feste
Esperanto edit
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feste
German edit
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Adjective edit
feste
- inflection of fest:
Italian edit
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Noun edit
feste f
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfeːs.te/, [ˈfeːs̠t̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfes.te/, [ˈfɛst̪e]
Adjective edit
fēste
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French feste, from Late Latin festa < Latin festum.
Noun edit
feste
Descendants edit
- English: feast
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French feste, from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.
Noun edit
feste f (plural festes)
Descendants edit
- French: fête (see there for further descendants)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse festa (sense 1), and from fest (sense 2).
Verb edit
feste (imperative fest, present tense fester, passive festes, simple past and past participle festa or festet, present participle festende)
Derived terms edit
- fotfeste (of noun)
- grunnfeste
- korsfeste
- stadfeste
References edit
- “feste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
- The verb is inherited from Old Norse festa, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną. Factitive of the adjective fast.
- The noun may be formed off the adjective fast, or derived from the verb.
Alternative forms edit
- (verb): festa (a-infinitive)
Verb edit
feste (present tense festar or fester, past tense festa or feste, past participle festa or fest, present participle festande, imperative fest)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
feste n (definite singular festet, indefinite plural feste, definite plural festa)
- an act of fastening, binding or attaching something to something else
- point of attachment, the place where something is connected or fastened to something else
- grip, hold
- (figurative) a safe foundation, anchor
- a place where something or someone might get stuck
- a tool for fastening, binding or otherwise attaching something to something else
- handle (of a sword)
- (archaic) a betrothal
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From fest + -e, the first part deriving form Latin festum.
Alternative forms edit
- festa (a-infinitive)
Verb edit
feste (present tense festar, past tense festa, past participle festa, passive infinitive festast, present participle festande, imperative feste/fest)
- to party
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle edit
feste
References edit
- “feste” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
feste oblique singular, f (oblique plural festes, nominative singular feste, nominative plural festes)
- party; celebration
- feast
- c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Et tuit li juene et li chenu
A une feste sont venu[.]- All all the young and the old
Came to a feast.
- All all the young and the old
Descendants edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fes‧te
Verb edit
feste
- inflection of festar: