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noun
Any of several annual festivals in which Welsh poets, dancers, and musicians compete for recognition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
(more generally) An annual performing arts competition, typically for youth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: festival, fete
Narrower terms: Royal National Eisteddfod
History
Unadapted borrowing from Welsh eisteddfod (“session”), from eistedd (“to sit”) + bod (“to be”), literally “being sitting”.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
