noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌlæntən ˈfɛstɪvl̩/
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General-American:/ˌlæn(t)ɚn ˈfɛstəv(ə)l/
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noun
Meaning 1
A festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period, celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the Chinese calendar when the first full moon of the year is seen (in February or early March).
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noun
Meaning 2
ยี่เป็ง (Yi Peng), a festival celebrated chiefly in northern Thailand on the day of the full moon in the second month of the northern Thai lunar calendar (equivalent to the twelfth month of the lunar calendar used in the rest of Thailand, generally in November).
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History
Etymology
From the carrying and displaying of lanterns during such festivals.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
Festival dels Fanalets
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Chinese Cantonese:
元宵節 /元宵节
(jyun4 siu1 zit3)
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Hakka Chinese:
元宵節 /元宵节
(Ngièn-siâu-chiet)
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Chinese:
元宵
(zh-min-nan)
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Chinese Mandarin:
元宵節 /元宵节
(Yuánxiāojié)
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Czech:
svátek lampiónů
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Dutch:
Lantaarnfeest
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Esperanto:
Lanterna Festo
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Finnish:
Lyhtyjuhla
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
French:
fête des lanternes
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
German:
(Chinesisches) Laternenfest
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
German:
Yuanxiao-Fest
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Indonesian:
Festival Lampion
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Indonesian:
Cap Go Meh
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Japanese:
元宵節
(Gen shōsetsu)
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Korean:
원소절
(wonsojeol)
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Macedonian:
Пра́зник на фене́рите
(Práznik na fenérite)
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Malay:
Pesta Tanglung
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Norwegian Bokmål:
Lanternefesten
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Polish:
Święto Latarni
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Russian:
пра́здник фонаре́й
(prázdnik fonaréj)
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Serbo-Croatian:
свѐтковина лампиона
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Serbo-Croatian:
svètkovina lampiona
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Spanish:
Fiesta de los Faroles
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Thai:
เทศกาลโคมไฟ
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Turkish:
Fener Festivali
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Ukrainian:
свя́то ліхта́рів
(svjáto lixtáriv)
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Uzbek:
fonuslar bayrami
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Vietnamese:
Tết Nguyên Tiêu
— festival marking the end of the Chinese New Year period
Thai:
ยี่เป็ง
(Yi Peng)
— festival celebrated chiefly in northern Thailand on the day of the full moon in the second month of the northern Thai lunar calendar
