fêten.

Brit.

/feɪt/, U.S.

/feɪt/,

/fɛt/

Forms: late Middle English 1700s– fete, 1700s– fête.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French fette, feste, fête.

Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman fette, variant of feste feast n. In later use reborrowed < French fête feast n., which is also used in the sense ‘person's name day or saint's day’ from 1690. Compare earlier feast n., festival n.Compare German Fete festival, celebration (1771 as Fête ), (now usually, colloquial) party (party n. 13a) (mid 20th cent.; < French).

a. An entertainment on a large scale; a festival, a celebration.This sense is now rare in British English.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun]

fête1422

feast1485

triumphc1503

triumphal1605

vitulation1607

tamasha1623

set-out1818

hui1858

1422 in A. T. Bannister Reg. Thome Spofford (1919) 81 (MED) Comyn wakes or fetes, spectacles and other worldly vanytees.

a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 21 (MED) [The lion] rafe him sunder ilk lim fro lim..He made gude fete, And of þe remenand hundes ete.

1752 H. Walpole Let. 28 Oct. in Corr. (1960) XX. 308 The great fête at St. Cloud.

1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic iii, in Wks. (1873) II. 184 I suppose Thames..to compliment Britannia with a fête in honour of the victory.

1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa iv. 143 He gave prodigious fêtes.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 212 Titled dames gave fêtes upon the water.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. i. 3 The guests at my Lord So-and-so's fête.

1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun ii. 34 He was thinking about all the ‘fetes’ in Port of Spain he would miss.

1987 Korea Newsreview 19 Sept. 25/1 The Venice festival, along with film festivals in Berlin and Cannes, is regarded as one of the world's three most prestigious film fetes.

2016 @SanDiego_Alpine 24 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 23 July 2019) The 3-day fete features dozens of performers on multiple indoor and outdoor stages.

b. British. A public bazaar or similar event, typically held outdoors, organized to raise funds for a good cause through games, competitions, and stalls selling goods and refreshments. Cf. festival n. 4.See also church fête n. (b) at church n.¹ and adj. Compounds 2, school fete n. at school n.¹ Compounds 5a.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > bazaar, jumble sale, or sale of work

bazaar1807

fair1826

fête1830

festival1843

church fair1844

sale of work1859

rummage sale1890

jumble-sale1898

jumble1931

mini-market1976

1830 Morning Post 20 July The state of the weather destroyed the elements of the Fête, as well as the intended exhibition of stands in various parts of the grounds.

1893 C. M. Yonge & C. R. Coleridge Strolling Players v. 37 We can act at Primrose fétes, and do good in that way.

1894 W. Pater Let. 19 June (1970) 268 Sincere congratulations on the success of the Fête.

1966 Amateur Gardening 24 Sept. 35/1 I would far rather do a dozen broadcasts, or lectures, than open a fete. Everybody is standing around, waiting to go and spend their money on the tombola or the raffles.

2019 @HWFireKingsland 20 July in twitter.com (accessed 23 July 2019) We took part in the annual tug of war at Aymestry village fete today.

2. In Roman Catholic tradition: the festival of the saint after whom a person is named, celebrated in the manner of a birthday; a person's name day or saint's day.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint

commemorationa1400

suffragesa1400

saint's daya1450

memorial?1471

feast1559

memoration1563

name day1721

fête1805

Hallow-daya1825

calendar-day1847

fête day1877

slava1900

1805 C. Wilmot Let. 7 Dec. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 207 The Princess & I being Names sakes she was resolved this Fête should be double celebrated, & therefore the eve of the day a solemn Mass was held.

1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 290 It is the fête of little Jacob yonder, whose brothers and sisters have all come from their schools to dance at his birth-day.

1923 E. E. La Branche Amer. Battery in France viii. 132 She answered: ‘It is my fête, Monsieur, my saint's day.’

2009 @melanieberliet 31 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 23 July 2019) Forgot, as usual, that it's my fete (Saint Melanie's Day!).

