Fete

Definitions: Fete

Fete

Noun

1. An elaborate party (often outdoors).

2. An organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival".

Verb

1. Have a celebration; "They were feting the patriarch of the family"; "After the exam, the students were celebrating".

Date "fete" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Fete

Synonyms: feast (n), festival (n), fiesta (n), celebrate (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Amusement	Festivity, merrymaking; party; (social gathering); blowout, hullabaloo, hoedown, bat, bum, bust, clambake, donation party, fish fry, jamboree, kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum, tear, Turnerfest, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet; (food); regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre, regatta, field day; treat.
Celebration	Inauguration, installation, presentation; coronation; Lord Mayor's show; harvest-home, red-letter day; trophy &:c.; Te Deum; (thanksgiving); fete; holiday; Forefathers' Day.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Fete

English words defined with "fete": fete champetre, fete day, Feted, Feting. (references)

Etymologies containing "fete": Prude. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Fete" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

German (Clambake, party, rave).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I thought that a nice afternoon at the Garden Fete might cheer him up a bit. (Poirot; writing credit: Clive Exton; Anthony Horowitz)
Movie/TV Titles	Ula's Fete (1974) Crow's Fete (1965) The Temperance Fete (1932) La Fete a Gigi (2000)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Fete Worse Than Death (reference) A la Fete (reference) Fete (reference) Fete Fatale (reference) Simon Fete Le Printemps/Simon Welcomes Spring (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Jour De Fete (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Africa Fete 3 (reference) Africa Fete '94 (reference) Fete des Saintes-Maries (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	First Annual Palm Fete, Dec. 7 to 11, 1920, Miami, Florida; The Bathing Suit Parade at Miami Beach.Credit: Library of Congress.		May Day Fete, 1914, University of Colorado.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	His coming made a fete.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Political Rights	Saint Lucia	The SLP won 14 of 17 seats and the UWP won 3. The other opposition parties--the National Alliance, led by former SLP Foreign Minister George Odlum; the STAFF (Sou Tout Apwe Fete Fini) Party, and the St. Lucia Freedom Party--did not win any seats. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Fete" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.88% of the time. "Fete" is used about 98 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	93.88%	92	34,282
Noun (proper)	5.1%	5	157,705
Noun (common)	1.02%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	98	N/A

Expressions using "fete": fete champetre ♦ fete day. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "fete": fete-style, fete-time.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "fete"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		festë (conviviality, do, feast day, festival, fete day, fiesta, holiday, jamboree, party, red letter day, soiree), kremtim (celebration, ceremony, festivity), ditë e emrit (name day). (various references)

Arabic		‏كرم (benignity, geniality, hospitality, kindness, lionize, vineyard), ‏مهرجان في الطبيعة, ‏حفلة (binge, celebration, entertainment, exercise, festival, junket, meeting, party, set, show), ‏حي الذكرى بتكريم, ‏إحتفل (celebrate, feast one's eyes, high time to, lionize, party, push out, rave, solemnize). (various references)

Bulgarian		сбор (aggregate, amount, assembly, dues, fee, lump, muster, number, tot, total, troop, whole), празненство (beano, gala, jubilee), празник (feast, feast day, festival, gala-day, holiday, memorial, playday, red letter day). (various references)

Czech		slavnost (celebration, ceremony, festival, fiesta, function, gala, solemnization). (various references)

French		festival (festival), faire la fête en l'honneur de, faire fête, fêter (feast), fête (feast, festival, festivity), honorer. (various references)

German		fest (abiding, attached, banquet, buoyant, buoyantly, carnival, celebration, closely, compact, consistent, constant, continual, continuous, crisp, definite, faithfully, fast, feast, festival, festivity, fexed, firm, firmly, fix, fixated, fixed, gaiety, hard, heavy, immovable, ingrained, junket, lasting, moored, non-varying, party, permanent, permanently, proof, regular, robust, safely, secure, securely, set, settled, solid, solidly, sound, squarely, stable, steadfast, steadily, steady, stiff, stout, stoutly, strong, sturdy, sustained, tight, tighten, tightly, tough, unfaltering, unhesitating, unshrinking, unwavering, unwaveringly), feiern (celebrate, commemorate, feast, hold, junket, lionize, merry making, observe, party, revel, revels, solemnize, stay off work, to celebrate, to feast, to solemnize). (various references)

