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View usage for: (feɪt) also fête Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense fetes, present participle feting, past tense, past participle feted1. countable nounA fete is an event that is usually held outdoors and includes competitions, entertainments, and the selling of used and home-made goods. 2. verb [usually passive]If someone is feted, they are celebrated, welcomed, or admired by the public. Anouska Hempel, the British dress designer, was feted in New York this week at aspectacular dinner. [be VERB-ed] The metamorphosis from anxious wife to feted author was rapid and dramatic. [VERB-ed] or fete (feɪt) noun1. a gala, bazaar, or similar entertainment, esp one held outdoors in aid of charity 2. a feast day or holiday, esp one of religious significance 3. Caribbean informal an organized group entertainment, esp a party or a dance verb4. (transitive) to honour or entertain with or as if with a fête the author was fêted by the publisher 5. (intransitive) Caribbean informal to join in a fête Word origin C18: from French: feast (feɪt; fɛt) or fête (feɪt; fɛt) noun1. a festival; entertainment; esp., a gala entertainment held outdoors verb transitiveWord forms: ˈfeted or ˈfêted, ˈfeting or ˈfêting2. to celebrate or honor with a fete; entertain Word origin Fr fête < OFr feste: see feast Examples of 'fête' in a sentencefête They should be feted as heroes, not stepped over in the street.If it goes well he will be feted as a hero, if not he'll be skinned.In my second year they asked me to open the church fête.To bake cakes for the school fête.They will also have to host an annual fête.The city is en fête.Alpha Mum calls a meeting to discuss plans for the annual school fête to be held at the end of the summer term.Anywhere else, really, aside from a church summer fête.Like you'd get on a picnic, or at a desultory summer fête?The quality of the cakes and salad is remedial, far worse than you'd find in a school fête.Added to this, the week after our interview he was opening a fête at his local hospice in Dorset.In nine seasons, Button has not had a set of wheels capable of winning a prize at a school fête.We get to play at night too; playing festivals in daylight always looks like you're playing a summer fête.He likes growing and cooking his own vegetables, showing them at the local fête, clearing nettles or mowing a lawn.A helium balloon released at a school fête on a rainy day in Manchester has been found in southern China.For as long as Germany are in the competition, the country will remain en fête and that will be a wonderful thing to live with. British English: fete VERB If someone is feted, they are celebrated, welcomed, or admired by the public. The dress designer was feted this week at a spectacular dinner. - American English: fete
- Brazilian Portuguese: celebrar
- Chinese: 款待
- European Spanish: halagar
- French: fêter
- German: feiern
- Italian: festeggiare
- Japanese: 宴をはって祝う
- Korean: 성대하게 축하받다
- European Portuguese: celebrar
- Latin American Spanish: halagar
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