feast en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- [ˈfɪi̯st]
- /ˈfiːst/
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Etymology
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.
Meanings
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A holiday, festival, especially a religious one
The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 13:6:Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 2:41:
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A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.
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(figuratively) Something delightful and satisfying.
It was a feast for the eyes.
Lenin took the view, which is still treated as a a dogma by the Communist movement, that revisionism came into being as an ideology reflecting the interests of the aristocracy of the working class, whom the bourgeoisie permitted to enjoy the 'left-overs' of their feast of prosperity.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 113:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| feasts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Feast of the Circumcision of Christ · feaster · forefeast · famine or feast · ghost at the feast · feast day · skeleton at the feast · Feast of Weeks · feastless · feast for the eyes · Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels · feastware · beanfeast · moveable feast · feast or famine · bean feast · run feast · movable feast · Feast Week · Dutch feast · bean-feast · smell-feast · silver-feast · Feast of Tsing Ming · Barmecide feast · afterfeast · feastly · Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus · midnight feast · specter at the feast · Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary · Feast of the Divine Mercy · Feast of Trumpets · Great Feasts · Feast of Asses · birthfeast · a contented mind is a perpetual feast · spectre at the feast · Feast of Light · double feast · feastlike · postfeast · bull feast · festive · feastful · Feast of Fools · love feast · prefeast · hog feast · fixed feast · feasty · enough is as good as a feast · silver feast · feast one's eyes
Synonyms
Translations (209)
el ευωχία (large, often ceremonial meal) · ar مَأْدُبَة (large, often ceremonial meal) · es comelona (large, often ceremonial meal) · rup uspets (large, often ceremonial meal) · ro zaiafet (large, often ceremonial meal) · ug زىياپەت (large, often ceremonial meal) · tg ҷашн (large, often ceremonial meal) · la epulum (large, often ceremonial meal) · hu élvezet (something delightful) · ota بیرام (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · sq gosti (large, often ceremonial meal) · eo festeno (large, often ceremonial meal) · ja 祝宴 (large, often ceremonial meal) · ka სუფრა (large, often ceremonial meal) · fr banquet (large, often ceremonial meal) · hu gyönyörűség (something delightful) · de Fest (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · sh gozba (large, often ceremonial meal) · ary حفلة (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · fi juhlat (large, often ceremonial meal) · ps جشن (large, often ceremonial meal) · uz ziyofat (large, often ceremonial meal) · gl convite (large, often ceremonial meal) · it banchetto (large, often ceremonial meal) · es troleada (large, often ceremonial meal) · mer kiatho (large, often ceremonial meal) · xag 𐕌𐕞𐕡𐕇𐔴𐕎 (large, often ceremonial meal) · gl banquete (large, often ceremonial meal) · ka სერი (large, often ceremonial meal) · udi мугин (large, often ceremonial meal) · fro feste (large, often ceremonial meal) · pon kamadipw (large, often ceremonial meal) · lut sʔuʔəɬadəp (large, often ceremonial meal) · ms pesta (large, often ceremonial meal) · uk засті́лля (large, often ceremonial meal) · sl pojedina (large, often ceremonial meal) · tr toy (large, often ceremonial meal) · ms kenduri (large, often ceremonial meal) · ta பண்டிகை (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · be засто́лле (large, often ceremonial meal) · mi whakatihi (large, often ceremonial meal) · cmn 宴會 /宴会 (large, often ceremonial meal) · hu öröm (something delightful) · mrw kakilang (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · sa प्सरस् (large, often ceremonial meal) · lo ຊຸມເຂົ້າ (large, often ceremonial meal) · hu ünnep (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · es tragantona (large, often ceremonial meal) · km បណីតាហារ (large, often ceremonial meal) · ky той (large, often ceremonial meal) · gd cuirm (large, often ceremonial meal) · gd fèist (large, often ceremonial meal) · es calderada (large, often ceremonial meal) · grc δαίς (large, often ceremonial meal) · my စားပွဲ (large, often ceremonial meal) · sv festmåltid (large, often ceremonial meal) · sh pir (large, often ceremonial meal) · ga fleá (large, often ceremonial meal) · es convite (large, often ceremonial meal) · got 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (large, often ceremonial meal) · es banquete (large, often ceremonial meal) · is veisla (large, often ceremonial meal) · tg зиёфат (large, often ceremonial meal) · ar وَلِيمَة (large, often ceremonial meal) · sw sikukuu (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · hu szívderítő (something delightful) · sh пир (large, often ceremonial meal) · el γιορτή (large, often ceremonial meal) · uz bazm (large, often ceremonial meal) · fur fieste (large, often ceremonial meal) · gd fèist (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · bn ভোজ (large, often ceremonial meal) · ru пир (large, often ceremonial meal) · rap koro (large, often ceremonial meal) · mt festa (large, often ceremonial meal) · chk kametip (large, often ceremonial meal) · es ágape (large, often ceremonial meal) · sw karamu (large, often ceremonial meal) · fi kestit (large, often ceremonial meal) · af feesmaal (large, often ceremonial meal) · hy խնջույք (large, often ceremonial meal) · it festa (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · ur دعوت (large, often ceremonial meal) · ta விருந்து (large, often ceremonial meal) · ary عيد (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · ps بزم (large, often ceremonial meal) · fi pidot (large, often ceremonial meal) · nl feestmaaltijd (large, often ceremonial meal) · wa fiesse (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · pl biesiada (large, often ceremonial meal) · gl festa (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · he סְעוּדָה (large, often ceremonial meal) · es almorzada (large, often ceremonial meal) · vi tiệc (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · grc ἑορτή (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · de Festmahl (large, often ceremonial meal) · tg базм (large, often ceremonial meal) · ota ضیافت (large, often ceremonial meal) · es fiesta (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · te విందు (large, often ceremonial meal) · frm feste (large, often ceremonial meal) · vi yến tiệc (large, often ceremonial meal) · alt той (large, often ceremonial meal) · kk той (large, often ceremonial meal) · pt festa (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · fr festin (large, often ceremonial meal) · eo festeno (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · tr şölen (large, often ceremonial meal) · es comilitona (large, often ceremonial meal) · mi hākari (large, often ceremonial meal) · ca festa (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · grc ἑορτή (large, often ceremonial meal) · lo ງານລ້ຽງ (large, often ceremonial meal) · nb etegilde (large, often ceremonial meal) · da festmåltid (large, often ceremonial meal) · bho भोज (large, often ceremonial meal) · rup uspetsu (large, often ceremonial meal) · ja 祭り (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · pt banquete (large, often ceremonial meal) · fa جشن (large, often ceremonial meal) · rap ŋoŋoro (large, often ceremonial meal) · ta விருந்து (something delightful) · gd fèill (large, often ceremonial meal) · hy քեֆ (large, often ceremonial meal) · uli guubbul (large, often ceremonial meal) · sk hostina (large, often ceremonial meal) · esu nerevkarin (large, often ceremonial meal) · bg пи́ршество (large, often ceremonial meal) · es festín (large, often ceremonial meal) · vi tiệc lớn (large, often ceremonial meal) · fi ilo (something delightful) · fi syömingit (large, often ceremonial meal) · cs hostina (large, often ceremonial meal) · ja ごちそう (large, often ceremonial meal) · kmr çeşn (large, often ceremonial meal) · el πανηγύρι (large, often ceremonial meal) · kmr ziyafet (large, often ceremonial meal) · fa ضیافت (large, often ceremonial meal) · fa بزم (large, often ceremonial meal) · ko 연회 (large, often ceremonial meal) · gl corme (large, often ceremonial meal) · lad fiesta (large, often ceremonial meal) · th งานฉลอง (large, often ceremonial meal) · hu ünnepség (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · as ভোজ (large, often ceremonial meal) · mk гозба (large, often ceremonial meal) · ro banchet (large, often ceremonial meal) · id pesta (large, often ceremonial meal) · cmn 盛宴 (large, often ceremonial meal) · he אֲרוּחָה (large, often ceremonial meal) · fi juhla (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · bg пир (large, often ceremonial meal) · nrf r'pas rouoya (large, often ceremonial meal) · bg угощение (large, often ceremonial meal) · de Festessen (large, often ceremonial meal) · eo ĝojo (something delightful) · mk пир (large, often ceremonial meal) · om nyaachisa (large, often ceremonial meal) · ja 饗宴 (large, often ceremonial meal) · ca festí (large, often ceremonial meal) · eo bankedo (large, often ceremonial meal) · kmr bezm (large, often ceremonial meal) · mnc ᠰᠠᡵᡳᠨ (large, often ceremonial meal) · es hartadera (large, often ceremonial meal) · lut sʔəɬədalikʷ (large, often ceremonial meal) · uk пир (large, often ceremonial meal) · ca banquet (large, often ceremonial meal) · tr ziyafet (large, often ceremonial meal) · ur ضیافت (large, often ceremonial meal) · izh pito (large, often ceremonial meal) · ro festin (large, often ceremonial meal) · ru банке́т (large, often ceremonial meal) · sh гозба (large, often ceremonial meal) · az ziyafət (large, often ceremonial meal) · cy gŵyl (large, often ceremonial meal) · ga cóisir (large, often ceremonial meal) · uz toʻy (large, often ceremonial meal) · uk бенке́т (large, often ceremonial meal) · de Gastmahl (large, often ceremonial meal) · la convīvium (large, often ceremonial meal) · gd fèill (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · mi haukai (large, often ceremonial meal) · mt festa (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · fr fête (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · ka ლხინი (large, often ceremonial meal) · ota طوی (large, often ceremonial meal) · ro ospăț (large, often ceremonial meal) · sv fest (large, often ceremonial meal) · ka ნადიმი (large, often ceremonial meal) · nl feest (festival, holiday, solemn, or more commonly, joyous, anniversary) · lad pranso (large, often ceremonial meal) · pl uczta (large, often ceremonial meal) · la festum (large, often ceremonial meal) · ru пи́ршество (large, often ceremonial meal) · ru засто́лье (large, often ceremonial meal) · es comilona (large, often ceremonial meal) · grc θοίνη (large, often ceremonial meal) · be пір (large, often ceremonial meal) · mn найр (large, often ceremonial meal) · hu lakoma (large, often ceremonial meal) · la daps (large, often ceremonial meal) · it festa (large, often ceremonial meal) · hi भोज (large, often ceremonial meal) · mi kaihaukai (large, often ceremonial meal) · hi दावत (large, often ceremonial meal) · got 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 (large, often ceremonial meal) · cmn 筵席 (large, often ceremonial meal) · ms jamuan (large, often ceremonial meal) · gl gallofa (large, often ceremonial meal)