fête

Etymology

Borrowed from French fête.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feɪt/

Noun

fête (plural fêtes)

1. Alternative spelling of fete

Verb

fête (third-person singular simple present fêtes, present participle fêting, simple past and past participle fêted)

1. Alternative spelling of fete

Anagrams

• ETFE, feet, teef

Etymology

From Middle French and Old French feste, from Vulgar Latin festa from Classical Latin festum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛt/
  • (France, Paris, une fête) IPA^(key): [yn fɛt]
  • (Canada, Estrie, une fête) IPA^(key): [ʏn ˈfæ̈ɪ̯tʰ]
  • (Canada, Abitibi, informal) IPA^(key): [fɑɪ̯tʰ]
  • (Canada, Ottawa, informal) IPA^(key): [faɪ̯tʰ]
• Homophones: fait, faite, faîte, faites, faîtes, fêtes, fêtent

Noun

fête f (plural fêtes)

1. holiday
2. party
3. (Canada) birthday

Verb

fête

1. first-person singular present indicative of fêter
2. third-person singular present indicative of fêter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of fêter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of fêter
5. second-person singular imperative of fêter

Further reading

• “fête” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Old French feste, from Vulgar Latin festa, from Classical Latin festum.

Pronunciation

• (Jersey) IPA^(key): /feit/

• Audio (Jersey)

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Noun

fête f (plural fêtes)

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) holiday