fêter

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word fêter. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word fêter, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say fêter in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word fêter you have here. The definition of the word fêter will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offêter, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: feter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fester. By surface analysis, fête +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛ.te/, /fe.te/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

fêter

  1. (transitive) to celebrate (an event)
    Il va fêter son quarantième anniversaire demain.
    He is going to celebrate his 40th anniversary tomorrow.
  2. (transitive) to celebrate (somebody)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fêter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fêter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fêtant
/fɛ.tɑ̃/ or /fe.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fêté
/fɛ.te/ or /fe.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fête
/fɛt/ 		fêtes
/fɛt/ 		fête
/fɛt/ 		fêtons
/fɛ.tɔ̃/ or /fe.tɔ̃/ 		fêtez
/fɛ.te/ or /fe.te/ 		fêtent
/fɛt/
imperfect fêtais
/fɛ.tɛ/ or /fe.tɛ/ 		fêtais
/fɛ.tɛ/ or /fe.tɛ/ 		fêtait
/fɛ.tɛ/ or /fe.tɛ/ 		fêtions
/fɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /fe.tjɔ̃/ 		fêtiez
/fɛ.tje/ or /fe.tje/ 		fêtaient
/fɛ.tɛ/ or /fe.tɛ/
past historic2 fêtai
/fɛ.te/ or /fe.te/ 		fêtas
/fɛ.ta/ or /fe.ta/ 		fêta
/fɛ.ta/ or /fe.ta/ 		fêtâmes
/fɛ.tam/ or /fe.tam/ 		fêtâtes
/fɛ.tat/ or /fe.tat/ 		fêtèrent
/fɛ.tɛʁ/ or /fe.tɛʁ/
future fêterai
/fɛ.tʁe/ or /fe.tʁe/ 		fêteras
/fɛ.tʁa/ or /fe.tʁa/ 		fêtera
/fɛ.tʁa/ or /fe.tʁa/ 		fêterons
/fɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fe.tʁɔ̃/ 		fêterez
/fɛ.tʁe/ or /fe.tʁe/ 		fêteront
/fɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /fe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional fêterais
/fɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fe.tʁɛ/ 		fêterais
/fɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fe.tʁɛ/ 		fêterait
/fɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fe.tʁɛ/ 		fêterions
/fɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /fe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fêteriez
/fɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /fe.tə.ʁje/ 		fêteraient
/fɛ.tʁɛ/ or /fe.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fête
/fɛt/ 		fêtes
/fɛt/ 		fête
/fɛt/ 		fêtions
/fɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /fe.tjɔ̃/ 		fêtiez
/fɛ.tje/ or /fe.tje/ 		fêtent
/fɛt/
imperfect2 fêtasse
/fɛ.tas/ or /fe.tas/ 		fêtasses
/fɛ.tas/ or /fe.tas/ 		fêtât
/fɛ.ta/ or /fe.ta/ 		fêtassions
/fɛ.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /fe.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		fêtassiez
/fɛ.ta.sje/ or /fe.ta.sje/ 		fêtassent
/fɛ.tas/ or /fe.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fête
/fɛt/ 		— fêtons
/fɛ.tɔ̃/ or /fe.tɔ̃/ 		fêtez
/fɛ.te/ or /fe.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: fêteren
  • → English: fete

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia