feast
Significado (English)
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- A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
- Something delightful
- A festival; a holy day or holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
Conceptos
día feriado
giorno festivo
comida festiva
Synonyms
social gathering
drinking bout
celebrate with feasting
be delighted
give a party
eating and drinking
provide dinner for
festival season
have a Chinese dinner
welcoming party
enjoy a feast
joyous occasion
funeral potlatch
festive occasion
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/fiːst/
Etimología (English)
In summary
From Middle English feeste, feste, borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa, from the plural of Latin festum (“holiday, festival, feast”), from Proto-Italic *fēs-tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, godhead, deity”); see also Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god, goddess”). More at theo-. Doublet of fete, fiesta, and fest. Displaced Old English winhate.
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