feast

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• /ˈfiːst/
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• [ˈfɪi̯st]
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From either Middle English fist (“fist”), perhaps a nickname for an aggressive person, or from Middle English fest (“fart”).

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.

From Middle English feesten, festen, from Old French fester, from Medieval Latin festāre, from the noun. See above.

224 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: feesmaal — large, often ceremonial meal
• Aghwan: 𐕌𐕞𐕡𐕇𐔴𐕎 (müwx̣en) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Albanian: gosti — large, often ceremonial meal
• Arabic: وَلِيمَة (walīma) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Arabic: مَأْدُبَة (maʔduba) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Armenian: խնջույք (xnǰuykʻ) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Armenian: քեֆ (kʻef) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Aromanian: uspets — large, often ceremonial meal
• Aromanian: uspetsu — large, often ceremonial meal
• Assamese: ভোজ (bhüz) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Azerbaijani: ziyafət — large, often ceremonial meal
• Belarusian: пір (pir) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Belarusian: засто́лле (zastóllje) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Bengali: ভোজ (bhōj) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Bhojpuri: भोज (bhōj) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Bulgarian: пир (pir) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Bulgarian: пи́ршество (píršestvo) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Bulgarian: угощение (ugoštenie) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Burmese: စားပွဲ (ca:pwai:) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Catalan: festí — large, often ceremonial meal
• Catalan: banquet — large, often ceremonial meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 盛宴 (shèngyàn) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 筵席 (yánxí) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 宴會 /宴会 (yànhuì) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Chuukese: kametip — large, often ceremonial meal
• Czech: hostina — large, often ceremonial meal
• Danish: festmåltid — large, often ceremonial meal
• Dutch: feestmaaltijd — large, often ceremonial meal
• Esperanto: festeno — large, often ceremonial meal
• Esperanto: bankedo — large, often ceremonial meal
• Finnish: pidot — large, often ceremonial meal
• Finnish: syömingit — large, often ceremonial meal
• Finnish: kestit — large, often ceremonial meal
• Finnish: juhlat — large, often ceremonial meal
• French: festin — large, often ceremonial meal
• French: banquet — large, often ceremonial meal
• Middle French: feste — large, often ceremonial meal
• Old French: feste — large, often ceremonial meal
• Friulian: fieste — large, often ceremonial meal
• Galician: gallofa — large, often ceremonial meal
• Galician: convite — large, often ceremonial meal
• Galician: banquete — large, often ceremonial meal
• Galician: corme — large, often ceremonial meal
• Georgian: სუფრა (supra) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Georgian: სერი (seri) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Georgian: ლხინი (lxini) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Georgian: ნადიმი (nadimi) — large, often ceremonial meal
• German: Festmahl — large, often ceremonial meal
• German: Festessen — large, often ceremonial meal
• German: Gastmahl — large, often ceremonial meal
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (dauhts) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (dulþs) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Greek: γιορτή (giortí) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Greek: πανηγύρι (panigýri) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Greek: ευωχία (evochía) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ancient Greek: ἑορτή (heortḗ) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ancient Greek: θοίνη (thoínē) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ancient Greek: δαίς (daís) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Hebrew: אֲרוּחָה (arukhá) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Hebrew: סְעוּדָה (seudá) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Hindi: भोज (bhoj) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Hindi: दावत (dāvat) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Hungarian: lakoma — large, often ceremonial meal
• Icelandic: veisla — large, often ceremonial meal
• Indonesian: pesta — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ingrian: pito — large, often ceremonial meal
• Irish: fleá — large, often ceremonial meal
• Irish: cóisir — large, often ceremonial meal
• Italian: festa — large, often ceremonial meal
• Italian: banchetto — large, often ceremonial meal
• Japanese: 饗宴 (kyōen) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Japanese: 祝宴 (shukuen) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Japanese: ごちそう (gochisō) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Kazakh: той (toi) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Khmer: បណីតាហារ (paʼnəytaahaa) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Korean: 연회 (yeonhoe) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Northern Kurdish: ziyafet — large, often ceremonial meal
• Northern Kurdish: çeşn — large, often ceremonial meal
• Northern Kurdish: bezm — large, often ceremonial meal
• Kyrgyz: той (toy) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ladino: fiesta — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ladino: pranso — large, often ceremonial meal
• Lao: ງານລ້ຽງ (ngān līang) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Lao: ຊຸມເຂົ້າ (sum khao) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Latin: epulum — large, often ceremonial meal
• Latin: daps — large, often ceremonial meal
• Latin: festum — large, often ceremonial meal
• Latin: convīvium — large, often ceremonial meal
• Lushootseed: sʔuʔəɬadəp — large, often ceremonial meal
• Lushootseed: sʔəɬədalikw — large, often ceremonial meal
• Macedonian: гозба (gozba) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Macedonian: пир (pir) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Malay: pesta — large, often ceremonial meal
• Malay: jamuan — large, often ceremonial meal
• Malay: kenduri — large, often ceremonial meal
• Maltese: festa — large, often ceremonial meal
• Manchu: ᠰᠠᡵᡳᠨ (sarin) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Māori: hākari — large, often ceremonial meal
• Māori: haukai — large, often ceremonial meal
• Māori: whakatihi — large, often ceremonial meal
• Māori: kaihaukai — large, often ceremonial meal
• Meru: kiatho — large, often ceremonial meal
• Mongolian: найр (najr) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Norman: r'pas rouoya — large, often ceremonial meal
• Norwegian Bokmål: etegilde — large, often ceremonial meal
• Oromo: nyaachisa — large, often ceremonial meal
