration; festival”) + Schrift (“writing (work of an author)”).

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տոնագիր (tonagir) — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紀念文集 /纪念文集 (jìniàn wénjí) — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • Danish: festskrift — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • Dutch: feestschrift — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • Dutch: feestbundel — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • Finnish: juhlajulkaisu — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • French: mélanges — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • French: études offertes — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • German: Festschrift — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • Hebrew: ספר יובל (sefer yovel) — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • Norwegian: festskrift — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • Persian: یادنامه — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • Polish: festschrift — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
  • Swedish: festskrift — collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar
Real reading context

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