Greek		πανηγύρι (carnival, carnival 1, fair, feast, festival, festivity), υπαίθρια γιορτή, εορτή (affair, celebration, feast, festival, fiesta, gala, holiday, jubilee). (various references)

Hebrew		מסב�" (board, conference, party, reception, social affair, soiree), לערוך מסב�" (throw a party), ח�'י�'�" (celebration, festival, festivity, gala), � שף (ball, darkness, party, soiree). (various references)

Hungarian		ünnepség (feast, festival, festivity, jollities), ünnepel (celebrate, commemorate, rejoice, resound, to celebrate, to hold high festival, to resound). (various references)

Indonesian		pesta (carousal, debauch, gala, orgy, party). (various references)

Italian		fiera (consumer show, Customs Convention concerning Facilities for the Importation of Goods for Display or Use at Exhibitions, exhibition, fair, Fairs, Meetings or Similar Events - Brussels 1961, public fair, public show), festeggiare (celebrate, ceremonies, feast, give a hearty welcome to, see in), festa (Bank holiday, binge, celebration, do, feast, festival, festivity, gaudy, holiday, holifay, jamboree, party), trattenimento (entertainment, soiree). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		恵�"� �講 (fete in honor of Ebisu). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		えびす�"う (fete in honor of Ebisu). (various references)

Manx		feish (assembly, carnival, festival), feailley (end, end of roof, feast, festival, holiday, Holy day, sacred). (various references)

Pig Latin		etefay

Portuguese		festa (celebration, feast, feast day, festival, festoon, fetid, function, gala, junket, merriment, party, playday, revel, treat), elegante (attic, beau, brave, braw, cheesy, chic, dainty, Dandy, dapper, dink, dinky, elegant, fashionable, feather, flotage, gentlemanly, graceful, handsome, informed, jimp, knowing, ladylike, light, natty, neat, nifty, Nobby, paste, polished glass, polite, posh, silk stocking, slim, smart, spicy, Spruce, stylish, tasteful, tasty, Tony, trig, trim), dia do santo do seu nome (feteday). (various references)

Romanian		festivitate (festivity), festival (festival), serbare (celebration, feast, festival, festivity), serba (celebrate), sãrbãtori (celebrate, commemorate, feast, hold, keep, solemnize, toast), galã (festivity, gala, state). (various references)

Russian		празднество (festival, fete day, gala, jamboree, jollification, jubilee, merry-making), праздник (banner day, celebration, feast, feast day, fiesta, gala day, high day, holiday, playday, red letter day, rejoicing), именины (name day, name-day). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		svečanost (celebration, ceremony, exercise, festivity, gala, powwow, seriousness, solemnity). (various references)

Spanish		fiesta (carnival, celebration, convocation, do, feast, feast day, festival, feteday, frolic, gala, holiday, junket, leap day, party, shindig, shindy), festejo (celebration, ceremonial, feast day, festival, knockout), festejar (celebrate, feast, regale), celebración (celebration, feast, festivity, feteday, performance). (various references)

Swedish		fira (absent oneself, celebrate, celibrate, ease, honor, honour, keep, lionize, lower, observe, pay out, slack, veer, veer out), fest (celebration, do, feast, fest, festival, festivity, fiesta, frolic, junket, party, revel). (various references)

Thai		เทศกาลทางศาสนา, วันหยุ�"เพื่อเฉลิมฉลอง. (various references)