Compounds

C1. General use as a modifier, as in fête day, fête raffle, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > festival-time

fête dayc1759

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > day or season of

high tideOE

high dayOE

feast dayc1300

ferie1377

festival day1389

feastful day1440

festivala1500

gaudy-day1567

carnival1598

utas1600

saturnal1605

Saturnalia1639

terminals1656

days of gala1716

fête dayc1759

mirth-day1778

season1791

festa1800

jour de fête1806

fiesta1844

fest1846

Winterval1982

the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > birthday

birthdayc1384

nativitya1393

native day1546

birthnight1637

fête day1877

b-day1938

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint

commemorationa1400

suffragesa1400

saint's daya1450

memorial?1471

feast1559

memoration1563

name day1721

fête1805

Hallow-daya1825

calendar-day1847

fête day1877

slava1900

c1759 in J. H. Harting Hist. Sardinian Chapel (1905) 15 For seven Sundays, and three fete days, dinners for the seven chaplains.

1877 J. T. Fields Underbrush (1881) 224 A Councillor of the Parliament, sent her on her fête-day, a bouquet.

1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. viii. 125 Life was like one long fête day.

1945 A. E. Philipps Chaste Cocotte xiv. 90 The house was less immense than imposing, particularly on a fête night when the place gleamed with lights.

1989 B. Greetham How to Write Better Ess. 35 There is no enticing message with promises of gifts and untold wealth for the lucky person who wins the fête raffle.

C2.

fête-contractor n. now rare a person who contracts to put on a fête or entertainment.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > entrepreneur

fête-contractor1867

1867 Standard 3 June 5/5 The fête-contractors of Paris have been instructed to hold themselves in readiness.

1886 York Herald 7 Aug. 2/5 Public caterer, decorator, and fete contractor.

1935 Times 2 Mar. 2/7 Amusement and fête-contractors are invited by the Council to tender for the exclusive right..to hold fêtes..on a portion of the Old Deer Park, Richmond.

Derivatives

† ˈfêteless adj. Obsolete rare not provided with a fête.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] > having no fête

