fete
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French fête. Doublet of feast and fiesta.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fete (plural fetes)
- 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.
- 1991, Treasure Hunting, Treasure Hunting Publications:
- A feast, celebration or carnival.
TranslationsEdit
A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
VerbEdit
fete (third-person singular simple present fetes, present participle feting, simple past and past participle feted)
- (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[1]:
- 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.
TranslationsEdit
to celebrate or make much of a person
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fēte
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fete
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fete
- absolute definite natural masculine form of fet.