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carnival

(kɑːʳnɪvəl)
Word forms: plural carnivals
1. countable noun
A carnival is a public festival during which people play music and sometimes dance in the streets.
2. countable noun
A carnival is a travelling show which is held in a park or field and at which there are machines to ride on, entertainments, and games.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use funfair
3. countable noun [NOUN of noun]
A carnival of something such as colours or sounds is a bright or exciting mixture of them.
[literary]
The avenues lined with jacaranda trees burst into a carnival of purple.
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carnival in British English

(ˈkɑːnɪvəl)
noun
1. 
a. 
a festive occasion or period marked by merrymaking, processions, etc: esp in some Roman Catholic countries, the period just before Lent
b. 
(as modifier)
a carnival atmosphere
2. 
a travelling fair having merry-go-rounds, etc
3. 
a show or display arranged as an amusement
4.  Australian
a sports meeting
Word origin
C16: from Italian carnevale, from Old Italian carnelevare a removing of meat (referring to the Lenten fast)

carnival in American English

(ˈkɑrnəvəl)
noun
1. 
the period of feasting and revelry just before Lent
2. 
a. 
a reveling or time of revelry; festivity; merrymaking
b. 
a time or place of excess, vitality, chaos, etc.
3. 
a traveling commercial entertainment with sideshows, rides, games, etc.
4. 
an organized program of festivities, contests, etc.
a winter sports carnival
Word origin
< Fr carnaval (or It carnevale) < ML carnelevarium < *carnem levare, to remove meat (see harvest & lever); assoc. by folk etym. with ML carne vale, “Flesh, farewell!” < L caro, flesh + vale: see valediction

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Examples of 'carnival' in a sentence
carnival

Within the stadium there was almost a carnival atmosphere.
Stewart, Bob (Lt-Col) Broken Lives (1993)
It was an air similar to that of a festival or carnival.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
 Music and carnival are the best examples of that.
The Sun (2014)
There was a sort of carnival atmosphere.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There is a carnival atmosphere in the air.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The whole thing has a carnival atmosphere with the right ratio of fear to fun.
The Sun (2012)
The game began in a carnival atmosphere.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Both the carnival atmosphere of sketches like these and the comedy conjuring were enhanced by colour for the first time.
John Fisher Tommy Cooper: Always Leave Them Laughing (2006)
It really was a carnival atmosphere.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In fact, we were about the only ones visiting the carnival rides.
Christianity Today (2000)
There was a carnival atmosphere inside the Etihad all night.
The Sun (2013)
The atmosphere was part carnival, part convention of oddballs.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It's like a carnival atmosphere.
The Sun (2008)
I have vivid recollections of the carnival atmosphere in the build-up to the game.
The Sun (2009)
Unsurprisingly, few teams can have topped their table with such little fanfare and there was little in the way of a carnival atmosphere yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's the annual carnival no one seems to enJoy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Crowds assemble patiently in Southend-on-Sea in 1927 for the annual carnival parade.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It's a one-stop solution for boosting the carnival atmosphere and reducing unwanted marching time.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

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Types of entertainment, Places of entertainment

In other languages
carnival

British English: carnival /ˈkɑːnɪvl/ NOUN
A carnival is a public festival with music, processions, and dancing.
  • American English: carnival
  • Arabic: كَرْنَفَال
  • Brazilian Portuguese: carnaval
  • Chinese: 狂欢节
  • Croatian: karneval
  • Czech: karneval
  • Danish: karneval
  • Dutch: carnaval
  • European Spanish: feria
  • Finnish: karnevaali
  • French: carnaval
  • German: Karneval
  • Greek: καρναβάλι
  • Italian: carnevale
  • Japanese: カーニバル
  • Korean: 카니발
  • Norwegian: karneval
  • Polish: karnawał
  • European Portuguese: carnaval
  • Romanian: carnaval
  • Russian: карнавал
  • Latin American Spanish: carnaval
  • Swedish: karneval
  • Thai: งานฉลองของมวลชน
  • Turkish: karnaval
  • Ukrainian: карнавал
  • Vietnamese: ngày hội

Chinese translation of 'carnival'

carnival

(ˈkɑːnɪvl)

n

  1. (c/u) (= festival) 狂欢(歡)节(節) (kuánghuānjié) (个(個), gè)
  2. (c) (US) 游(遊)艺(藝)团(團) (yóuyìtuán) (个(個), gè)
    英 = fair, funfair
1 (noun) 
Definition
a festive period with processions, music, and dancing in the street
The town is best known for its carnivals with masked balls and firework processions.
Synonyms
festival
The Festival will provide spectacles like river pageants.
fair
I used to love going to the fair when I was young.
fête
The Vicar is organizing a church fete.
celebration
There was a celebration in our house that night.
gala
a gala at the Royal Opera House
jubilee
Queen Victoria's jubilee
jamboree
a fund-raising jamboree in aid of sickle-cell research
Mardi Gras
revelry
The sounds of revelry are getting louder.
merrymaking
fiesta
It was spectacular - a fiesta of music and dance.
holiday
New Year's Day is a public holiday throughout Britain.
2 (noun) 
Definition
a travelling funfair
a carnival with rides and games
Synonyms
funfair
circus

Additional synonyms

in the sense of celebration
There was a celebration in our house that night.
Synonyms
party,
festival,
gala,
jubilee,
festivity,
rave (British, slang),
junketing,
beano (British, slang),
revelry,
red-letter day,
rave-up (British, slang),
merrymaking,
jollification,
carousal,
-fest,
hooley or hoolie (Irish, New Zealand)
in the sense of fair
Definition
a travelling entertainment with sideshows, rides, and amusements
I used to love going to the fair when I was young.
Synonyms
carnival,
fête,
mela,
gala,
bazaar
in the sense of fiesta
Definition
(esp. in Spain and Latin America) a religious festival or carnival
It was spectacular - a fiesta of music and dance.
Synonyms
carnival,
party,
holiday,
fair,
fête,
festival,
celebration,
feast,
revel,
jubilee,
festivity,
jamboree,
Mardi Gras,
revelry,
mela,
Saturnalia,
saint's day,
merrymaking,
carousal,
bacchanal or bacchanalia,
gala

Synonyms of 'carnival'

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