fête
/feɪt/
fête is the alternative spelling of fete.
Meaning of fete
Noun
fete (plural fetes)
- A festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
- The final fete of the year was held at the Plymouth Hoe on 20 July, where fine weather and crowds of people ensured much support for local charities and boosted club finds.1991, Treasure Hunting, Treasure Hunting Publications
- A feast, celebration or carnival.
Forms of fête
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fêtes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fêtes |
| present participle | fêting |
| past participle | fêted |
| past | fêted |
Origin of fête
Unadapted borrowing from French fête.
Phrases with fête
Words that rhyme with fête
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- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
Questions about fête
- What is fête the alternative spelling of?
- Fête is the alternative spelling of fete.
- How do you pronounce fête?
- Fête is pronounced /feɪt/.
Words near fête in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fête (page history and authors); fete (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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