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fete

/ˈfeɪt/FAYT
/ˈfeɪt/FAYT

Meaningfestivals

Common meaning: outdoor celebration or fair

Journey through time

  1. Latinfesta‘festivals’source
  2. Frenchfête‘festival’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsfestival → outdoor celebration or fairfete‘outdoor celebration or fair’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin festa ‘festivals’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry FETE, p. 207 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • festa Latin “festivals”

Related words

feast

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