The festoon lights were draped over the terrace space.
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Festoon
Synonyms for "festoon" (78 found)
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13 entriesderived
4 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 22 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- festoen noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гирлянда noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- фестон noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
Catalan
1 entries- engarlandar verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
Czech
4 entries- girlanda noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- ověšet verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
- ozdobit verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
- ozdobit verb (to decorate)
Danish
3 entries- feston noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
- guirlande noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- lyskæde noun (cable with light globes attached)
Dutch
3 entries- festoen noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- festoen noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
- lofwerk noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
Esperanto
1 entries- festono noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
Finnish
4 entries- koristeköynnös noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- silta noun (astronomy: cloud formation on Jupiter)
- valoketju noun (cable with light globes attached)
- koristaa köynnöksin verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
French
4 entries- feston noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- feston noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
- guirlande noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- guirlande noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
Galician
1 entries- festón noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
German
4 entries- Feston noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- Feston noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
- Girlande noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- Lichterkette noun (cable with light globes attached)
Icelandic
1 entries- blómsveigur noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
Italian
3 entries- festone noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
- ghirlanda noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- inghirlandare verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
Māori
1 entries- tākeke verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
Polish
1 entries- feston noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
Portuguese
4 entries- festão noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
- guirlanda noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- afestoar verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
- festoar verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
Romanian
2 entries- feston noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- festona verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
Russian
4 entries- гирля́нда noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- фестон noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
- украша́ть гирляндами verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
- украша́ть фестонами verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
Spanish
4 entries- festón noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
- guirnalda noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- guirnalda luminosa noun (cable with light globes attached)
- engalanar verb (to hang ornaments which hang loosely from two tacked spots)
Swedish
4 entries- festong noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- festong noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
- girlang noun (ornament which hangs loosely from two tacked spots)
- girlang noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
Tagalog
1 entries- peston noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гірля́нда noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
- фесто́н noun (architecture: bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling a festoon)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
Source: wiktionary
The tree trunks and the creepers that festooned them lost themselves in a green dusk thirty feet above him, and all about was the undergrowth.
Source: wiktionary
He was bewildered by how the car was festooned with polka dots.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.