fête

See also fete, fetĕ, feţe, fêté, and Fete

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /feɪt/, /fɛt/

Noun

fête (plural fêtes)

1. Alternative spelling of fete.

Anagrams

• feet

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French

Etymology

From Middle French and Old French feste, from Vulgar Latin festa > Classical Latin festum

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɛt/, X-SAMPA: /fEt/

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• (Quebec, formal) IPA: /fɛːt/, X-SAMPA: /fE:t/

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• (Quebec, informal) IPA: [faɛ̯t] X-SAMPA: /faE^t/

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Noun

fête f (plural fêtes)

1. holiday
2. party
3. (Canada) birthday

Derived terms

• faire la fête
• fêtard
• fête champêtre
• fête galante
• fêter
• festival

Verb

fête

1. first-person singular present indicative of fêter
2. third-person singular present indicative of fêter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fêter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fêter
5. second-person singular imperative of fêter

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From Old French feste, from Vulgar Latin festa > Classical Latin festum.

Noun

fête f (plural fêtes)

1. holiday