fete

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

English

Alternative forms

• fête

Etymology

Borrowed from French fête. Doublet of feast and fiesta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɪt/, /fɛt/

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• AHD: /fāt/, /fet/
• Homophones: fate
• Rhymes: -eɪt, -ɛt

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

A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.

• French: kermesse (fr) f

• Portuguese: quermesse (pt) f

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^[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.

Translations

to celebrate or make much of a person

• French: fêter (fr)
• Maori: whakamiramira

• Russian: чествовать (ru) impf (čestvovatʹ)

Anagrams

• ETFE, feet, teef

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Latin

Adjective

fēte

1. vocative masculine singular of fētus

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Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin fēteō

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛtə/

Verb

fete

1. to smell bad, to stink

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

fete

1. definite singular of fet
2. plural of fet

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfe.te]

Noun

fete f pl

1. plural of fată

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Swedish

Adjective

fete

1. absolute definite natural masculine singular of fet.