"feste" meaning in Old French

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛs.tə/ (note: early), /ˈfɛː.tə/ (note: late) Forms: feste oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], festes [oblique, plural], feste [nominative, singular], festes [nominative, plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder. Proto-Italic *θēstos Proto-Italic *fēstosder. Late Latin fēstus Late Latin fēsta Late Latin fēsta Old French feste From Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|:inh|la-lat:fēsta|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁stosder. Proto-Italic *θēstos Proto-Italic *fēstosder. Late Latin fēstus Late Latin fēsta Late Latin fēsta Old French feste, {{inh|fro|la-lat|fēsta}} Late Latin fēsta, {{inh|fro|la|fēstum}} Latin fēstum Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} feste oblique singular, f (oblique plural festes, nominative singular feste, nominative plural festes)
  1. party; celebration
    Sense id: en-feste-fro-noun-rQPRqRDu
  2. feast
    Sense id: en-feste-fro-noun-HY3sGga5 Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Old French entries with etymology trees, Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 9 41 9 41 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 9 41 9 41 Disambiguation of Old French entries with etymology trees: 13 87 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 12 88

Inflected forms

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          "word": "fête"
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      "word": "feste"
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      "word": "fête"
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    {
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        "borrowed"
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              35,
              40
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          "english": "All all the young and the old\nCame to a feast.",
          "ref": "c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:",
          "text": "Et tuit li juene et li chenu\nA une feste sont venu[.]",
          "translation": "All all the young and the old\nCame to a feast.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfɛs.tə/",
      "note": "early"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛː.tə/",
      "note": "late"
    }
  ],
  "word": "feste"
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    "Old French terms derived from Latin",
    "Old French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
    "Old French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-",
    "Old French terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "Old French terms inherited from Latin",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
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        "feminine"
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    },
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      "form": "festes",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "feste",
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      "form": "festes",
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          "text": "Et tuit li juene et li chenu\nA une feste sont venu[.]",
          "translation": "All all the young and the old\nCame to a feast.",
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      "note": "early"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛː.tə/",
      "note": "late"
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  ],
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Download raw JSONL data for feste meaning in Old French (3.0kB)

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