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fete

/feɪt/

fete noun: a festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.

Noun

fete (plural fetes)

  1. 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
    • She was joined at the New York City fete by fellow Trump throne-sniffer Lee Zeldin, the Long Island congressman who, like Boebert and Staten Island Representative Nicole Malliotakis, were among the cohort of coup supporters who did not vote to certify the 2020 election results—and are now...2021 September 24, Tom Gogola, “Republican Representative Lauren Boebert Goes Full Blunderbuss”, in The Nation, archived from the original on 01 Jun 2022, retrieved 01 Jun 2022
  2. A feast, celebration or carnival.

Verb

fete (third-person singular simple present fetes, present participle feting, simple past and past participle feted)

  1. (passive, transitive, usually) To celebrate (a person).
    • Danielle Salamon was also four when she was feted as a musical genius in 1953.1992, Today, News Group Newspapers Ltd
    • Saxophonist Pete Wareham, his friend and collaborator in Polar Bear and the critically feted groups Acoustic Ladyland and Fulborn Teversham, soon punctures that idea.2007 April 6, Mike Barnes, “Is this the hardest-working man in music?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023
    Synonyms:
    celebrate

fete meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

fete in Tamil

களி விருந்து, பெரு விருந்து

fete in Urdu

چٹی, راگ رنگ

fete in Bengali

উৎসব, বিশেষ অনুষ্ঠান, ভোজ, আনন্দোৎসব

fete in Malayalam

വിരുന്ന്, ആഘോഷം
More languagesFewer languages
fete in Kannada
ಬಯಲಾಟ, ಬೈಲಾಟ, ಪರಿಷೆ, ಜಾತ್ರೆ

Examples of fete in a sentence

  • The summer fete was opened by the mayor.
  • The fete opened an hour late because of bad weather.
  • The team grew fond of their gruff, curmudgeonous supervisor and feted him with a party upon his retirement.

All 10 example sentences with fete

Synonyms of fete

Forms of fete

Noun
pluralfetes
alternative formfête
Verb
third-person singular presentfetes
present participlefeting
past participlefeted
pastfeted

Plural of fete: fetes

Origin of fete

* The noun derives from French fête. Doublet of feast, fiesta, and fest. * The verb derives from French fêter.

Words that rhyme with fete

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Questions about fete

What does fete mean?
Fete means a festival open to the public, the proceeds from which are often given to charity.
What is fete in Tamil?
Fete in Tamil is களி விருந்து, பெரு விருந்து. See Fete meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fete?
Fete can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce fete?
Fete is pronounced /feɪt/.
What is the plural of fete?
The plural of fete is fetes.

Words near fete in the dictionary

  1. fetchingness
  2. fetchings
  3. Fetchko
  4. fetcht
  5. fetchy
  6. fete
  7. feted
  8. feterita
  9. feteritas
  10. fetes
  11. Fetești

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fete (page history and authors); fete (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fete (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Fete (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fete (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fete (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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