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/fɛt/
Translation
party, celebration, festival
Word origin
From Old French feste, from Latin festa ('feasts, festivals'), the plural of festum. English 'feast', 'festival' and 'fete' all descend from this root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- festa
- English cognates
- feast, festival, festive
Grammar
Examples
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We are organising a party for his birthday on Saturday.
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The French national celebration takes place in July.
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She loves going to the big village festival every summer.
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The village fete takes place every summer in July.
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We organised a big party for his birthday.
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