fêteless1860

1860 H. S. Cunningham Wheat & Tares iv, in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 122/2 The poor fêteless children haunted him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fête
释义	fêten. Brit. /feɪt/, U.S. /feɪt/, /fɛt/ Forms: late Middle English 1700s– fete, 1700s– fête. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French fette, feste, fête. Etymology: Originally < Anglo-Norman fette, variant of feste feast n. In later use reborrowed < French fête feast n., which is also used in the sense ‘person's name day or saint's day’ from 1690. Compare earlier feast n., festival n.Compare German Fete festival, celebration (1771 as Fête ), (now usually, colloquial) party (party n. 13a) (mid 20th cent.; < French). 1. a. An entertainment on a large scale; a festival, a celebration.This sense is now rare in British English. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > large or public event > [noun] fête1422 feast1485 triumphc1503 triumphal1605 vitulation1607 tamasha1623 set-out1818 hui1858 1422 in A. T. Bannister Reg. Thome Spofford (1919) 81 (MED) Comyn wakes or fetes, spectacles and other worldly vanytees. a1425 (?c1375) N. Homily Legendary (Harl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 21 (MED) [The lion] rafe him sunder ilk lim fro lim..He made gude fete, And of þe remenand hundes ete. 1752 H. Walpole Let. 28 Oct. in Corr. (1960) XX. 308 The great fête at St. Cloud. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic iii, in Wks. (1873) II. 184 I suppose Thames..to compliment Britannia with a fête in honour of the victory. 1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa iv. 143 He gave prodigious fêtes. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) I. 212 Titled dames gave fêtes upon the water. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. i. 3 The guests at my Lord So-and-so's fête. 1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun ii. 34 He was thinking about all the ‘fetes’ in Port of Spain he would miss. 1987 Korea Newsreview 19 Sept. 25/1 The Venice festival, along with film festivals in Berlin and Cannes, is regarded as one of the world's three most prestigious film fetes. 2016 @SanDiego_Alpine 24 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 23 July 2019) The 3-day fete features dozens of performers on multiple indoor and outdoor stages. b. British. A public bazaar or similar event, typically held outdoors, organized to raise funds for a good cause through games, competitions, and stalls selling goods and refreshments. Cf. festival n. 4.See also church fête n. (b) at church n.¹ and adj. Compounds 2, school fete n. at school n.¹ Compounds 5a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > bazaar, jumble sale, or sale of work bazaar1807 fair1826 fête1830 festival1843 church fair1844 sale of work1859 rummage sale1890 jumble-sale1898 jumble1931 mini-market1976 1830 Morning Post 20 July The state of the weather destroyed the elements of the Fête, as well as the intended exhibition of stands in various parts of the grounds. 1893 C. M. Yonge & C. R. Coleridge Strolling Players v. 37 We can act at Primrose fétes, and do good in that way. 1894 W. Pater Let. 19 June (1970) 268 Sincere congratulations on the success of the Fête. 1966 Amateur Gardening 24 Sept. 35/1 I would far rather do a dozen broadcasts, or lectures, than open a fete. Everybody is standing around, waiting to go and spend their money on the tombola or the raffles. 2019 @HWFireKingsland 20 July in twitter.com (accessed 23 July 2019) We took part in the annual tug of war at Aymestry village fete today. 2. In Roman Catholic tradition: the festival of the saint after whom a person is named, celebrated in the manner of a birthday; a person's name day or saint's day. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint commemorationa1400 suffragesa1400 saint's daya1450 memorial?1471 feast1559 memoration1563 name day1721 fête1805 Hallow-daya1825 calendar-day1847 fête day1877 slava1900 1805 C. Wilmot Let. 7 Dec. in M. Wilmot & C. Wilmot Russ. Jrnls. (1934) ii. 207 The Princess & I being Names sakes she was resolved this Fête should be double celebrated, & therefore the eve of the day a solemn Mass was held. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Paris Sketch Bk. I. 290 It is the fête of little Jacob yonder, whose brothers and sisters have all come from their schools to dance at his birth-day. 1923 E. E. La Branche Amer. Battery in France viii. 132 She answered: ‘It is my fête, Monsieur, my saint's day.’ 2009 @melanieberliet 31 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 23 July 2019) Forgot, as usual, that it's my fete (Saint Melanie's Day!). Compounds C1. General use as a modifier, as in fête day, fête raffle, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > festival-time fête dayc1759 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > day or season of high tideOE high dayOE feast dayc1300 ferie1377 festival day1389 feastful day1440 festivala1500 gaudy-day1567 carnival1598 utas1600 saturnal1605 Saturnalia1639 terminals1656 days of gala1716 fête dayc1759 mirth-day1778 season1791 festa1800 jour de fête1806 fiesta1844 fest1846 Winterval1982 the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > birthday birthdayc1384 nativitya1393 native day1546 birthnight1637 fête day1877 b-day1938 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint commemorationa1400 suffragesa1400 saint's daya1450 memorial?1471 feast1559 memoration1563 name day1721 fête1805 Hallow-daya1825 calendar-day1847 fête day1877 slava1900 c1759 in J. H. Harting Hist. Sardinian Chapel (1905) 15 For seven Sundays, and three fete days, dinners for the seven chaplains. 1877 J. T. Fields Underbrush (1881) 224 A Councillor of the Parliament, sent her on her fête-day, a bouquet. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. viii. 125 Life was like one long fête day. 1945 A. E. Philipps Chaste Cocotte xiv. 90 The house was less immense than imposing, particularly on a fête night when the place gleamed with lights. 1989 B. Greetham How to Write Better Ess. 35 There is no enticing message with promises of gifts and untold wealth for the lucky person who wins the fête raffle. C2. fête-contractor n. now rare a person who contracts to put on a fête or entertainment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [noun] > entrepreneur fête-contractor1867 1867 Standard 3 June 5/5 The fête-contractors of Paris have been instructed to hold themselves in readiness. 1886 York Herald 7 Aug. 2/5 Public caterer, decorator, and fete contractor. 1935 Times 2 Mar. 2/7 Amusement and fête-contractors are invited by the Council to tender for the exclusive right..to hold fêtes..on a portion of the Old Deer Park, Richmond. Derivatives † ˈfêteless adj. Obsolete rare not provided with a fête. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > [adjective] > having no fête fêteless1860 1860 H. S. Cunningham Wheat & Tares iv, in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 122/2 The poor fêteless children haunted him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1422
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