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banquet

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • băngˈkwĭt
  • /ˈbæŋkwɪt/
  • obsolete: /ˈbæŋkɪt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B AE1 NG K W AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A large celebratory meal; a feast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: reception

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A ceremonial dinner party for many people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To participate in a banquet; to feast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To have dessert after a feast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 1580, George Cavendish, quoted by John Stow (ed.), The Annales of England, Faithfully collected out of the most autenticall Authors, Records, and other Monuments of Antiquitie, 1600 edition, “Henry the eight.,” p. 907, Then was the banquetting chamber in the tilt yard at Greenewich, to the which place these strangers were conducted by the noblest personages in the court, where they did both sup and banquet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 1800, Frederick Schiller, The Piccolomini, or the First Part of Wallenstein, translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, London: Longman & Rees, Act I, scene i, p. 2, Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a banquet for the graduating seniors
  • the Thanksgiving feast
  • they put out quite a spread

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feast, spread

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meal, repast

8

noun

Meaning 8

a ceremonial dinner party for many people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feast

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dinner, dinner party

Narrower terms: gaudy

9

verb

Meaning 9

partake in a feast or banquet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feast, junket

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: eat

Narrower terms: wine and dine

10

verb

Meaning 10

provide a feast or banquet for

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feast, junket

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: host

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian banco Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -etto Italian banchettoder. Middle French banquetbor. Middle English banket English banquet From Middle English banket, from Middle French banquet, from Italian banchetto (“light repast between meals, snack eaten on a small bench”, literally “a small bench”), from banco (“bench”), from Lombardic *bank, *panch (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old High German bank, banch (“bench”), Old English benċ (“bench”). More at bank, bench. The unetymological /w/ resulted from spelling-pronunciation.

Across languages

Translations

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: banket — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Albanian: çabulle gosti — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Arabic: وَلِيمَة (walīma) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Arabic: مَأْدُبَة (maʔduba) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Arabic: ضِيَافَة (ḍiyāfa) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Armenian: խնջույք (xnǰuykʻ) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Armenian: քեֆ (kʻef) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Aromanian: uspets — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Aromanian: ziafeti — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Azerbaijani: ziyafət — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Basque: oturuntza — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Belarusian: банке́т (bankjét) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Belarusian: пір (pir) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Bulgarian: банке́т (bankét) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Bulgarian: пир (pir) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Catalan: banquet — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宴會 /宴会 (yànhuì) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 筵席 (yánxí) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盛宴 (shèngyàn) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ngazidja Comorian: karamu — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Cornish: gwledh — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Czech: hostina — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Danish: middag — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Danish: banket — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Dutch: banket — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Dutch: feestmaal — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Dutch: feestdis — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Esperanto: bankedo — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Esperanto: festeno — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Estonian: bankett — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Finnish: juhla-ateria — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Finnish: banketti — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Finnish: kestit — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • French: banquet — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • French: festin — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Galician: convite — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Galician: banquete — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Galician: festín — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Galician: comedela — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Georgian: ლხინი (lxini) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Georgian: ბანკეტი (banḳeṭi) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Georgian: ნადიმი (nadimi) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • German: Festmahl — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • German: Bankett — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • German: Gastmahl — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • German: Festessen — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (dauhts) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Greek: ευωχία (evochía) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ancient Greek: εὐωχία (euōkhía) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ancient Greek: δαίς (daís) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ancient Greek: εἰλαπίνη (eilapínē) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Gujarati: જમણવાર (jamaṇvār) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Gujarati: મિજબાની (mijbānī) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Hebrew: מִשְׁתֶּה (mishté) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Hindi: भोज (bhoj) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Hindi: दावत (dāvat) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Hindi: प्रीतिभोज (prītibhoj) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Hungarian: bankett — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Hungarian: díszebéd — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Hungarian: díszvacsora — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Hungarian: lakoma — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Icelandic: matarveisla — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Icelandic: stórveisla — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Icelandic: fjöldaveisla — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Indonesian: banket — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Indonesian: andrawina — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ingrian: pito — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Irish: fleá — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Irish: cóisir — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Italian: pranzo festivo — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Italian: banchetto — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Japanese: 宴会 (enkai) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Japanese: 饗宴 (kyōen) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Japanese: バンケット (banketto) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Kazakh: банкет (banket) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Kazakh: зияпат (ziäpat) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Kazakh: той (toi) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Korean: 연회 (yeonhoe) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Northern Kurdish: ziyafet — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Kyrgyz: банкет (banket) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Kyrgyz: той (toy) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Latin: epulum — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Latin: daps — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Latin: festum — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Latin: unctum — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Latvian: bankets — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Lithuanian: banketas — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Macedonian: банкет (banket) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Malay: jamuan — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Malay: perjamuan — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Maltese: ikla — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Manchu: ᠰᠠᡵᡳᠨ (sarin) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Manx: cuirrey — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Manx: fleah — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Māori: kaihaukai — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bankett — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bankett — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Pashto: بزم (bazm) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Iranian Persian: بَزْم (bazm) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Iranian Persian: ضِیافَت (ziyâfat) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Iranian Persian: وَلیمِه (valime) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Iranian Persian: جَشْن (jašn) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Polish: bankiet — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Polish: biesiada — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Portuguese: banquete — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Romanian: banchet — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Romanian: ospăț — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Romanian: chef — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Romanian: masă — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Romanian: festin — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Romanian: praznic — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Russian: банке́т (bankét) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Russian: пир (pir) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Russian: пи́ршество (píršestvo) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Russian: пиру́шка (pirúška) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Russian: пра́зднество (prázdnestvo) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Russian: пра́зднование (prázdnovanije) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Sanskrit: उत्सव (utsava) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Scottish Gaelic: bangaid — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuirm — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Scottish Gaelic: fèisd — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Scottish Gaelic: fleadh — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба̀нке̄т — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Serbo-Croatian: bànkēt — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Slovak: hostina — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Slovene: banket — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Southern Altai: той (toy) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Spanish: comida festiva — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Spanish: banquete — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Spanish: convite — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Swahili: hafla — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Swedish: bankett — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Tajik: зиёфат (ziyofat) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Tajik: валима (valima) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Tajik: базм (bazm) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Tajik: ҷашн (jašn) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Tamil: விருந்து (viruntu) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Tatar: туй (tuy) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Thai: งานเลี้ยง (ngaan-líiang) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Turkish: ziyafet — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Turkish: toy — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ottoman Turkish: طوی (toy, doy) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ottoman Turkish: ضیافت (ziyafet) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ottoman Turkish: بزم (bezm) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Turkmen: toý — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ukrainian: банке́т (bankét) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ukrainian: пир (pyr) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Ukrainian: бенке́т (benkét) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Urdu: ضِیافَت (ziyāfat) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Urdu: بَزْم (bazm) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Urdu: دَعْوَت (da'vat) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Urdu: جَشْن (jaśn) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Uyghur: زىياپەت (ziyapet) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Uyghur: بانكېت (bankët) — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Uzbek: ziyofat — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Uzbek: banket — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Uzbek: bazm — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Vietnamese: đại tiệc — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Vietnamese: yến tiệc — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Volapük: lefided — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Welsh: gwledd — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Welsh: gloddest — large celebratory meal — see also feast
  • Polish: bankietować — to participate in a banquet
  • Spanish: banquetearse — to participate in a banquet
  • Ukrainian: бенкетува́ти (benketuváty) — to participate in a banquet
  • Spanish: banquetear — to treat with a banquet
Real reading context

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