Turkish		ziyafet vermek (banquet, feast, throw a banquet), eğlence (amusement, bash, beano, blow out, carnival, conviviality, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, frolic, fun, gag, gaiety, high jinks, jamboree, jollification, jolliness, jollity, merriment, merrymaking, party, pastime, play, plaything, racket, recreation, recreational, rejoicing, relaxation, revel, saturnalia, setout, sport), bayram (feast, festal, festival, fiesta, gala, holiday, holidays, hols), şenlik (carnival, convivial, conviviality, festival, festivity, fiesta, gaiety, gala, glorification, jubilation, rejoicing), şölen (banquet, beanfeast, beano, feast, spread), ağırlamak (dine, entertain, feast, host, receive, regale, show hospitality, wine, wine and dine smb.). (various references)

Ukranian		святкувати (celebrate, commemorate, observe, rejoice, solemnize), святкування (celebration, celebrity, commemoration, feast, festival, gala, jamboree, jubilee, solemnization, upshot, wake), іменини (fete day). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
French	1500-Modern	f�te. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 3, Verse 15
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	OxeiV oi podeV autwn ekceai aima
Latin	405	Vulgate	Veloces pedes eorum ad effundendum sanguinem
Old English	990	West Saxon	Fet fundiað ...... in feohte forfaran
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	The feet of hem ben swifte to schede blood.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Their fete are swyfte to sheed bloud.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Their feet are swift to shed blood:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Their feet are swift to shed blood.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Their feet are quick in running after blood;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Romans Chapter 3, Verse 15
Cebuano	"Ang ilang mga tiil maabtik sa pagdalagan aron sa ilang pag-ula sa dugo sa mga tawo,
Croatian	noge im hitre da krv proliju,
Danish	"rappe ere deres Fødder til at udøse Blod;
Dutch	Hun voeten zijn snel om bloed te vergieten;
Finnish	Heidän jalkansa ovat nopeat vuodattamaan verta,
French	Ils ont les pieds légers pour répandre le sang;
German	Ihre Füße sind eilend, Blut zu vergießen;
Haitian Creole	Ti krik ti krak, se fè san koule.
Hungarian	Lábaik gyorsak a vérontásra.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Langkah mereka cepat kalau hendak menyiksa dan membunuh orang.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	kakinya pantas pada menumpahkan darah orang;
Italian	I loro piedi corrono a versare il sangue;
Maori	Ko o ratou waewae, hohoro tonu ki te whakaheke toto:
Norwegian	Deres føtter er snare til å utøse blod;
Portuguese	Os seus pés são ligeiros para derramar sangue.
Rumanian	au picioarele grabnice sq verse sknge;
Russian	оПЗЙ ЙИ �'ЩУФТЩ ОБ � ТПМЙФЙЕ ЛТПЧЙ;
Shuar	Máataj tusa Wárik yujarin ainiawai.
Spanish	Sus pies son veloces para derramar sangre;
Swahili	Miguu yao iko mbioni kumwaga damu,
Swedish	Deras fötter äro snara, när det gäller att utgjuta blod.
Uma	"Ngasa' oa' -ra doko' mpopatehi doo.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "fete": feted, feterita, feteritas, fetes. (additional references)
	Words ending with "fete": effete. (additional references)
	Words containing "fete": buffeted, buffeter, buffeters, cafeteria, cafeterias, effetely, effeteness, effetenesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Fete" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afete, efet, efite, efme, efmtr, efta, efty, ete, Fatae, fatex, fatey, fatie, fatte, fatue, faute, fayte, feate, febe, Febem, fece, fecha, fecta, fede, Fedi, feefe, feeta, feete, feety, feeve, fefe, fegte, feke, Fekter, felti, fene, fente, Fentem, fepe, Fere, Ferteh, Feshie, fetay, feth, fe-ti, fetia, fetic, fetig, fetit, Fetke, fetr, fett, fetta, fetu, fetum, fetumi, fetuw, fety, fetz, feute, feve, fewe, feye, feze, ffet, fft, fgeet, Fiet, fiete, fifte, fite, fiten, fiti, fito, fitte, fitu, fiute, fleten, fmet, Fote, Fotev, frete, fte, ftel, ften, fthe, Fuerte, futa, fute, fyta, fyte, veete. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "fete" (pronounced fā"t)
3	f ā" t	fate.
