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Fête

//feɪt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of fete. alt-of, alternative

    "The sexton and his companion had been employed as carpenters on the preparations for the celebrated Stratford Jubilee; and they remembered Garrick, the prime mover of the fête, who superintended the arrangements; […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of fete. alt-of, alternative

    "This is not, of course, to say that the British — or even the Americans — are positively popular or fêted here."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French fête.

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French fête.

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