"fete" meaning in English

See fete in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /feɪt/, /fɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fete.wav Forms: fetes [plural]
enPR: fāt, fet Rhymes: -eɪt, -ɛt Etymology: * The noun derives from French fête. Doublet of feast, fiesta, and fest. * The verb derives from French fêter. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|fête}} French fête, {{doublet|en|feast|fiesta|fest}} Doublet of feast, fiesta, and fest, {{bor|en|fr|fêter}} French fêter Head templates: {{en-noun}} fete (plural fetes)
  1. A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity. Translations (A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.): (dobročinná) slavnost [feminine] (Czech), kermesse [feminine] (French), quermesse [feminine] (Portuguese), feria [feminine] (Spanish), fiesta [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fete-en-noun-tKCyvxEF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 20 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 18 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 62 13 8 8 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 9 6 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 19 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 64 21 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 65 20 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 19 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 67 25 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 43 23 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 71 19 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 17 12 Disambiguation of 'A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.': 97 3
  2. A feast, celebration or carnival.
    Sense id: en-fete-en-noun-nqOcyW2e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fête

Verb

IPA: /feɪt/, /fɛt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fete.wav Forms: fetes [present, singular, third-person], feting [participle, present], feted [participle, past], feted [past]
enPR: fāt, fet Rhymes: -eɪt, -ɛt Etymology: * The noun derives from French fête. Doublet of feast, fiesta, and fest. * The verb derives from French fêter. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|fête}} French fête, {{doublet|en|feast|fiesta|fest}} Doublet of feast, fiesta, and fest, {{bor|en|fr|fêter}} French fêter Head templates: {{en-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). Tags: passive, transitive, usually Synonyms: celebrate Translations (to celebrate or make much of a person): fêteren (Dutch), vieren (Dutch), fêter (French), feiern (German), ehren (German), verehren (German), whakamiramira (Maori), чествовать (čestvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fete-en-verb-6ObcWK6-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fête

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1992, Today, News Group Newspapers Ltd:",
          "text": "Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 April 6, Mike Barnes, “Is this the hardest-working man in music?”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Saxophonist Pete Wareham, his friend and collaborator in Polar Bear and the critically feted groups Acoustic Ladyland and Fulborn Teversham, soon punctures that idea.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 April 9, Philip Oltermann, quoting Michael Hofmann, “Michael Hofmann: ‘English is basically a trap. It’s almost a language for spies’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "In another LRB review, he had written after reading Martin Amis’s latest, elsewhere feted as a glorious return to form: “I read The Zone of Interest straight through twice from beginning to end and it feels like I’ve read nothing at all.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018 April 27, William Cook, “Are Macron and Merkel playing good cop, bad cop with Trump?”, in The Spectator:",
          "text": "For three days Emmanuel Macron was wooed and fêted by Donald Trump, treated to marching bands and banquets.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To celebrate (a person)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "passive",
          "passive"
        ],
        [
          "celebrate",
          "celebrate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, usually in the passive) To celebrate (a person)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "celebrate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "transitive",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "fāt"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "fet"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/feɪt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fete.wav",
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "fate"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪt"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fête"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to celebrate or make much of a person",
      "word": "fêteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to celebrate or make much of a person",
      "word": "vieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to celebrate or make much of a person",
      "word": "fêter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to celebrate or make much of a person",
      "word": "feiern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to celebrate or make much of a person",
      "word": "ehren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to celebrate or make much of a person",
      "word": "verehren"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to celebrate or make much of a person",
      "word": "whakamiramira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čestvovatʹ",
      "sense": "to celebrate or make much of a person",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "чествовать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fete"
}

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