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carnival in Tagalog

karnabal

/ˈkɑːnɪvəl//ˈkɑɹnɪvəl/

carnival in Tagalog: karnabal. In English, carnival means any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.

Tagalog words for carnival

festive occasion marked by parades
karnabal

English meaning of carnival

  1. noun Any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.
  2. noun A festive occasion marked by parades and sometimes special foods and other entertainment.
  3. noun A traveling amusement park, called a funfair in British English.
  4. noun A context in which transgression or inversion of the social order is given temporary license. Derived from the work of Mikhail Bakhtin.

Full definition of carnival

carnival in a sentence

  • We all got to ride the merry-go-round when they brought their carnival to town.
  • When the carnival came to town, every one wanted some cotton candy.
  • a carnival of idiocy

carnival in other languages

Questions about carnival in Tagalog

What is the meaning of carnival in Tagalog?
Carnival in Tagalog is karnabal.
Ano ang carnival sa Tagalog?
Carnival: karnabal.
What does carnival mean in English?
Carnival means any of a number of festivals held just before the beginning of Lent.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carnival (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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