carnaval

Meaning

1. (neuter) the carnival, last festive occasion(s) before Lent, notably on Shrove Tuesday
2. (neuter,specifically) a festival celebrated with costuming, parades and other festivities, with a general emphasis on parody, jest and local tradition and dialect

Hyphenated as

car‧na‧val

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑrnaːvɑl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French carnaval, either from Italian carnivale, from Medieval Latin carnelevale, from carnem (“flesh”) + levāre (“lighten, raise”). The alternative carnem vale (“flesh farewell”) is a folk etymology.

Sentences

Noord-Brabant viert uitbundig feest tijdens het carnaval .

North Brabant celebrates exuberantly during the carnival.