-fest

See also: fest, Fest, fêst, and Fëst

English

Etymology

From fest, from German Fest (“festival”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-fɛst/

Suffix

-fest

1. A festival, a fest; used in names of events.

   ‎summer + ‎-fest → ‎Summerfest

   ‎Yule + ‎-fest → ‎Yulefest

2. (informal) Appended to a noun to denote a thing, especially an event or artistic work, characterized by the noun's referent.

   ‎snooze + ‎-fest → ‎snoozefest

   ‎slug + ‎-fest → ‎slugfest

   ‎action + ‎-fest → ‎actionfest

   ‎joke + ‎-fest → ‎jokefest

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -fest

Anagrams

• ETFs, FETs, FTEs, FTSE, Stef, efts, fets, tefs

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse festr f (“rope, cord”), whence also fester (“rope to moor boats with”).

Suffix

-fest f

1. place to moor boats

Derived terms

• Agnefest
• Hamarfest, Hammerfest
• Sygnefest