extravaganza

English

Etymology

From Italian stravaganza under influence from English extravagance.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪkˌstɹæv.əˈɡæn.zə/

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Noun

extravaganza (plural extravaganzas or extravaganze)

1. An extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature, or drama.
2. An instance of fantastical, unrestrained, lavish, or chaotic behaviour or conduct.

   The bride had her heart set on a simple wedding, but her parents insisted on a three-hundred-guest extravaganza.

   • 1983 December 24, Nancy A. F. Langer, “The Nuclear Family Holiday Blues”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 15:

     I find myself on Christmas day with people who are so tedious that a trip to the john appears an extravaganza by comparison.

Translations

an extravagant or eccentric piece of music, literature or drama

• German: Zauberposse f, fantastische Dichtung f
• Yiddish: עקסטראַוואַגאַנץ f (ekstravagants)

event or display of fantastic or chaotic behaviour or conduct

• Bulgarian: зре́лищно представле́ние n (zrélištno predstavlénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 華麗的演出／华丽的演出 (huálì de yǎnchū)

• Esperanto: ekstravaganco
• Finnish: spektaakkeli (fi)
• French: extravagance (fr) f
• German: Spektakel (de) n, opulente Veranstaltung f, spektakuläres Ereignis n
• Malay: ekstravaganza
• Polish: fanaberie f pl
• Russian: буффона́да (ru) f (buffonáda), фее́рия (ru) f (fejérija), зре́лищное представле́ние n (zréliščnoje predstavlénije)
• Spanish: extravagancia (es) f
• Yiddish: עקסטראַוואַגאַנץ f (ekstravagants)

See also

• extravagance