If we had been in Venice a month prior, we could have taken part in the carnival.
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Carnival
//ˈkɑːnɪvəl//
Synonyms for "carnival" (137 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (68)
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9 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 58 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- karnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Arabic
3 entries- كرنفال noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- كَرْنَفَال noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- مرفع noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Asturian
2 entries- antroxu noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
- antroxu noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- karnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Basque
1 entries- inauteria noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Belarusian
1 entries- карнава́л noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Bengali
1 entries- কার্নিভাল noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Bulgarian
2 entries- карнава́л noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- пъту́ващ цирк noun (traveling amusement park)
Catalan
2 entries- carnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- carnestoltes noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᎾᏛᏁᎵᏍᎬ noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 嘉年華 /嘉年华 noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- 狂歡節 /狂欢节 noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Czech
1 entries- karneval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Danish
1 entries- karneval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Dutch
2 entries- carnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- kermis noun (traveling amusement park)
Esperanto
2 entries- amuzejo noun (traveling amusement park)
- karnavalo noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Estonian
1 entries- karneval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Finnish
4 entries- juhlat noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- karnevaali noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
- karnevaali noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- laskiainen noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
French
2 entries- carnaval noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
- carnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Galician
4 entries- antroido noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- carnaval noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
- entroido noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
- entroido noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Georgian
2 entries- კარნავალი noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- ყეენობა noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
German
4 entries- Fasching noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- Fastnacht noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
- Fastnacht noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- Karneval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Greek
1 entries- καρναβάλι noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Hebrew
1 entries- קָרְנְבָל noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Hindi
1 entries- कार्निवल noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Hungarian
2 entries- farsang noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- karnevál noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Icelandic
2 entries- karnival noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- kjötkveðjuhátíð noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Italian
4 entries- carnevale noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- luna park noun (traveling amusement park)
- lunaparco noun (traveling amusement park)
- parco divertimenti noun (traveling amusement park)
Japanese
2 entries- カーニバル noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- 謝肉祭 noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Kazakh
1 entries- карнавал noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Korean
2 entries- 사육제 noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- 카니발 noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- карнавал noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Latvian
1 entries- karnevāls noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Lithuanian
1 entries- karnavalas noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- zapust noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
Macedonian
1 entries- карнева́л noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Maltese
1 entries- karnival noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Mòcheno
1 entries- Vosnòcht noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
Māori
2 entries- hui taurima noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- taiopenga noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- karneval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- karneval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Persian
2 entries- کارناوال noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- کارنوال noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Polish
1 entries- karnawał noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Portuguese
3 entries- carnaval noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
- carnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- entrudo noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
Romanian
1 entries- carnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Russian
1 entries- карнава́л noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- karnèvāl noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- poklade noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- карнѐва̄л noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- покладе noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Slovak
1 entries- karneval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Spanish
4 entries- antruejo noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
- antruido noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
- carnaval noun (festival held just before the beginning of Lent)
- carnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Swedish
1 entries- karneval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Tagalog
1 entries- karnabal noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Tajik
1 entries- карнавал noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Telugu
1 entries- జాతర noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Thai
1 entries- เทศกาล noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Turkish
1 entries- karnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Turkmen
1 entries- karnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Ukrainian
1 entries- карнава́л noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Uzbek
1 entries- karnaval noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Vietnamese
3 entries- các-na-van noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- hội hóa trang noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
- hội trá hình noun (festive occasion marked by parades)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Rio's carnival is held in February.
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I hate snow and the carnival.
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I thought you were going to the carnival with Tom tonight.
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