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feste

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See also: Feste and festë

Esperanto

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Adverb

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feste

  1. festively

German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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feste

  1. inflection of fest:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

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Noun

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feste f

  1. plural of festa

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fēste

  1. vocative masculine singular of fēstus

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa < Latin festum.

Noun

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feste

  1. feast

Descendants

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  • English: feast

Middle French

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Etymology

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

Noun

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feste f (plural festes)

  1. party, celebration
  2. feast

Descendants

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  • French: fête (see there for further descendants)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse festa (sense 1), and from fest (sense 2).

Verb

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feste (imperative fest, present tense fester, passive festes, simple past and past participle festa or festet, present participle festende)

  1. to attach, fix (fasten), or fasten
  2. to celebrate, party, have a party

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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  • festa (verb, a-infinitive)

Verb

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feste (present tense festar or fester, past tense festa or feste, past participle festa or fest, present participle festande, imperative fest)

  1. to affix, attach
  2. to fasten, secure
  3. (rare, dated) to betroth
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Noun

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feste n (definite singular festet, indefinite plural feste, definite plural festa)

  1. an act of fastening, binding or attaching something to something else
  2. point of attachment, the place where something is connected or fastened to something else
    1. grip, hold
    2. (figurative) a safe foundation, anchor
    3. a place where something or someone might get stuck
  3. a tool for fastening, binding or otherwise attaching something to something else
  4. handle (of a sword)
  5. (archaic) a betrothal
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Etymology 2

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From fest +‎ -e, the first part deriving form Latin festum.

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Verb

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feste (present tense festar, past tense festa, past participle festa, passive infinitive festast, present participle festande, imperative feste/fest)

  1. to party
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Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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feste

  1. definite singular of fest
  2. plural of fest

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (early) /ˈfɛs.tə/
  • IPA(key): (late) /ˈfɛː.tə/

Noun

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feste oblique singularf (oblique plural festes, nominative singular feste, nominative plural festes)

  1. party; celebration
  2. feast

Descendants

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  • Middle French: feste
    • French: fête (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: fête
  • Middle Dutch: fêeste (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle English: feeste (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fes‧te

Verb

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feste

  1. inflection of festar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative