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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|fr|fête}}.
{{ubor|en|fr|fête}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|/feɪt/|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/feɪt/|/fɛt/}}
{{rfap|en}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪt|s=1}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# {{alternative spelling of|fete|lang=en}}
# {{alternative spelling of|en|fete}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{en-verb|fêt}}
{{en-verb}}


# {{alternative spelling of|fete|lang=en}}
# {{alternative spelling of|en|fete}}
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1921/10/an-ex-enemy-in-berlin-to-day/647594/|title=An Ex-Enemy in Berlin to-Day|work=The Atlantic|year=1921|month=October|author=Maxwell H. H. Macartney|passage=This is not, of course, to say that the British — or even the Americans — are positively popular or '''fêted''' here.}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eeft|ETFE|feet|teef}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=eeft|ETFE|feet|teef}}

[[Category:English terms spelled with Ê|fete]]

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==French==
==French==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{inh|fr|frm|feste}}, from {{inh|fr|fro|feste}}, from {{inh|fr|LL.|fēsta}}, from the plural of {{inh|fr|la|fēstum}}.
{{inh+|fr|frm|feste}}, from {{inh|fr|fro|feste}}, from {{inh|fr|LL.|fēsta}}, from the plural of {{inh|fr|la|fēstum}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{fr-IPA|a=France}}
** {{a|France, Paris|une fête}} {{audio-IPA|Fr-fête.ogg|[yn fɛt]|lang=fr}}
** {{audio|fr|Fr-fête.ogg|text=une fête|IPA=[yn fɛt]|a=Paris}}
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** {{homophones|fr|fait|faite|faîte|faites|faîtes|fêtes|fêtent|a=France}}
** {{a|Belgium|une fête}} {{IPA|[yn fɛːt]|lang=fr}}
* {{IPA|fr|/fɛːt/|aa=older, now chiefly <<Belgium>> and <<Canada>>}}
** {{a|Canada, Estrie|une fête}} {{audio-IPA|FR QC une fête.ogg|[ʏn ˈfæ̈ɪ̯tʰ]|lang=fr}}
** {{audio|fr|FR QC une fête.ogg|text=une fête|IPA=[ʏn ˈfæ̈ɪ̯tʰ]|a=Quebec,Estrie}}
** {{a|Canada, Abitibi|informal}} {{audio-IPA|Qc-fête.oga|[fɑɪ̯tʰ]|lang=fr}}
** {{audio|fr|Qc-fête.oga|IPA=[fɑɪ̯tʰ]|a=Quebec,Abitibi,informal}}
** {{a|Canada, Ottawa|informal}} {{audio-IPA|Fr-CA-Fête.oga|[faɪ̯tʰ]|lang=fr}}
** {{audio|fr|Fr-CA-Fête.oga|IPA=[faɪ̯tʰ]|a=Quebec,Ottawa,informal}}
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* {{homophones|fait|faite|faîte|faites|faîtes|fêtes|fêtent|lang=fr}}
** {{homophones|fr|faîte|faîtes|fêtes|fêtent|a=Quebec}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{fr-noun|f}}
{{fr-noun|f}}


# winter [[holidays]] (always in plural)
# [[holiday]]
#: {{uxi|fr|Tu fais quoi pour les '''fêtes''' (de fin d'année)?|What will you do for the (winter) '''holidays'''?|lit=the end-of-year holidays}}
# [[party]]
# [[party]]
#: {{syn|fr|teuf|partie|nouba}}
#: {{uxi|fr|Je fais une '''fête''' chez moi ce soir!|I'm throwing a '''party''' at my place tonight!|lit= I'm doing a party}}
# {{lb|fr|Christianity}} [[name day]]
# {{lb|fr|Christianity}} [[name day]]
#: {{uxi|fr|Le 18 mai, c'est la '''fête''' des Éric.|May 18 is the '''name day''' of people named Eric.}}
# {{lb|fr|Canada}} [[birthday]]
# {{lb|fr|North America}} [[birthday]]
#: {{uxi|fr|Bonne '''fête'''!|Happy '''birthday'''!}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{col3|fr
{{der3|fr|faire la fête|fêtard|fête champêtre|fête galante|fêter|festival}}
|bonne fête
|Douze Grandes Fêtes
|être à la fête
|faire fête
|faire la fête
|faire sa fête
|fêtard
|fête champêtre
|fête des Mères
|fête des Pères
|fête des Rois
|fête du Travail
|fête foraine
|fête galante
|fêter
|joyeuses fêtes
}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|fr
|festif
|festival
}}


====Descendants====
====Descendants====
* {{desc|bor=1|en|fête}}
* {{desc|bor=1|en|fête}}
* {{desc|bor=1|de|Fete}}
* {{desc|bor=1|de|Fete}}
* {{desc|bor=1|pl|feta}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{head|fr|verb form}}
{{head|fr|verb form}}


# {{inflection of|fêter||1|s|pres|indc|lang=fr}}
# {{inflection of|fr|fêter||1//3|s|pres|ind//sub|;|2|s|impr}}
# {{inflection of|fêter||3|s|pres|indc|lang=fr}}
# {{inflection of|fêter||1|s|pres|subj|lang=fr}}
# {{inflection of|fêter||3|s|pres|subj|lang=fr}}
# {{inflection of|fêter||2|s|impr|lang=fr}}


===Further reading===
===Further reading===
* {{R:TLFi}}
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

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==Norman==
==Norman==
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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{qualifier|Jersey}} {{IPA|/feit/|lang=nrf}}
* {{IPA|nrf|/feit/|a=Jersey}}
* {{audio|Jer-fête.ogg|Audio (Jersey)|lang=nrf}}
* {{audio|nrf|Jer-fête.ogg|a=Jersey}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
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# {{lb|nrf|Jersey|Guernsey}} [[holiday]]
# {{lb|nrf|Jersey|Guernsey}} [[holiday]]


{{topics|nrf|Calendar terms}}
{{topics|nrf|Calendar}}

Latest revision as of 13:37, 27 November 2024

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

English

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French fête.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fête (plural fêtes)

  1. Alternative spelling of fete

Verb

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fête (third-person singular simple present fêtes, present participle fêting, simple past and past participle fêted)

  1. Alternative spelling of fete
    • 1921 October, Maxwell H. H. Macartney, “An Ex-Enemy in Berlin to-Day”, in The Atlantic‎[1]:
      This is not, of course, to say that the British — or even the Americans — are positively popular or fêted here.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French feste, from Old French feste, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fête f (plural fêtes)

  1. winter holidays (always in plural)
    Tu fais quoi pour les fêtes (de fin d’année)? ― What will you do for the (winter) holidays? (literally, “the end-of-year holidays”)
  2. party
    Synonyms: teuf, partie, nouba
    Je fais une fête chez moi ce soir! ― I'm throwing a party at my place tonight! (literally, “I'm doing a party”)
  3. (Christianity) name day
    Le 18 mai, c’est la fête des Éric. ― May 18 is the name day of people named Eric.
  4. (North America) birthday
    Bonne fête! ― Happy birthday!

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → English: fête
  • → German: Fete
  • → Polish: feta

Verb

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fête

  1. inflection of fêter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French feste, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fête f (plural fêtes)

  1. (Jersey, Guernsey) holiday
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