Translation
feast, banquet
Word origin
From Latin festinum and festum, a holiday or feast day, on the adjective festus ('festive'). English feast, festival and festive share the root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- festum
- English cognates
- feast, festival, festive
Examples
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The king laid on a great banquet at the castle.
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The banquet tables were full.
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We invited a hundred guests to the feast.
is the celebration, is the meal at the middle of it - a distinct root rather than a suffixed form, which is worth noticing in a language that usually derives. The verb festeni means to feast, and festeni and festi are not interchangeable: you can festi a birthday with no food in sight.
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