2	-ā" t	abate, ate, await, bait, Bate, berate, Cate, collate, conflate, conjugate, crate, create, date, debate, deflate, demodulate, desecrate, dictate, dilate, eight, elate, equate, estate, freight, gait, gate, gestate, grate, great, hate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, intrastate, irate, late, lightweight, mate, misstate, multistate, negate, oblate, ornate, overrate, overweight, pate, plate, postdate, predate, procreate, prorate, rate, Recriminate, reflate, reinstate, relate, remunerate, restate, sate, sedate, skate, slate, spate, state, straight, Strait, Tate, trait, translate, underrate, update, upstate, wait, weight.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: feet.
	Words within the letters "e-e-f-t"
	-1 letter: eft, fee, fet, tee.
	-2 letters: ef, et.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-f-t"
	+1 letter: feted, fetes, fleet.
	+2 letters: afreet, befret, bereft, defeat, defect, defter, effect, effete, facete, feater, felted, ferret, fester, fetted, fetter, fettle, fewest, feyest, fleets, freest, hefted, hefter, lefter, refect, refelt, reflet, refute, telfer, tepefy, toffee.
	+3 letters: afreets, befrets, benefit, bigfeet, clefted, deafest, defeats, defects, deflate, deflect, deftest, draftee, effects, faceted, feasted, feaster, featest, feather, feature, feedlot, feinted, fellate, fellest, felsite, fermate, ferment, ferrate, ferrets, ferrety, ferrite, fertile, fervent, festers, festive, fetched, fetcher, fetches, fetters, fettled, fettles, fetuses, fifteen, fileted, fitchee, fleeted, fleeter, fleetly, fouette, foveate, freshet, fretted, fretter, fumette, hefters, heftier, leaflet, leftest, lefties, liefest, mofette, oftener, outfeel, perfect, prefect, ratafee, refects, reflate, reflect, reflets, refuted, refuter, refutes, teenful, telfers, terefah, thereof, toffees, webfeet.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 65 74 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01100101 01110100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0065 0074 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
fete de la musique	196	fete nationale quebec	18
fete des peres	127	carte des fete peres	17
fete	96	des fete peres poeme	15
fete tahiti	83	cartes de fete	15
carte de fete	80	du fete quebec	15
canada du fete	77	des du fete lac nation	14
fete nationale	62	baptiste de fete jean la st	14
fete jose san tahiti	53	carte fete	13
de fete jean la st	42	baptiste fete jean st	12
de fete la musique paris	35	buckingham en fete	12
fete national	32	des fete la peres	12
des fete pere	26	du fete national quebec	12
fete jean st	25	bricolage des fete peres	11
fete goale	21	canada du fete montreal	11
vive la fete	21	2003 fete jose san tahiti	11
bonne fete	21	fete musique	10
2003 de fete la musique	21	2003 de fete la musique paris	9
fete june	21	de fete jean la saint	9
cinema du fete	20	2003 canada du fete	9
du fete nationale quebec	18	canada fete	9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Fete

Definitions: Fete

Fete

Noun

Verb

Synonyms: Fete

Synonyms within Context: Fete

Amusement

Celebration

Crosswords: Fete

Modern Usage: Fete

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Use in Literature: Fete

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Non-Fiction Usage: Fete

Political Rights

Saint Lucia

Usage Frequency: Fete

Expressions: Fete

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Fete

fete de la musique

fete nationale quebec

fete des peres

carte des fete peres

fete

des fete peres poeme

fete tahiti

cartes de fete

carte de fete

du fete quebec

canada du fete

des du fete lac nation

fete nationale

baptiste de fete jean la st

fete jose san tahiti

carte fete

de fete jean la st

baptiste fete jean st

de fete la musique paris

buckingham en fete

fete national

des fete la peres

des fete pere

du fete national quebec

fete jean st

bricolage des fete peres

fete goale

canada du fete montreal

vive la fete

2003 fete jose san tahiti

bonne fete

fete musique

2003 de fete la musique

2003 de fete la musique paris

fete june

de fete jean la saint

cinema du fete

2003 canada du fete

du fete nationale quebec

canada fete

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