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Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest noun: a two-week public festival in Munich (Bavaria, southern Germany), held yearly in late September and early October, known especially for the large party tents in which revellers consume beer on long benches.

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Noun

Oktoberfest (plural Oktoberfests)

  1. A two-week public festival in Munich (Bavaria, southern Germany), held yearly in late September and early October, known especially for the large party tents in which revellers consume beer on long benches.
    • These Oktoberfests always resulted in bitter physical complaints, (“My liver is swelled to the thickness of seven inches, and I have spiders in my urine”), but they served for him the same peculiar function that all-night country-club gin parties were serving elsewhere.1951, William Manchester, Disturber of the Peace: The Life of H. L. Mencken, page 143
    • Joe Rogers writes that he and Jean are headed for Germany and are quite pleased with the prospect. They must have heard about these Oktoberfests.1957, Assembly, page 61

Oktoberfest meaning in Arabic

Oktoberfest in Arabic

festival
أُكْتُوبَرْفِسْت ʔuktūbarfist

Forms of Oktoberfest

pluralOktoberfests
alternative formOctoberfest

Origin of Oktoberfest

Borrowed from German Oktoberfest.

Questions about Oktoberfest

What does Oktoberfest mean?
Oktoberfest means a two-week public festival in Munich (Bavaria, southern Germany), held yearly in late September and early October, known especially for the large party tents in which revellers consume beer on long benches.
What is Oktoberfest in Arabic?
Oktoberfest in Arabic is أُكْتُوبَرْفِسْت (ʔuktūbarfist). See Oktoberfest meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Oktoberfest?
Oktoberfest is a noun.
What is the plural of Oktoberfest?
The plural of Oktoberfest is Oktoberfests.

Words near Oktoberfest in the dictionary

  1. oktadrachm
  2. oktadrachms
  3. Oktaha
  4. oktas
  5. Oktibbeha County
  6. Oktoberfest
  7. Oktoberfests
  8. Oktoechos
  9. Oktyabrsky
  10. OKU
  11. Okuda

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