fete

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See also: Fete, fête, fêté, fetĕ, and fețe

English

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Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

fete (plural fetes)

  1. A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
    • 1991, Treasure Hunting, Treasure Hunting Publications:
      The final fete of the year was held at the Plymouth Hoe on 20 July, where fine weather and crowds of people ensured much support for local charities and boosted club finds.
  2. A feast, celebration or carnival.

Translations

Verb

fete (third-person singular simple present fetes, present participle feting, simple past and past participle feted)

  1. (transitive, usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person).
    Synonym: celebrate
    • 1992, Today, News Group Newspapers Ltd:
      Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.
    • 2007 April 6, Mike Barnes, “Is this the hardest-working man in music?”, in The Guardian‎:
      Saxophonist Pete Wareham, his friend and collaborator in Polar Bear and the critically feted groups Acoustic Ladyland and Fulborn Teversham, soon punctures that idea.
    • 2018 April 27, William Cook, “Are Macron and Merkel playing good cop, bad cop with Trump?”, in The Spectator:
      For three days Emmanuel Macron was wooed and fêted by Donald Trump, treated to marching bands and banquets.

Translations

Anagrams

Arammba

Numeral

feté

  1. 36; 6^2

Latin

Adjective

fēte

  1. vocative masculine singular of fētus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

fete

  1. definite singular of fet
  2. plural of fet

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

fete f pl

  1. plural of fată

Swedish

Adjective

fete

  1. definite natural masculine singular of fet

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly from an older fote (if not an error), recorded in van der Crab's De Moluksche Eilanden's wordlist. Cognate with Ternate hate (“tree”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fete

  1. tree
    iso fete ― he climbs down a tree

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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