"feis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɛʃ/ Forms: feiseanna [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛʃ Etymology: Etymology tree Irish feisbor. English feis Borrowed from Irish feis. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|ga:feis|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Irish feisbor. English feis [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Irish", "term" : "feis", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ga" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "feis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="feis"> Borrowed from Irish feis. Head templates: {{en-noun|feiseanna}} feis (plural feiseanna)
  1. (Ireland) An Irish festival, usually including folk music, dancing, and sports. Tags: Ireland
    Sense id: en-feis-en-noun-Litie3dI Categories (other): Irish English, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 51 49
  2. (Ireland) An Irish gathering at which new laws were decreed, as well as folk music, dancing, and sports. Tags: Ireland
    Sense id: en-feis-en-noun-867yXMkA Categories (other): Irish English, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Fèis, the Scottish equivalent, and eisteddfod, the Welsh equivalent

Inflected forms

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