• Pashto: بزم (bazm) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Pashto: جشن (ǰašᶕn) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Persian: جشن (jašn) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Persian: ضیافت (ziyâfat) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Persian: بزم (bazm) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Pohnpeian: kamadipw — large, often ceremonial meal
• Polish: uczta — large, often ceremonial meal
• Polish: biesiada — large, often ceremonial meal
• Portuguese: banquete — large, often ceremonial meal
• Rapa Nui: koro — large, often ceremonial meal
• Rapa Nui: ŋoŋoro — large, often ceremonial meal
• Romanian: banchet — large, often ceremonial meal
• Romanian: festin — large, often ceremonial meal
• Romanian: ospăț — large, often ceremonial meal
• Romanian: zaiafet — large, often ceremonial meal
• Russian: пир (pir) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Russian: пи́ршество (píršestvo) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Russian: банке́т (bankét) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Russian: засто́лье (zastólʹje) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Sanskrit: प्सरस् (psaras) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Scottish Gaelic: féill — large, often ceremonial meal
• Scottish Gaelic: cuirm — large, often ceremonial meal
• Serbo-Croatian: гозба — large, often ceremonial meal
• Serbo-Croatian: пир — large, often ceremonial meal
• Serbo-Croatian: gozba — large, often ceremonial meal
• Serbo-Croatian: pir — large, often ceremonial meal
• Slovak: hostina — large, often ceremonial meal
• Slovene: pojedina — large, often ceremonial meal
• Southern Altai: той (toy) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: festín — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: comilona — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: ágape — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: banquete — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: convite — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: comelona — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: comilitona — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: almorzada — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: hartadera — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: tragantona — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: troleada — large, often ceremonial meal
• Spanish: calderada — large, often ceremonial meal
• Swahili: karamu — large, often ceremonial meal
• Swedish: fest — large, often ceremonial meal
• Swedish: festmåltid — large, often ceremonial meal
• Tajik: ҷашн (jašn) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Tajik: зиёфат (ziyofat) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Tajik: базм (bazm) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Tamil: விருந்து (viruntu) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Telugu: విందు (vindu) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Thai: งานฉลอง (ngaan-chà-lɔ̌ɔng) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Turkish: şölen — large, often ceremonial meal
• Turkish: toy — large, often ceremonial meal
• Turkish: ziyafet — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ottoman Turkish: طوی (toy, doy) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ottoman Turkish: ضیافت (ziyafet) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Udi: мугин (mugin) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ukrainian: бенке́т (benkét) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ukrainian: пир (pyr) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Ukrainian: засті́лля (zastíllja) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Urdu: دعوت (da'vat) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Urdu: ضیافت (ziyāfat) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Uyghur: زىياپەت (ziyapet) — large, often ceremonial meal
• Uzbek: bazm — large, often ceremonial meal
• Uzbek: ziyofat — large, often ceremonial meal
• Uzbek: toʻy — large, often ceremonial meal
• Vietnamese: tiệc lớn — large, often ceremonial meal
• Vietnamese: yến tiệc — large, often ceremonial meal
• Welsh: gŵyl — large, often ceremonial meal
• Yup'ik: nerevkarin — large, often ceremonial meal
• Esperanto: ĝojo — something delightful
• Finnish: ilo — something delightful
• Hungarian: gyönyörűség — something delightful
• Hungarian: élvezet — something delightful
• Hungarian: öröm — something delightful
• Hungarian: szívderítő — something delightful
• Tamil: விருந்து (viruntu) — something delightful
• Arabic: عيد (ʕīd) — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Arabic: حفلة (ḥafla) — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Catalan: festa — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Dutch: feest — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Esperanto: festeno — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Finnish: juhla — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• French: fête — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Galician: festa — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• German: Fest — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Ancient Greek: ἑορτή (heortḗ) — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Hungarian: ünnep — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Hungarian: ünnepség — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Italian: festa — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Japanese: 祭り (matsuri) — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Maltese: festa — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Maranao: kakilang — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Portuguese: festa — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Spanish: fiesta — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Swahili: sikukuu — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Tamil: பண்டிகை (paṇṭikai) — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Ottoman Turkish: بیرام (bayram) — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Vietnamese: tiệc — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Walloon: fiesse — festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary
• Bhojpuri: जीमल (jīmal) — to partake in a feast
• Esperanto: festeni — to partake in a feast
• French: festoyer — to partake in a feast
• German: schlemmen — to partake in a feast
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dulþjan) — to partake in a feast
• Ancient Greek: δαίνυμαι (daínumai) — to partake in a feast
• Hindi: जीमना (jīmnā) — to partake in a feast
• Latin: epulor — to partake in a feast
• Polish: ucztować — to partake in a feast
• Portuguese: fartar-se — to partake in a feast
• Russian: пировать (pirovatʹ) — to partake in a feast
• Spanish: banquetearse — to partake in a feast
• Swedish: kalasa — to partake in a feast
• Welsh: gwledda — to partake in a feast
• Esperanto: regali — to hold a feast in honor of someone
• Ancient Greek: θοινάω (thoináō) — to hold a feast in honor of someone
• Spanish: banquetear — to hold a feast in honor of someone
• Tamil: விருந்துவை (viruntuvai) — to hold a feast in honor of someone
• Tamil: விருந்திடு (viruntiṭu) — to hold a feast in honor of someone